The following words being often erroneously pronounced by polite people,
as well as by the vulgar, their correction, in this place, agreeably to
_Cobb's Dictionary_, it is presumed, will be useful to many. Some of the
mispronunciations given are _provincial_.
1 2 3 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 5 6 1 4
Fate, far, fall, fat--me, met--pine, pin--no, nor, not, move--tube, tub,
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bull--oil--found---_th_in--THIS.
ORTHOGRAPHY. IMPROPER. PRONOUNCED.
4 1 4 4
Again a-gane' a-gen'
4 1 4 4
Against a-ganste' a-genst
4 1 4 1
Ally al'le al'li'
1 2
Are are ar
4 4 1 1
Azure azh'ur a'zhure
1 1
Bade bade bad
1 11
Beard bard beerd
4 11 4
Been ben or been bin
22 11
Bleat blaat bleet
1 34
Boil bile boil
4 4 5 4
Bonnet bun'net bon'nit
2 66
Brooch brotsh brootsh
4 3 4 4
Canal ka-nawl' ka-nal'
4 4
Catch ketsh katsh
4 1 3 1
Causeway kros'wa kawz'wa
4 4 1 4
Chalice kal'is tshal'is
4 1
Chasten tshas'tn tshase'sn
4 1 4 1
Chimney tshim'ble tshim'ne
3 1
Chine tshime tshine
34 1
Choir koir kwire
4 4 1 1
Clevy klev'is klev've
4 4
Clinch klensh klinsh
5 4 5 4
Column kol'yum kol'lum
5 4 4 4
Combat kom'bat kum'bat
5 1 5 4
Comma kom'me kom'ma
1 4 3 4
Coquet ko-kwet' ko-ket'
3 1
Corps korps kore
4 4 4 4
Cover kiv'ur kuv'ur
11 4
Deaf deef def
1 4 4 1 1 4
Decisive de-sis'iv de-si'siv
1 5 1 1
Depot de'pot de-po'
4 1 1 1 1
Depute dep'u-tize de-pute'
4 1 1 1 1 4
Deputed dep'u-tizd de-pu'ted
1 1 1 1
Design de-zine' de-sine'
4 4
Dint dent dint
1 5 4
Docile do'slle dos'sil
4 4 4 4
Disgust dis-gust' diz-gust'
4 1 4 1
Dismay dis-ma' diz-ma'
4 1 4 1
Disown dis-one' diz-one'
1 4
Dost dost dust
1 4
Doth do_th_ du_th_
66 4
Does dooz duz
11 1
Drain dreen drane
37 37
Drought drou_th_ drout
37 4 37
Drowned dround'ed dround
4 1 4 4
Ductile duk'tile duk'til
1 4
Edge aje edje
1 1 4
Either i'THur e'THur
4 4 4 4
English eng'lish ing'glish
1 1 1 1
Era e're e'ra
1 1
Ere ere are
1 4
Fasten fas'tn fas'sn
4 7 11 7
Fearful fer'ful feer'ful
4 4 4 1
Figure fig'gur fig'ure
4 11
Fiend fend feend
4 4
First fust furst
34 1 1 1 1
Foliage foil'aje fo'le-aje
3 4 3 1
Fortune for'tshun for'tshune
3 4 3 1
Fortnight fort'nit fort'nite
37 37 4
Fountain foun'tn foun'tin
4 4 4 1
Fracture frak'tshur frak'tshure
1 4 1 4
Fragrance frag'ranse fra'granse
1 1 1 4
Futile fu'tile fu'til
4 4 4 4
Gather geTH'ur gaTH'ur
4 4
Get git get
4 4
Girth gurt ger_th_
66 1
Goal gool gole
1 1 4 1 4
Going gone _or_ go'in go'ing
66 1
Gold goold gold
66 4
Gum goom gum
1 4 4
Grudge be-gretsh' grudje
4 4 4 4
Gypsum gip'sum jip'sum
4 4
Has hez haz
1 4
Have have hav
11 4
Heard heerd herd
4 4 2
Hearth hur_th_ or ha_th_ har_th_
4 4
Hiss siss hiss
1 34
Hoist histe hoist
4 1 1 1
Homely hum'ble home'le
4 66
Hoof huf hoof
3 4 5 4
Hostler haws'lur os'lur
4 4
Humble hum'bl um'bl
11 4 4 4
Jesting jeest'in jest'ing
4 4
Kettle kit'tl ket'tl
4 4 4 1
Lecture lek'tshur lek'tshure
4 4 1 1
Leisure lezh'ur le'zhure
4 4 1 4
Lever lev'er le'vur
4 4
Lid led lid
1 5 1 4
Lilach la'lok li'lak
66 1
Loam loom lome
1 66
Loo lu loo
1 1 4 1
Maintain mane-tane' men-tane'
1 4 1 4
Matron mat'run ma'trun
1 1 4 1
Mermaid mare'made mer'made
