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[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.