=Habitue= (Fr. habitué)--ä-bĭt-u-ā´, not hăb-it-u-ē
nor hăb-ĭt-u-ā´.
=Halloo= (hal-lōō´), =holla= (hŏl´lä), =hollo=
(hŏl´lō or hŏl-lō´) or =hollow= (hŏl´lōw),
but not hŏl´ler. Worcester gives =halloo= (hal-lōō´),
=holla= (hŏl-lä´), =hollo= (hŏl-lō´) and =hollow=
(hŏl´lōw or hŏl-lōw´). It is strange that with such
a variety of words to choose from, people generally say
"_holler_."
=Hanged= is preferable to _hung_, when the infliction of the
death penalty by hanging is meant.
=Harass=--hăr´ass, not ha-răss´.
=Harem=--hā´rem, not hăr´em. Worcester gives hä´rem also.
Written also =haram= (ha-răm´).
=Hardly.= _Don't_ and _can't_ should not be used with =hardly=.
Such errors as, "I don't hardly believe it," are not uncommon.
_Hardly_ means _scarcely_, and the use of don't or can't gives
an opposite signification to the sentence.
=Haunt=--hänt, not hănt.
=Haunted=--hänt´ed, not hănt´ed.
=Hawaiian=--ha-wī´yan, not ha-waw´yan. Relating to the island
of Hawaii.
=Hearth=--härth, not hërth.
=Hearth-stone=--härth´stone, not hërth´stone.
=Heather=--hĕth´er, not hēth´er. Worcester gives hēth´er
as the pronunciation.
=Heinous=--hā´nus, not hē´nus, hēn´yus nor hān´yus.
=Herb=--ërb, not hërb.
=Herbaceous=--her-bā´shus, not er-bā´shus.
=Herbage=--ërb´ej or hĕrb´ej, not hĕr´bāje.
=Heroine=--hĕr´o-ĭn, not hē´-ro-īne nor hē´ro-ĭn.
Worcester gives the first and the last of the above.
=Heroism=--hĕr´o-izm, not hē´ro-ĭzm. Worcester sanctions
both.
=Hieroglyphic=--hī-er-o-glĭf´ik, not hī-er-o-grĭf´ik.
=Hindoostanee=} =Hindustani= } hin-dōō-stăn´ee, not
hin-dōō´stăn-ee. Worcester's orthography is
_Hindostanee_ and _Hindostany_, but the accent is on the penult
as above.
=Homage=--hŏm´aje, not ŏm´-aje.
=Homeopathy=--hō-me-ŏp´a-thy, not hō´me-o-păth-y.
=Homeopathist=--hō-me-ŏp´a-thist, not
hō´me-o-păth-ist.
=Hooping-cough=--hōōp´ing-cough, not hŏŏp´ing-cough.
Spelled =Whooping-cough=, also.
=Horizon=--ho-rī´zon, not hŏr´i-zon.
=Horse-radish=--horse-răd-ish, not horse-rĕd-dish.
=Hough=--hŏk, not hŭff. To disable by cutting the sinews of
the ham. As a noun, the word means the joint at the lower
portion of the leg of a quadruped; written =hock=, also.
=Houri=--howr´y, not owr´y. A nymph of paradise.
=Hovel=--hŏv´el, not hŭv´el.
=Hundred=, as spelled, not _hun´derd_.
=Hydropathy=--hī-drŏp´a-thy, not hī´drō-păth-y.
=Hydropathist=--hī-drŏp´a-thist, not
hī´drō-păth-ist.
=Hygiene=--hī´ji-ēne, not hī-geen´ nor hī´geen.
Worcester authorizes the first and last.