Enquire within upon everything

Robert Kemp Philp · 1894 · 1000 pages

Enquire within upon everything

Robert Kemp Philp162

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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