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ng', not g[)a]m'in nor g[=a]'min. A street child. =Gape=--gaepe or g[=a]pe, not g[)a]p. =Gargle.= One _gargles_, not _gurgles_, the throat. =Gaseous=--g[)a]z'e-us, not g[)a]ss-e-us. Worcester gives g[=a]'ze-us too. =Gather=--g[)a]th'er, not g[)e]th'er. =Genealogy=--j[)e]n-e-[)a]l'o-jy, not j[=e]-ne-[)a]l'o-jy nor je-ne-[)o]l'o-jy. =Genealogist= (j[)e]n-e-[)a]l'o-jist), =genealogical= (j[)e]n-e-a-l[)o]j'i-kal) and =genealogically= (j[)e]n-e-a-l[)o]j'i-kal-ly). =Generic=--je-n[)e]r'ik, not j[)e]n'er-ik, nor je-n[=e]'rik. Relating to a genus, or kind. =Gerund=--j[)e]r'und, not j[=e]-rund. A kind of verbal noun in Latin. =Get=, not g[)i]t. =Giaour=--jowr, not g[=i]'[=o][=o]r, j[=i]-owr' nor j[=o][=o]r. An epithet applied by the Turks to a disbeliever in Mahomet; the name of one of Byron's poems. =Gibbet=--j[)i]b'bet, not g[)i]b'bet. =Glamour=--gl[=a]'m[=o][=o]r, not gl[)a]m'mur. Worcester gives gl[=a]'mer, also. A charm in the eyes, making them see things differently from what they really are. =Gneiss=--n[=i]s, not n[=e]s nor gn[=e]s. A kind of rock. =Gondola=--g[)o]n'do-la, not gon-d[=o]'la. =Got.= There are some sticklers for niceties that overdo themselves in contending that the use of the verb _got_ is generally unnecessary and incorrect in conjunction with _have_ and _had_. Get means to procure, to obtain, to come into possession of, etc., and it is a very tame assertion that one simply _has_ a thing that cost much mental or physical labor. A scholar _has_ his lesson, but did it creep into his head while he passively shut his eyes and went to sleep? On the contrary, he _got_ it or learned it by hard study, and it is proper to say that he has _got_ it. A man _has_ a cold, but he _got_ it or _took_ it by exposing himself. A person _has_ a sum of money, but he _got_ or _earned_ it by his labor. Another _has_ good friends, but he _got_ or _secured_ them by his pleasant address. The great causes of the warfare against this word are, I think, that _have_ and _had_, though generally used as auxiliaries, can sometimes be used as principal verbs and make good sense; and that it has not been recollected that in the majority of cases _g
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