Part 7 — PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
Reading edition
Note.—The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K, the sound of ch in German; ü, the sound of the German ü, and French u; ö, the sound of ö in foreign languages.
Actæon, ak tee´ on
Æneas Sylvius, ee nee´ as sil´ vy us
Alleghanies, al´´ le gay´ niz
Æschylus, es´ ky lus
Amadis, am´ a dis
Babieca, ba be ay´ ka
Benoit, ben wah´
Bose, bo´ zeh
Briareus, bri a´ re us
Bucephalus, bu sef´ a lus
Casa Guidi, kah´ sa gwee´ dee
Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de, sur van´ teez, sah ved´ ra, mee gayl´ deh
Chingachgook, chin gahk´ gook
Choteau, sho to´
Christiern, Kris´ tee urn
Clavileño, klah ve lay´ nyo
Don Quixote, don kwiks´ oat, (Sp.) don´´ kee ho´ tay
Du Chaillu, dü shay lü´
Hotel des Invalides, o tel´ day zaN´´ va´´ leed´
Mambrino, mam bree´ no
Martino, mar tee´ no
Michael Arout, (Fr.) mee shel´ ah roo´
Mohicans, mo hee´ kanz
Montcalm, mont cahm´
Ngobi, ngo´ bi
Olaus Magnus, o lay´ us mag´ nus
Oran, o rahn´
Orphéon, or fay oN´
Para, pah rah´
Paracelsus, par a sel´ sus
Phaethon, fay´ eh thon
Pleiades, plee´ ya deez
Potosi, po to see´
Prairie du Chien, pray´ ree doo sheen´
Ptolemy, tol´ e my
Quashquamme, quash guah´ me
Quesada, kee sah´ da
Rocinante, ro´´ see nahn´ tay
Roderich vich Alpine, rod´ rick vick al´ pine
St. Germain, saN zher´´ maN´
Sancho Panza, sang´ ko pan´ za, (Sp.) sahn´ cha pahn´ tha
Sioux, soo
Souvestre, Emile, soo´´ vestr´, ay meel´
Tête Rouge, tate roozh
Thoreau, tho´ ro, or tho ro´
Versailles, vur saylz´
Willamette, wil ah´ met
Xenil, hay´ neel
Transcriber’s Note
The following typographical errors have been corrected.
Page Error
24 Muleteeer changed to Muleteer
102 Neverthelesss changed to Nevertheless
107 hugh changed to huge
123 distiguish changed to distinguish
139 postion changed to position
191 fellow-ceatures changed to fellow-creatures
196 immeditatively changed to meditatively
219 and Tom Tolliver changed to and Tom Tulliver
267 miscroscope changed to microscope
314 acquintance changed to acquaintance
369 round, I take it. changed to round, I take it.”
407 Goodnature changed to Good-nature
417 profundly changed to profoundly
420 Holden ready for the fight: changed to Holden ready for the fight.”
442 out, answered changed to out,” answered
468 senora changed to señora
476 of enchanters. changed to of enchanters.”
482 Rosinante’s saddle changed to Rocinante’s saddle
485 Actaeon changed to Actæon
485 Aeneas changed to Æneas
485 Aeschyllus changed to Æschylus
485 Buchephalus changed to Bucephalus
485 Clavileno changed to Clavileño
486 Orpheon changed to Orphéon
486 Pleiadas changed to Pleiades
486 Quashguamme changed to Quashquamme
486 Tete changed to Tête
The following words had inconsistent spelling and hyphenation:
daylight / day-light farmhouse / farm-house firearms / fire-arms highborn / high-born homemade / home-made lopsided / lop-sided roadside / road-side skylark / sky-lark tipsy cake / tipsy-cake tomorrow / to-morrow upstream / up-stream waterbreaker / water-breaker
Other comments
The footnote referred to by marker number 4 on page 30 was printed on page 31.