A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...: To which are Prefixed Principles of English Pronunciation ... Likewise, Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding Their Respective Peculiarities ... To which is Annexed A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, &c |
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... common con- versation ; but when they are required to pronounce with emphasis , ana for that purpose to be more distinct and definite in their atterance , here their car fails them ; they have been accustomed only to loope cursory ...
... common con- versation ; but when they are required to pronounce with emphasis , ana for that purpose to be more distinct and definite in their atterance , here their car fails them ; they have been accustomed only to loope cursory ...
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... common definition of a vowel be just , these two letters are so far frem being simple vowels , that they may more properly be called semi - consonant diphthongs . 9. That y and we are consonants when they begin a word , and vowels when ...
... common definition of a vowel be just , these two letters are so far frem being simple vowels , that they may more properly be called semi - consonant diphthongs . 9. That y and we are consonants when they begin a word , and vowels when ...
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... common to all the vowels , there is a certain transient indistinct pronunciation of some of them , when they are not accented , that cannot be so easily settled . When the accent is not upon it , no vowel is more apt to run into this ...
... common to all the vowels , there is a certain transient indistinct pronunciation of some of them , when they are not accented , that cannot be so easily settled . When the accent is not upon it , no vowel is more apt to run into this ...
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... common sound , be written pallus , solius , & c . while furice almost changes the a into i , and might be written furniss . 92. When the a is preceded by the gutturals , hard g or c , it is , in polite pronunciation , softened by the ...
... common sound , be written pallus , solius , & c . while furice almost changes the a into i , and might be written furniss . 92. When the a is preceded by the gutturals , hard g or c , it is , in polite pronunciation , softened by the ...
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... common sound of this letter in the words clerk , serjeant , and a few others , where we find the e pronounced like the a in dark and margin . But this exception , I imagine , was , till within these few years , the general rule of ...
... common sound of this letter in the words clerk , serjeant , and a few others , where we find the e pronounced like the a in dark and margin . But this exception , I imagine , was , till within these few years , the general rule of ...
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adjective agreeable analogy anglicised animal antepenultimate båll Belonging body Buchanan called chyle COACERVATE coagulate colour compounds consonant contrary corrupt costiveness custom derived Dictionary diphthong distinction dress enclitical English Entick fåll får fåt mè favour fish followed French give Guaiacum hard heard herb hissing horse Johnson Kenrick kind language last syllable letter liquor long sound manner mark Mason ment mêt pine mind môve mute når Nares nature neral ness nỏ noise nôt tåbe noun nounced observed orthography participle penultimate Perry person place the accent plant plural Preter preterit pron pronounced pronunciation publick quantity Relating rhyme ridan rule Scott second syllable secondary accent seems sharp Sheridan ship short sound sometimes species spelling tåb termination thin thing tion tree triphthong unaccented v. a. To put verb verbal nouns vessel vowel vulgar written