Enquire Within Upon Everything
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Chapter 36 : Medicine, _med_-e-cin, not _med_-cin.
Minute (sixty seconds), _min_-it.
Minute (small),
Medicine, _med_-e-cin, not _med_-cin.
Minute (sixty seconds), _min_-it.
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 _nef_u.
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 p.r.o.nounced 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-_og_nomy, 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 p.r.o.nunciation 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 p.r.o.nounced rowt. Route (a road), root.
Saunter, _saun_-ter, not _sarn_-ter or _san_-ter.
Sausage, _saw_-sage not sos-sidge, nor sa.s.sage.
Schedule, _shed_-ule, not shed-dle.
Seamstress is p.r.o.nounced _seem_-stress, but semp-stress, as the word is now commonly spelt, is p.r.o.nounced _sem_-stress.
Sewer, _soo_-er or _su_-er, not sh.o.r.e, nor shure.
s.h.i.+re, as spelled, when uttered as a single word, but shortened into s.h.i.+r in composition.
Shone, shon, not shun, nor as spelled.
Soldier, _sole_-jer.
Solecism, _sol_-e-cizm, not sole-cizm.
Soot as spelled, not sut.
Sovereign, _sov_-er-in, not suv-er-in.
Specious, _spe_-shus, not _spesh_-us.
Stomacher, _stum_-a-cher.
Stone (weight), as spelled, not stun.