37 37
Mountain moun'tn moun'tin
1 4 1 1
Nature na'tshur na'tshure
1 4 1 4
Neither ni'THur ne'THur
1 11 1 1
Oblige o-bleeje' o-blije'
1 11 5 1
Oblique o-bleek' ob-like'
5 5
Of of ov
1 34
Oil ile oil
5 4 1 1 1
Only on'le _or_ un'le one'le
1 4 4 4
Panther pane'tur pan'_th_ur
4 4 1 4
Parent par'ent pa'rent
2 4 2 4
Partner pard'nur part'nur
2 4 4 1
Pasture pas'tshur pas'tshure
4 4 1 4
Patron pat'run pa'trun
4 4 4 4
Pincers pinsh'urz pin'surz
4 4
Pith pe_th_ pi_th_
11 1
Plait pleet plate
1 1 4
Poem pome po'em
1 34
Point pinte point
5 4 4
Pother poTH'ur puTH'ur
4 4 1 4
Precept pres'sept pre'sept
1 1 4 4
Preface pre'fase pref'fas
1 1 4 1
Prelude pre'lude prel'ude
1 4 5 4
Process pro'ses pros'ses
1 4 5 4
Product pro'dukt prod'ukt
1 4 5 4
Progress pro'gres prog'res
1 1 1 11
Profile pro'file pro-feel'
4 4 4 4
Pumpion pungk'in pump'yun
4 7
Put put (verb) put
1 34
Quoit kwate kwoit
1 1 4 1
Rapine ra'pine rap'in
1 11
Rear rare reer
4 1 4 4
Reptile rep'tile rep'til
4 4
Rid red rid
1 1
Rind rine rind
4 4
Rinse rense rinse
5 4 5 4
Rosin roz'um roz'in
87 1 66 11
Routine rou tene roo-teen'
4 66
Roof ruff roof
4 4 1 4
Sacred sak'red sa'kred
1 4
Said sade sed
4 4
Sat set sat
1 4
Says saze sez
2 1
Scarce skarse skarse
4 1 4 1
Schedule sked'ule sed'jule
4 4
Shut shet shut
4 4
Since sense sinse
4 11
Sleek slik sleek
4 4 1 4
Sliver sliv'vur sli'vur
3 7 1 7
Slothful slaw_th_'ful slo_th_'ful
4 66
Soot sut soot
4 4 1 2
Spikenard spig'nut spike'nard
1 34
Spoil spile spoil
4 4 11 2
Steelyard stil'yurdz steel'yard
5 4
Stamp stomp stamp
4 4
Stint stent stint
1 1
Sword sword sord
1 5 4 4
Synod si'nod sin'ud
1 1 4 1
Therefore THare'fore THer'fore
4 4
Thill fil _th_il
1 66
To to too
37 66
Tour tour toor
4 4
Treble trib'bl treb'bl
1 3 1 4
Towards to-wardz' to'urdz
5 1 1 1
Trophy trof'fe tro'fe
1 1 1 1
Tuesday tshuz'de tuze'de
4 4 4 1
Verdure vur'jur ver'jure
1 4 4 11
Vizier vi'zhur viz'yeer
5 4 5 1
Volume vol'lum vol'yume
1 4
Were ware wer
1 1
Yea ya ye
4 4
Yes yes yis
11 33 4
Yest yeest _or_ eest yest
4 4
Yet yit yet
1 66
You yu yoo
1 66
Your yure yoor
1 66
Youth yu_th_ yoo_th_
1 4 1 4 1 1 1 4
Ague and fever fe'vurn-a'gur a'gu-and fe'vur
3 4 1 4 4 1
Alternate awl-ter'nate al-ter'nate
4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Annunciate an-nun'shate an-nun'she-ate
4 1 4 4 1 4
Andiron hand'i-urn and'i-urn
4 1 1 4 4 1 11
Antipodes an'te-podz an-tip'o-deez
4 4 4 4 1 4
Apparent ap-par'ent ap-pa'rent
2 1 4 4 2 3 4 1
Architecture artsh'e-tek-tshur ar'-ke-tek-tshure
4 4 4 4 4 4
Assumption as-sump'shun as-sum'shun
3 4 4 1 3 4 4 1
Auxiliary awks-il'a-re awg-zil'ya-re
4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
Certiorari sash-ur-ar'ur ser-she-o-ra'ri
4 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1
Christianity kris-tshan'e-te kris-tshe-an'e-te
4 4 1 4 4 4
Clandestine klan-des'tine klan-des'tin
1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
Coadjutor ko-ad'ju-tur ko-ad-ju'tur
5 4 1 4 5 4 1 4
Compendium kom-pen'de-um kom-pen'je-um
5 4 1 1 4 1
Connoisseur kon-nis-sure' ko-nes-sare'
1 1 4 4 1 4
Courteous kore'te-us kur'tshe-us
4 4 4 4 4 4
Coverlet kuv'ur-lid kuv'ur-let
