Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

Again, usually pronounced a-_gen_, not as spelled. Alien, รก-li-en not _ale-yen._ Antipodes, an-_tip_-o-dees. Apostle, as _a-pos'l_, without the _t_. Arch, _artch_ in compounds of our own language, as in archbishop, archduke; but _ark_ in words derived from the Greek, as archaic, ar-_ka_-ik; archaeology, ar-ke-_ol_-o-gy; archangel, ark-_ain_-gel; archetype, _ar_-ke-type; archiepiscopal, ar-ke-e-_pis_-co-pal; archipelago, ar-ke-_pel_-a-go; ar-chives, _ar_-kivz, &c. Asia, _a_-sha. Asparagus as spelled, not asparagrass. Aunt, ant, not _au_nt. Awkward, awk-_wurd,_ not awk-_urd._ Bade, bad. Because, be-_cawz,_ not ba-_cos_ Been, bin. Beloved, as a verb, be-_luvd;_ as an adjective, be-_luv_-ed. Blessed, cursed, &c., are subject to the same rule. Beneath, with the _th_ in breath, not with the _th_ in breathe. Biog'raphy, as spelled, not beography. Buoy, boy, not bwoy. Canal', as spelled, not ca-nel. Caprice, capreece. Catch, as spelled, not ketch. Chaos, _ka_-oss. Charlatan, _shar_-latan. Chasm, kazm. Chasten, chasn. Chivalry, _shiv_-alry. Chemistry, _kem'_-is-tre, not _kim_-is-tre. Choir, kwire. Clerk, klark. Combat, _kum_-bat. Conduit, _kun_-dit. Corps, kor: the plural corps is pronounced korz. Covetous, _cuv_-e-tus, not cov-e-tus. Courteous, _curt_-yus. Courtesy (politeness), _cur_-te-sey. Courtesy (a lowering of the body), _curt_-sey. Cresses, as spelled, not _cree_-ses. Cu'riosity, cu-re-os-e-ty, not cur_os_ity. Cushion, _coosh_-un, not coosh-_in_. Daunt, d_aw_nt, not dant or darnt, as some erroneously pronounce it. Design and desist have the sound of _s_, not of _z_. Desire should have the sound of _z_. Despatch, de-_spatch_, not _dis_-patch. Dew, due, not doo. Diamond, as spelled, not _di_mond. Diploma, de-_plo_-ma, not _dip_-lo-ma. Diplomacy, de-_plo_-ma-cy, not _dip_-lo-ma-cy. Direct, de-_reckt_, not _di_-rect. Divers (several), _di_-verz; but diverse (different), _di_-verse. Dome, as spelled, not doom. Drought, drowt, not drawt. Duke, as spelled, not dook. Dynasty, _dyn_-as-te, not _dy_-nas-ty. Edict, _e_-dickt, not _ed_-ickt. E'en and e'er, een and air. Egotism, _eg_-o-tizm, not _e_-go-tism. Either, _e_-ther or _i_-ther. Engine, _en_-jin, not _in_-jin. Ensign, _en_-sign; ensigncy, _en_-sin-se. Epistle, without the _t_. Epitome, e-_pit_-o-me. Epoch, e-pock, not ep-ock. Equinox, e-qui-nox, not eck-wi-nox. Europe, U-rope, not U-rup. Euro-_pe_an not Eu-ro-pean. Every, _ev_-er-y, not _ev_-ry. Executor, egz-_ec_-utor, not with the sound of _x_. Extraordinary, as spelled, not ex-_tror_--di ner-i, or _ex_-traordinary, nor extrornarey February, as spelled, not Febuary. Finance, fe-_nance_, not _fi_nance. Foundling, as spelled, not _fond_-ling. Garden, _gar_-dn, not gar-den, nor gard-ing. Gauntlet, gawnt-let, not _gant_-let. Geography, as spelled, not _jo_graphy, or gehography. Geometry, as spelled, not _jom_-etry. Haunt, hawnt, not hant. Height, hite, not highth. Heinous, _hay_-nuss, not _hee_-nus. Highland, _hi_-land, not _hee_-land. Horizon, ho-_ri_-zn, not _hor_-i-zon. Housewife, pronounced in the ordinary way when it means the mistress of a house who is a good manager, but _huz_-wif, when it means a small case for needles. Hymeneal, hy-men-e-_al_, not hy-menal. Instead, in-_sted_, not instid. Isolate _-so_-late; not _iz_-o-late, nor _is_-olate. Jalap, _jal_-ap, not jolup. January, as spelled, not Jenuary nor Janewary. Leave, as spelled, not leaf. Legend _lej_-end, not _le_-gend. Lieutenant, lef-_ten_-ant, not leu-_ten_-ant. Many, _men_-ney, not man-ny. Marchioness, _mar_-shun-ess, not as spelled. Massacre, _mas_-sa-ker, not mas-sa-cre. Mattress, as spelled, not _mat_-trass. Matron, _ma_-trun, not mat-ron. 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 pronounced 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 pronunciation of the adjective.