THE MODERN " GAIRL"
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] SIR,-1 would appreciate 'some enlightenment on the, pro7 nuneiation of the word girl." I was brought up in the school of speech which favours -" and in the belief that " gurl " had a slightly cockney flavour and was simply
not done "—at least, not said, in educated circles. • Now 1 realize that it is said—and more and more—by the very people front wheati; for reasons of birth or • culture, one would have expected to hear " gairl " twenty or thirty years ago.
When and where did this somewhat affected " gold " originate ? Am I perhaps a little pedantic in trying to inculcate her into the young generation growing up around one ? They evidently think so, for girls will be girls, anti there are hardly any gairls left. Must we let them die in
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