6 APRIL 1912, Page 17

WHAT AN " IDER "!

[To THE EDITOR OP TUE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—In your last issue was a letter, signed " Soot," querying whether "hurray's Dictionary" is the "High Court of Letters." May I say it still is the " High Court of Letters," and the " Concise Oxford Dictionary " referred to is either not an abridgment of the larger work or is inaccurately printed ? I here copy from " Murray's Dictionary " the direc- tions for the pronunciation of " idea

al = I, eye (ai), bind (baled). = thief WO, see (si).

as in aina3ba (runi.ba).

—I am, Sir, &c., H. R. B,