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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... letters in the poetic and solemn style that are wholly silent in the prosaic and familiar . But if a solemn and familiar ... letter in tolerable goes into an obscure indefinite sound approaching the short u ; nor can any solemnity or ...
... letters in the poetic and solemn style that are wholly silent in the prosaic and familiar . But if a solemn and familiar ... letter in tolerable goes into an obscure indefinite sound approaching the short u ; nor can any solemnity or ...
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... letter r , as får , bår , though the accent be on the vowel ; as likewise when it pre " cedes ( m , as balm , psalm . The Irish , ignorant of Lis latter exception , pronounce all words of that structure as if they were written hawm ...
... letter r , as får , bår , though the accent be on the vowel ; as likewise when it pre " cedes ( m , as balm , psalm . The Irish , ignorant of Lis latter exception , pronounce all words of that structure as if they were written hawm ...
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... letter K , and the aspiration or rough breathing before all the accented vowels . ( For the true sound of R , see that letter in the Principles , No. 419. ) And for the rough breathing or aspiration of the vowels , the pupil should be ...
... letter K , and the aspiration or rough breathing before all the accented vowels . ( For the true sound of R , see that letter in the Principles , No. 419. ) And for the rough breathing or aspiration of the vowels , the pupil should be ...
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... letters . This is vulgarly , and , if it does not mean stress only , but the kind of stress , I think , not ... letter in any other part . Let him be told to bite his under lip while he is sounding the y in those words , and to ...
... letters . This is vulgarly , and , if it does not mean stress only , but the kind of stress , I think , not ... letter in any other part . Let him be told to bite his under lip while he is sounding the y in those words , and to ...
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... letter , Thus , if the short sound of the letter in trunk , sunk , & c . differ from the sound of that letter in the northern parts of England , where they sound it like the a in bali , and nearly as if the words were written troonk ...
... letter , Thus , if the short sound of the letter in trunk , sunk , & c . differ from the sound of that letter in the northern parts of England , where they sound it like the a in bali , and nearly as if the words were written troonk ...
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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