# Every-Day Errors of Speech

Author: Meredith, L. P.

Genre: Category: Language & Communication

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32435

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Every-Day+Errors+of+Speech+Meredith&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It may be regarded as one of the commendable peculiarities of the English language that, despite provincialisms, vulgarisms, neglected education, foreign accent, and the various corrupting influences to which it is subjected, it may be understood wherever it is heard, whatever differences of distance or associations may have existed between the speaker and the listener, both claiming familiarity with it. Considering these influences and the arbitrariness of the orthoepical rules of the language, there has been expressed surprise that frequent degenerations into uncouth dialects or patois have not occurred. A decent regard for the common weal should cause gratification that such degenerati...

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-errors-of-speech-32435/chapters/7/index.md)