37 4 1 37 4 4
Cowardice kou'urd-ise kou'urd-is
1 4 4 1 4 4
Decrepit de-krip'id de-krep'it
4 5 1 1 5 1
Demonstrate dem'on-strate de-mon'strate
1 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 4
Desideratum de-sid-er-at'um de-sid-e-ra'tum
1 4 1 1 4
Diamond di'mund di'a-mund
4 4 4 1 4 1 4
Discrepance dis-krep'an-se dis'kre-panse
4 4 1 4 4 4
Disfranchise dis-fran'tschize dis-fran'tschiz
4 5 4 4 5 4
Dishonest dis-on'est diz-on'est
4 3 4 4 3 4
Disorder dis-or'dur diz-or'dur
1 4 4 1 1 4 1 1
Electrify e-lek'tur-ize e-lek'tre-fi
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Emaciate e-ma'shate e-ma'she-ate
4 1 1 4 1 1 1
Expatiate eks-pa'shate eks-pa'she-ate
4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 1
Expiatory eks-pi'a-to-re eks'pe-a-tur-re
4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Extempore eks-tem'pore eks-tem'po-re
4 1 1 4 1 4
Feminine fem'e-nine fem'e-nin
4 4 1 1 4 1
Frequently frek'went-le fre'kwent-le
4 1 1 4 1 4
Genuine jen'u-ine jen'u-in
2 11 2 1 4
Guardian gar-deen' gyar'de-an
4 4 4 4 4 4
Gymnastic gim-nas'tik jim-nas'tik
4 1 1 4 4 1 66 4
Hallelujah hal-le-lu'ja hal-le-loo'ya
5 4 4 5 3 4
Hospital hos'pit-al os'pe-tal
1 4 4 1 4 4
Humorous hu'mur-us yu'mur-us
1 1 1 1 4
Idea i-de' i-de'a
4 1 4 4 4 1 3 4
Ignoramus ig-no-ram'us ig-no-ra'mus
4 4 1 4 4 1 1 4
Indecorous in-dek'o-rus in-de-ko'rus
4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1
Irradiate ir-rad'e-ate ir-ra'de-ate
4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Literati lit-er-at'i lit-er-a'ti
1 1 4 4 1 4
Maintenance mane-tane'anse men-'te-nanse
4 1 1 4 1 4
Masculine mas'ku-line mas'ku-lin
4 4 1
mur'kan-tile }
4 4 11 } 4 4 4
Mercantile mur-kan-teel'} mer'kan-til
4 4 4 }
mur-kan'til }
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Meliorate me-li'o-rate me'le-o-rate
1 4 1 4 5 4 1 4
Molestation mo-les-ta'shun mol-es-ta'shun
1 1 4 1 1 4
Museum mu'ze-um mu-ze'um
1 4 4 4 4 4
National na'shun-al nash'un-al
1 4 4 1 5 4 1 1
Nomenclature no-men'kla-ture nom-en-kla'tshure
5 1 4 5 1 4 4
Nominative nom'e-tiv nom'e-na-tiv
5 5 1 4 5 4 4 4
Obstreperous ob-strop'pu-lus ob-strep'er-us
5 2 1 5 1 1
Octavo ok-ta'vo ok-ta'vo
5 1 1 1 5 4 4 1
Oratory or'a-to-re or'a-tur-re
1 4 1 4 4 1
Parentage pa'rent-aje par'ent-aje
2 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 1
Partiality par-shal'le-te par-she-al'le-te
1 4 1 4 4 4
Patronage pa'trun-aje pat'run-ije
4 1 2 1 1 2
Patriarch pat're-ark pa'tre-ark
4 1 4 1 1 4
Patriot pat're-ut pa'tre-ut
4 1 4 4 1 1 4 4
Patriotism pat're-ut-izm pa'tre-ut-izm
1 5 1 4 1 5 1 4
Philologist fi-lol'lo-jist fe-lol'lo-jist
1 5 1 1 1 5 1 1
Philosophy fi-los'o-fe fe-los'o-fe
1 1 5 1 4 4 1 5 1 4
Philosophical fi-lo-sof'ik-al fil-o-zof'e-kal
1 4 4 1 4 4
Plagiarism pla'ga-rizm pla'ja-rizm
5 4 5 4
Possess pos-ses' poz-zes'
5 4 1 5 4 1
Possessive pos-ses'siv poz-zes'siv
5 4 4 5 4 4
Possession pos-sesh'un poz-zesh'un
1 4 4 4 1 4 4
Preventive pre-vent'a-tiv pre-vent'iv
1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 4
Pronunciation pro-nun-se-a'shun pro-nun-she-a'shun
1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 4
