THE ORTHOËPIST:

A PRONOUNCING MANUAL, Containing about Three Thousand Five Hundred Words, including a Considerable Number of the Names of Foreign Authors, Artists, etc., that are often mispronounced.

By ALFRED AYRES.

SELECTIONS FROM THE WORK.

ạb-dō´mẹn, not ăb´dọ-mĕn.

ạc-crṳe´, not -crū´. The orthoëpists agree that u, preceded by r in the same syllable, generally becomes simply oo, as in rude, rumor, rural, rule, ruby.

ạl-lŏp´ạ-thy; ạl-lŏp´ạ-thĭst.

Ăr´ạ-bĭc, not Ạ-rā´bĭc.

Asia—ā´shẹ-ȧ, not ā´zhȧ.

ay, or aye (meaning yes)—ī.

aye (meaning always)—ā.

Bĭs´märck, not bĭz´-. At the end of a syllable, s, in German, has invariably its sharp, hissing sound.

Cairo—in Egypt, kī´rō; in the United States, kā´rō.

Courbet—ko̤r´bā´.

dĕc´ạde, not dẹ-kād´.

dẹ-cō´roŭs. The authority is small, and is becoming less, for saying dĕc´o-roŭs, which is really as incorrect as it would be to say sŏn´o-roŭs.

dĕf´ị-cĭt, not dẹ-fĭç´it.

dịs̱-dāin´, not dis-.

dịs̱-hŏn´or, not dis-.

ĕc-ọ-nŏm´ị-cạl, or ē-cọ-nŏm´ị-cạl. The first is the marking of a large majority of the orthoëpists.

ẹ-nēr´vāte. The only authority for saying ĕn´er-vāte is popular usage; all the orthoëpists say e-nẽr´vāte.

ĕp´ọc̵h, not ē´pŏc̵h. The latter is a Websterian pronunciation, which is not even permitted in the late editions.

fĭn-ạn-ciēr´. This much-used word is rarely pronounced correctly.

Heī´nẹ, not hine. Final e in German is never silent.

honest—ŏn´est, not -ĭst, nor -ŭst. "Honest, honest Iago," is preferable to "honust, honust Iago," some of our accidental Othellos to the contrary notwithstanding.

ĭs̱´ọ-lāte, or ĭs´ọ-late, not ī´sọ-lāt. The first marking is Walker's, Worcester's, and Smart's; the second, Webster's.

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