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Russell's American elocutionist. The American elocutionist (1845)
Russell's American elocutionist The American elocutionist - 1845 Author:William Russell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Words in which the current pronunciation of the United. States, deviates from that of England. AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION. ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. Accept'able,... more » Acceptable, Again—agayn Again—agen, Against—agayust Against—agenst, — Aggran'dizeinent Aggrandizement, — Alternate, Alter'nate, Alm6st Al'most, Azure—azhure, ..... Azure—ayshure, Bellows, (the noun,) belloze, . Bellows—bellus, — Bravo—Brayvo, Bravo—bravo, Bronze—bronz, Bronze—bronze, — Caprice—cay'prees Caprice—caprees',— Chamois—shammy Chamois—shamoy', Chasten, Chasten, - China—Chinay, China—China, Chivalry—shivalry, .... Chivalry—tshivalry, Clarion Clarion, Combat—combat Combat—cnmbat, Commen'dable Com'mendable, Com'pensate, Compen'sate, Comrade—comrad Comrade—ciunrade, Con'fidant Confidant', Confiscate, ........ Confis'cate, Constitution—constitootion, . Constitution, Con'summate, Consum'mate, Con'template, ...... Contem'piate, Con'tents, Contents', Courteous—corteous, . . . Courteous—curteous, — Courtesy—curtesy, .... Courtesy—curtesy, Creek—crik, Creek, Crocodile, Crocodile, - Deaf—deef, Deaf—def, Dec'orous, Deco'rous, -J- Dem'onstrate, Demon'strate, De'tail, Detail, Peculiarities of pronunciation, whether they characterize the usage of Ireland, Scotland, or the United States, fall under the denomination of errors, as regards the appropriate use of the English language. They are on the same footing with the faults of provincial dialect, in. England itself. The English language, spoken out of England, claims, justly, the same law of observance with that of the French language, spoken out of France,—to be regulated by the custom of the country in which it originated. AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION. ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. ...« less