21 OCTOBER 1911, Page 17

THE WORD "RAID."

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPRCTATOR."]

SIR,—Allow me to point out (1) that in every instance cited by G. a M. (October 7th) the phonetically spelt word stands

for the same object as that represented by the original form. of spelling. In "raid," for "ride," two separate ideas or objects are confused'. (2) "II raid Pekino-Parigi " is Prince Borghese's motor trip which I alluded to, and (3) four years ago was just about the time when Italian journalists began to fall into the error, and is surely " present-day " in the history of the evolution of language.—I am, Sir, &o.,