Propitiation pro-pis-e-a'shun pro-pish-e-a'shun
5 1 1 5 1 1
Prophecy prov'e-si (noun) prof'e-se (noun)
5 1 1 5 1 5
Prophesy prov'e-si (verb) prof'e-si (verb)
1 1 1 1 1
Ratio ra'sho ra'she-o
1 4 4 4 4 4
Rational ra'shun-al rash'un-al
1 4 4 1 4 4
Sacrament sa'kra-ment sak'ra-ment
1 1 1 4 1 1
Sacrifice sa'kre-fize, sak're-fize
4
_or_ (fis)
4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stereotype ster'o-tipe ste're-o-tipe
1 4 1 4 1 4 4
Stupendous stu-pen'du-us, stu-pen'dus
1 4
stu-pen'jus
1 5 1 1 4 1 4
Synonyme se-non'e-me sin'o-nim
4 4 4 4 1 4
Transparent trans-par'ent trans-pa'rent
4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1
Transparency trans-par'en-se trans-pa'ren-se
1 4 1 4 1 4 4
Tremendous tre-men'du-us, tre-men'dus
1 4 1
tre-men'jus
4 4 4 4 1 4
Verbatim ver-bat'im ver-ba'tim
5 2 1 5 1 1
Volcano vol-ka'no vol-ka'no
4 1 4 11
Whiffletree hwip'pl-tre hwif'fl-tree
NOTE 1.--When the words _learned_, _blessed_, _loved,_ &c. are
used as participial adjectives, the termination _ed_ should
generally be pronounced as a separate syllable; as, "A _learn-ed_
man; The _bless-ed_ Redeemer;" but when they are employed as verbs,
the _ed_ is contracted in pronunciation; as, "He _learn'd_ his
lesson; They are _lov'd;_ I have _walk'd_."
2. The accent of the following words falls on those syllables
expressed in the _italic_ characters: Eu ro _pe_ an, hy me _ne_ al,
Ce sa _re_ a, co ad _ju_ tor, ep i cu _re_ an, _in_ ter est ed, _in_
ter est ing, _rep_ a ra ble, _rec_ og nise, _leg_ is la ture, _ob_
li ga to ry, in _com_ pa ra ble, ir _rep_ a ra ble, in _ex_ o ra
ble. In a large class of words, the vowels _a_, _e_, and _ai_,
should be pronounced like long _a_ in _late_; such as, _fare_,
_rare_, _there_, _their_, _where_, _air_, _chair_, _compare_,
_declare_, &c. In the words _person_, _perfect_, _mercy_,
_interpret_, _determine_, and the like, the vowel _e_ before _r_, is
often _erroneously_ sounded like short _u_. Its proper sound is that
of _e_ in _met_, _pet_, _imperative_.
3. With respect to the pronunciation of the words _sky_, _kind_,
_guide_, &c. it appears that a mistake extensively prevails. It is
believed that their common pronunciation by the vulgar, is the
_correct_ one, and agreeable to the pronunciation intended by Mr.
John Walker. The proper diphthongal sounds
11 1 1
in skei, kyind, gyide, are adopted by the common mass, and
_perverted_ by those who, in their unnatural and affected
pronunciation of these words, say,
1 1 1 1 1 1
ske-i; ke-inde, ge-ide. This latter mode of pronouncing them in two
syllables, is as incorrect and ridiculous as to pronounce the words
_boil_, _toil_, in two
3 4 3 4
syllables; thus, bo-il, to-il.
4. _My_, _wind_. When _my_ is contrasted with _thy_, _his_, _her_, _your_,
1 1
&c, it is pronounced, mi: in all other situations, it is pronounced, me;
as, "_My [me]_ son, give ear to _my [me]_ counsel." When _wind_ ends a
line in poetry, and is made to rhyme with _mind_, _bind_, kind_, &c. it is
1 4
pronounced, wind; but, in other situations, it is pronounced, wind.
"Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the _wind_."