ANALYSIS OF THE APPENDIX. Section Page Correct pronunciation important to the Clergy 213 Walker's 1. The tendency of compound words to shorten the vowel which is long in the primitives - 216 218 ibid 3. The shortening tendency of the secondary accent 217 4. The shortening tendency of the past tense 5. The power of W over the subsequent vowel 6. The aspirated hissing of T, D, S, Z, X, and soft Cibid 7. The most approved sound of A in certain words 8. The liquid sound of K, C, and G hard, before A and I 9. Faulty pronunciation of accented vowels 10. Pronunciation of unaccented syllables 220 221 222 223 11. Allowable fluctuation in the sound of some unac cented vowels and diphthongs 12. Faulty pronunciation of unaccented vowels 224 226 13. Suppression of unaccented vowels where they should be sounded; and the opposite error-The termination ed in the past tense and participle 18. Suppressing vowels in the terminations tion and sion 236 Section 19. Suppressing t when between two s's, &c. 20. Suppressing h where it ought to be sounded; and vice versa 21. Suppressing h before w; also in shr; and in the termination th Page 237 239 - 240 241 22. Sounding r too strongly, or too feebly List of words occurring in the Sacred Scriptures Pronunciation of Scripture Proper Names 245 254 A Selection from the Lessons on Sundays and Holy-days, of such proper Names as are most liable to be variously or incorrectly pronounced 261 APPENDIX. THOUGH errors of pronunciation in the public ministering of a Clergyman, are trifles in comparison of "truth of doctrine and innocency of life," still they ought to be carefully avoided. Deviations from the common usage of speaking arrest the attention of the higher classes of society, interrupt the current of thought, and turn it from the matter to the manner, from the meaning of the words to the pronunciation of them. And not only is this effect produced upon the giddy and irreligious, but sometimes even upon the grave and devout. This consideration gives to the subject an importance which will influence the student who is anxious to perform his duty, in every respect, and towards all classes of hearers, to the best of his ability; and may perhaps induce him to devote a little time to the perusal of the following pages, in which are incorporated some of the remarks and rules of Walker and other writers, on the subject of pronunciation. PRONUNCIATION. Dr. Johnson's general rule, that "those are to be considered as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words," has been justly censured by Mr. Walker. It has already led to much innovation, and, in many cases, produced diversity of pronunciation |