_A PRONOUNCING MANUAL_,
CONTAINING ABOUT THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
WORDS, INCLUDING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF
THE NAMES OF FOREIGN AUTHORS, ARTISTS, ETC.,
THAT ARE OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED.
By ALFRED AYRES.
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SELECTIONS FROM THE WORK.
ạb-dō´mẹn, _not_ ăb´dọ-mĕn.
ạc-crṳe´, _not_ -crū´.
The orthoëpists agree that _u_, preceded by _r_ in the same syllable,
generally becomes simply _oo_, as in _rude_, _rumor_, _rural_, _rule_,
_ruby_.
ạl-lŏp´ạ-thy; ạl-lŏp´ạ-thĭst.
Ăr´ạ-bĭc, _not_ Ạ-rā´bĭc.
Asia--ā´shẹ-ȧ, _not_ ā´zhȧ.
ay, _or_ aye (meaning _yes_)--ī.
aye (meaning _always_)--ā.
Bĭs´märck, _not_ bĭz´-.
At the end of a syllable, _s_, in German, has invariably its sharp,
hissing sound.
Cairo--in Egypt, kī´rō; in the United States, kā´rō.
Courbet--ko̤r´bā´.
dĕc´ạde, _not_ dẹ-kād´.
dẹ-cō´roŭs.
The authority is small, and is becoming less, for saying
_dĕc´o-roŭs_, which is really as incorrect as it would be to say
_sŏn´o-roŭs_.
dĕf´ị-cĭt, _not_ dẹ-fĭç´it.
dịs̱-dāin´, _not_ dis-.
dịs̱-hŏn´or, _not_ dis-.
ĕc-ọ-nŏm´ị-cạl, _or_ ē-cọ-nŏm´ị-cạl.
The first is the marking of a large majority of the orthoëpists.
ẹ-nēr´vāte.
The only authority for saying _ĕn´er-vāte_ is popular usage; all
the orthoëpists say _e-nẽr´vāte_.
ĕp´ọc̵h, _not_ ē´pŏc̵h.
The latter is a Websterian pronunciation, which is not even permitted
in the late editions.
fĭn-ạn-ciēr´.
This much-used word is rarely pronounced correctly.
Heī´nẹ, _not_ hine.
Final _e_ in German is never silent.
honest--ŏn´est, _not_ -ĭst, _nor_ -ŭst.
"Hon_est_, hon_est_ Iago," is preferable to "hon_ust_, hon_ust_ Iago,"
some of our accidental Othellos to the contrary notwithstanding.
ĭs̱´ọ-lāte, _or_ ĭs´ọ-late, _not_ ī´sọ-lāt.
The first marking is Walker's, Worcester's, and Smart's; the second,
Webster's.