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Questions at Issue in Our English Speech

Chapter 13: Transcriber’s Notes
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A series of essays examines the tensions between spoken and written English, tracing how printing and conservatism froze orthography while pronunciation changed, and arguing why spellings seem antiquated. Other pieces analyze who determines pronunciation, distinguish slang and vulgarisms and their social pedigrees, contrast British and American usages, and consider how a standard English emerges and is maintained through usage, authority, and education. The essays balance historical explanation with practical questions about preference, correctness, and linguistic change, aiming to clarify the forces shaping contemporary American English.

Transcriber’s Notes

Page 10: “linguistc ideal” changed to “linguistic ideal”

Page 14: A missing footnote anchor was added.

Page 29: “St. James Gazettte” changed to “St. James Gazette”

Page 73: “early pronunication” changed to “early pronunciation”

Page 85: “in consequenec” changed to “in consequence”

Page 90: “mode of pronuncing” changed to “mode of pronouncing”

Page 102: “the quailty” changed to “the quality”

Page 105: “not owning allegiance” changed to “not owing allegiance”

Page 108: “very seriiously” changed to “very seriously”

Page 113: “English lierature” changed to “English literature”

Page 115: “cvil war” changed to “civil war”

Page 123: “the senes of very” changed to “the sense of very”

Page 129: “let is be distinctly” changed to “let it be distinctly”

Page 130: “what constiutes” changed to “what constitutes”

Page 149: “Danish philologist Jesperen” changed to “Danish philologist Jespersen”

Page 150: “constantly encoraching” changed to “constantly encroaching”

Page 152: “no less distainctly” changed to “no less distinctly”