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Robert Kemp Philp
160
[AUCTIONS
COMMENCED
IN
BRITAIN
IN
A.D.
1779.]
197.
Proper
Pronunciations
of
Words
often
Wrongly
Pronounced.
Again,
usually
pronounced
a-gen,
not
as
spelled.
Alien,
á-li-en
not
ale-yen.
Antipodes,
an-tip-o-dees.
Apostle,
as
a-pos'l,
without
the
t.
Arch,
artch
in
compounds
of
our
own
language,
as
in
archbishop,
archduke;
but
ark
in
words
derived
from
the
Greek,
as
archaic,
ar-ka-ik;
archaeology,
ar-ke-ol-o-gy;
archangel,
ark-ain-gel;
archetype,
ar-ke-type;
archiepiscopal,
ar-ke-e-pis-co-pal;
archipelago,
ar-ke-pel-a-go;
ar-chives,
ar-kivz,
&c.
Asia,
a-sha.
Asparagus
as
spelled,
not
asparagrass.
Aunt,
ant,
not
aunt.
Awkward,
awk-wurd,
not
awk-urd.
Bade,
bad.
Because,
be-cawz,
not
ba-cos
Been,
bin.
Beloved,
as
a
verb,
be-luvd;
as
an
adjective,
be-luv-ed.
Blessed,
cursed,
&c.,
are
subject
to
the
same
rule.
Beneath,
with
the
th
in
breath,
not
with
the
th
in
breathe.
Biog'raphy,
as
spelled,
not
beography.
Buoy,
boy,
not
bwoy.
Canal',
as
spelled,
not
ca-nel.
Caprice,
capreece.
Catch,
as
spelled,
not
ketch.
Chaos,
ka-oss.
Charlatan,
shar-latan.
Chasm,
kazm.
Chasten,
chasn.
Chivalry,
shiv-alry.
Chemistry,
kem'-is-tre,
not
kim-is-tre.
Choir,
kwire.
Clerk,
klark.
Combat,
kum-bat.
Conduit,
kun-dit.
Corps,
kor:
the
plural
corps
is
pronounced
korz.
Covetous,
cuv-e-tus,
not
cov-e-tus.
Courteous,
curt-yus.
Courtesy
(politeness),
cur-te-sey.
Courtesy
(a
lowering
of
the
body),
curt-sey.
Cresses,
as
spelled,
not
cree-ses.
Cu'riosity,
cu-re-os-e-ty,
not
curosity.
Cushion,
coosh-un,
not
coosh-in.
Daunt,
dawnt,
not
dant
or
darnt,
as
some
erroneously
pronounce
it.
Design
and
desist
have
the
sound
of
s,
not
of
z.
Desire
should
have
the
sound
of
z.
Despatch,
de-spatch,
not
dis-patch.
Dew,
due,
not
doo.
Diamond,
as
spelled,
not
dimond.
Diploma,
de-plo-ma,
not
dip-lo-ma.
Diplomacy,
de-plo-ma-cy,
not
dip-lo-ma-cy.
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