The best help I had, was the perusal of some Books Printed in China, with the pronunciation and signification of the Character in Latin Letters.
The present use of this Character, I conceive to be differing from what it was at first, both as to the position of Writing and Reading it, and as to the Expression and Pronunciation thereof.
We are informed by Cicero, that a comedian who made a movement out of time was as much hissed as one who mistook the pronunciation of a word or quantity of a syllable in a verse(621).
Tragic declamation was graver and more harmonious than comic, but even the comic was more musical and varied than the pronunciation used in ordinary conversation(626).
My lord had never forgiven her for correcting him in his pronunciation of her name by marriage.
There was something in her pronunciation of the last few words which vexed and irritated him.
Frau Luettgen was as tall and straight as a beanstalk, and was very particular about the pronunciation of s.
Their picturesque pronunciation gives their conversation a piquancy which defies imitation.
Though Gaelic should be the veriest Hebrew to you, you have but to learn the meaning and pronunciation of the three magic words, and you will have no difficulty in getting along in the Highlands.
The Flemish pronunciation is Mah-ter-lee-nk; but Frenchmen pronounce it as though it were a French name.
In Ferrier traditional spelling seems to have triumphed over popular pronunciation (farrier), but the latter appears in Farrar.
In the London pronunciation the u of such words as but, cup, hurry, etc.
This is seen in the pronunciation of names such as Cholmondeley and Marjoribanks.
Bristow preserves what was once the regular pronunciation of Bristol.
Parson shows the popular pronunciation of er, now modified by the influence of traditional spelling.
This corruption would be facilitated by the 16th-century pronunciation of oi (peitrine).
Few people who use this metaphor know that ship is here the dialect pronunciation of sheep; cf.
It is the single point on which the pronunciation of well-bred Castilians is not accepted as standard.
The primitive Latin forms given are often not classical Latin words, but derivatives from these; and reference is generally made to the Middle English (Chaucerian) pronunciation of English words, not the modern.
In the nineteenth year of my age I determined to supply this defect; and the lessons of Pavilliard again contributed to smooth the entrance of the way, the Greek alphabet, the grammar, and the pronunciation according to the French accent.
The pronunciation of the vowels, then, constitutes no difficulty for the ventriloquist.
Discerning travelers have made the American pronunciation of the letter a a reproach to the republic, that is to say, a means of distinguishing a native of this country.
In time the American pronunciation will become as superior to all others as are the American sewing-machines and reapers.
After his death, they say, he appeared to his grandson Samuel to teach him the true pronunciation of the Ineffable Name.
The boy who studied before his voice began changing understands the breath control, the placing of the tone, and the pronunciation and enunciation.
Harshness of the pronunciation has accompanied the arrogance of expression.
Its pronunciation of the diphthong ei is true, whereas in Lisbon this approximates to ai (with a as in English above, or like the u of cut).
They destroy and distort their organs of pronunciation by excessive use of the betel-nut and pepper leaf and lime, so that no word is articulately pronounced.
It does not differ from the ancient dialects so much as you would conceive; but the pronunciation is diametrically opposite.
So strikingly similar to the ancient Greek is the modern Romaic as a written language, and so dissimilar in sound, that even a few general rules concerning pronunciation would be of most extensive use.
As there is no "Institute," as in France, to settle matters of this kind, I maintained that we Americans had as much authority for our pronunciation of this particular word as the English.
I had a discussion recently with a Briton on the pronunciationof a word.
Pronunciation is scholastic, relating to the word accent and the vowel sound.
Jefferson, you will find, criticizes hispronunciation severely.
In the House of Lords his oratory, lucid, pointed, lively, and set off with every grace of pronunciation and of gesture, extorted the attention and admiration even of a hostile majority.
First let us determine the question of right to the satisfaction of us both,” said the youth firmly but respect fully, and with a pronunciation and language vastly superior to his appearance: “with how many shot did you load your gun?
In the general intercourse with strangers the conversation is always in Malayan, with the pronunciation (already noticed) of the final o for a.
Inland of a place called Sokum great respect was paid to a female chief or uti (which word I conceive to be a liquid pronunciation of putri, a princess), whose jurisdiction comprehended many tribes.
A clear and full explanation of the Rules of Pronunciation is prefixed, while that of all difficult or exceptional words is indicated as they occur.
