Chapter 378: 193. Hints for the Correction of the Irish Brogue.
According to the directions given by Mr. B. H. Smart, an Irishman
wishing to throw off the brogue of his mother country should avoid
hurling out his words with a superfluous quantity of breath. It is not
_broadher_ and _widher_ that he should say, but the _d_, and every
other consonant, should be neatly delivered by the tongue, with as
little riot, clattering, or breathing as possible. Next let him drop
the roughness or rolling of the _r_ in all places but the beginning of
syllables; he must not say _stor-rum_ and _far-rum_, but let the word
be heard in one smooth syllable. He should exercise himself until he
can convert _plaze_ into _please_, _planty_ into _plenty_, _Jasus_
into _Jesus_, and so on. He should modulate his sentences, so as to
avoid directing his accent all in one manner--from the acute to the
grave. Keeping his ear on the watch for good examples, and exercising
himself frequently upon them, he may become master of a greatly
improved utterance.
[TEA FIRST USED IN ENGLAND A.D. 1698.]
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