Part 38

"'In that dumb rhetoric which you make use of.'

"'---- if I had been heir Of all the globes and sceptres mankind bows to.'

"'---- the name of friend Which you are pleased to grace me with.'

"'---- wilfully ignorant in my opinion Of what it did invite him to.'

"'I look to her as on a princess I dare not be ambitious of.'

"'---- a duty That I was born with.'"

THE ORTHOËPIST:

A PRONOUNCING MANUAL,

CONTAINING ABOUT THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED WORDS, INCLUDING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THE NAMES OF FOREIGN AUTHORS, ARTISTS, ETC., THAT ARE OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED.

By ALFRED AYRES.

̤ SELECTIONS FROM THE WORK.

ạb-dō´mẹn, not ăb´dọ-mĕn.

ạc-crṳe´, not -crū´. The orthoëpists agree that u, preceded by r in the same syllable, generally becomes simply oo, as in rude, rumor, rural, rule, ruby.

ạl-lŏp´ạ-thy; ạl-lŏp´ạ-thĭst.

Ăr´ạ-bĭc, not Ạ-rā´bĭc.

Asia--ā´shẹ-ȧ, not ā´zhȧ.

ay, or aye (meaning yes)--ī.

aye (meaning always)--ā.

Bĭs´märck, not bĭz´-. At the end of a syllable, s, in German, has invariably its sharp, hissing sound.

Cairo--in Egypt, kī´rō; in the United States, kā´rō.

Courbet--ko̤r´bā´.

dĕc´ạde, not dẹ-kād´.

dẹ-cō´roŭs. The authority is small, and is becoming less, for saying dĕc´o-roŭs, which is really as incorrect as it would be to say sŏn´o-roŭs.

dĕf´ị-cĭt, not dẹ-fĭç´it.

dịs̱-dāin´, not dis-.

dịs̱-hŏn´or, not dis-.

ĕc-ọ-nŏm´ị-cạl, or ē-cọ-nŏm´ị-cạl. The first is the marking of a large majority of the orthoëpists.

ẹ-nēr´vāte. The only authority for saying ĕn´er-vāte is popular usage; all the orthoëpists say e-nẽr´vāte.