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Robert Kemp Philp
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Minute
(small),
mi-nute.
Miscellany,
mis-cel-lany,
not
mis-cellany.
Mischievous,
mis-chiv-us,
not
mis-cheev-us.
Ne'er,
for
never,
nare.
Neighbourhood,
nay-bur-hood,
not
nay-burwood.
Nephew,
nev-u,
not
nefu.
New,
nu,
not
noo.
Notable
(worthy
of
notice),
no-tu-bl.
Oblige,
as
spelled,
not
obleege.
Oblique,
ob-leek,
not
o-blike.
Odorous,
o-der-us,
not
od-ur-us.
Of,
ov,
except
when
compounded
with
the
here,
and
where,
which
should
be
pronounced
here-of,
there-of,
and
where-of.
Off,
as
spelt,
not
awf.
Organization,
or-gan-i-za-shun,
not
or-ga-ne-za-shun.
Ostrich,
os-tr'ch,
not
os-tridge.
Pageant,
paj-ent,
not
pa-jant.
Parent.
pare-ent,
not
par-ent.
Partisan,
par-te-zan,
not
par-te-zan,
nor
par--ti-zan.
Patent,
pa-tent,
not
pat-ent.
Physiognomy,
as
fiz-i-ognomy,
not
phy-sionnomy.
Pincers,
pin-cerz,
not
pinch-erz.
Plaintiff,
as
spelled,
not
plan-tiff.
Pour,
pore,
not
so
as
to
rhyme
with
our.
Precedent
(an
example),
pres-e-dent;
pre-ce-dent
(going
before
in
point
of
time,
previous,
former),
is
the
pronunciation
of
the
adjective.
Prologue,
pro-log,
not
prol-og.
Quadrille,
ka-dril,
not
quod-ril.
Quay,
key,
not
as
spelled.
Radish,
as
spelled,
not
red-ish.
Raillery,
rail'-er-y,
or
ral-er
y,
not
as
spelled.
Rather,
rar-ther,
not
ray-ther.
Resort,
re-sort.
Resound,
re-zound.
Respite,
res-pit,
not
as
spelled.
Rout
(a
party;
and
to
rout),
should
be
pronounced
rowt.
Route
(a
road),
root.
Saunter,
saun-ter,
not
sarn-ter
or
san-ter.
Sausage,
saw-sage
not
sos-sidge,
nor
sassage.
Schedule,
shed-ule,
not
shed-dle.
Seamstress
is
pronounced
seem-stress,
but
semp-stress,
as
the
word
is
now
commonly
spelt,
is
pronounced
sem-stress.
Sewer,
soo-er
or
su-er,
not
shore,
nor
shure.
Shire,
as
spelled,
when
uttered
as
a
single
word,
but
shortened
into
shir
in
composition.
Shone,
shon,
not
shun,
nor
as
spelled.
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