Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

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 pronounced rowt. Route (a road), root. Saunter, _saun_-ter, not _sarn_-ter or _san_-ter. Sausage, _saw_-sage not sos-sidge, nor sassage. Schedule, _shed_-ule, not shed-dle. Seamstress is pronounced _seem_-stress, but semp-stress, as the word is now commonly spelt, is pronounced _sem_-stress. Sewer, _soo_-er or _su_-er, not shore, nor shure. Shire, as spelled, when uttered as a single word, but shortened into shir 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. Synod, _sin_-od, not _sy_-nod. Tenure, _ten_-ure, not _te_-nure. Tenet, _ten_-et, not _te_-net. Than, as spelled, not thun. Tremor, _trem_-ur, not _tre_-mor. Twelfth, should have the th sounded. Umbrella, as spelled, not um-ber-el-la. Vase, vaiz or varz, not vawze. Was, woz, not wuz. Weary, _weer_-i, not w_ar_y. Were, wer, not ware. Wont, wunt, not as spelled. Wrath, rawth, not rath: as an adjective it is spelled wroth, and pronounced with the vowel sound shorter, as wrath-ful, &c. Yacht, yot, not yat. Yeast, as spelled, not yest. Zenith, _zen_-ith, not _ze_-nith. Zodiac, _zo_-de-ak. Zoology should have both o's sounded,as zo-_ol_-o-gy, not _zoo_-lo-gy _Note._--The tendency of all good elocutionists is to pronounce as nearly in accordance with the spelling as possible. Pronounce: --ace not iss, as furn_ace_, not furn_iss_. --age, not idge, as cabbage, courage, postage, village. --ain, ane, not in, as certain, cert_ane_, not cert_in_. --ate, not it, as moder_ate_, not moder_it_. --ect, not ec, as asp_ect_, not asp_ec_; subj_ect_, not subj_ec_. --ed, not id, or ud, as wicked, not wick_i_d, or wick_u_d. --el, not l, _mod_el, not _mod_l; _nov_el,not _nov_l. --en, not n, as sudd_en_, not sudd_n_.--Burden, burthen, garden, lengthen, seven, strengthen, often, and a few others,have the _e_ silent. --ence, not unce, as influ_ence_, not influ-_unce_. --es, not is, as pleas_es_, not pleas_is_. --ile should be pronounced il, as fert_il_, not fert_ile_, in all words except chamomile _(cam)_, exile, gentile, infantile, reconcile and senile, which should be pronounce ile. --in, not n, as Lat_in_, not Lat_n_. --nd, not n, as husba_nd_, not husb_an_, thous_and_, not thous_an_. --ness, not n_iss_, as careful_ness_, not careful n_iss_. --ng, not n, as singi_ng_, not sing_in_; speaki_ng_, not speak_in_. --ngth, not nth, as stre_ng_th, not stre_nth_. --son, the _o_ should be silent; as in treason; _tre-zn_, not _tre-son_. --tal, not tle, as capi_tal_, not capi_tle; _me_tal, not met_tle;_ mor_tal_, not mor_tle_; periodi_cal_; not periodi_cle_. --xt, not x, as ne_xt_, not ne_x_. [PUBLICATION OF BANNS OF MARRIAGE COMMENCED A.D.1210.]