=Ear=--ēar, not yēar. Persons frequently speak of the
_year-ache_, and occasionally "_a year of corn_," may be heard.
=Ecce Homo=--ĕk´sē hō´mō, not ĕk´kē
hō´mō.
=Eider=--ī´der, not ē´der. _Eider-down_ and _eider-duck_.
=Elm= is pronounced in one syllable and not ĕl´lum.
=Elysian=--e-lĭz´i-an, not e-lĭs´sian. Worcester gives
e-lĭzh´e-an.
=Embryo=--em´bry-ō, not em-bry´ō.
=Employe= (Fr. employé)--ĕm-ploy-ā´ or ŏng-plwaw-yā´,
not employ´ē or ong-ploy´ā. Employee is not allowed.
=Encore=--ŏng-kōr´, not ŏng´kōr nor ĕn´kōr.
=Eneid=--ē-nē´id not ē´ne-id. A poem of Virgil.
Worcester sanctions both methods of pronunciation.
=Ennui=--ŏng-nwē´, not ŏng´wē. Worcester gives a much
simpler pronunciation, viz: än-wē´.
=Enquiry=--en-kwī´ry, not ĕn´kwĭ-ry.
=Epsom Salt=, not Epsom _Salts_.
=Equable=--ē´kwa-ble, not ĕk´wa-ble.
=Equally well=, etc., not equally _as_ well, etc.
=Espionage=--ĕs´pe-on-āje or ĕs´pe-on-äzh, not
ĕs-pī´o-nāje nor es-pē´on-äzh.
=Esquimau=--ĕs´ke-mō, not ĕs´qui-maw: plural,
=Esquimaux= (ĕs´ke-mōz), not ĕs´ke-mawz nor
ĕs´ke-mō.
=Etagere=--ĕt-a-zhâr´, not e-tăzh´er-y nor
at-tăzh´ĭ-a. Worcester's pronunciation is ā-tä-zhâr´.
A piece of parlor furniture with shelves, used for placing
small ornaments and fancy articles upon; a what-not.
=Excrescence=--ex-krĕs´sense not ex-krē´sense. A
superfluous appendage: morbid outgrowth.
=Expect= has reference to the future only, and not to the present
or past. "I _expect_ that you are wrong." "I _expect_ you were
disappointed yesterday," are errors. There is an abundance of
words that may be correctly used, as _suppose_, _suspect_,
_imagine_, _believe_ and _think_.
=Expose= (Fr. exposé)--ĕks-po-zā´, not ex-pōz´. An
exposition; statement.
=Exquisite=--ĕks´quĭ-zĭt, not eks-quĭz´itĕ.
=Exquisitely= is accented on the first syllable also.
=Extant=--ex´tant not ex-tănt´.
=Extol=--ex-tŏl´, not ex-tō´. =Extolled=, ex-tŏld´, etc.