Lord] Care must be taken to sound the o and r distinctly and fully in this word, to prevent it from being changed into such sounds as the following, which are occasionally heard : Lard, Lurd, Lod, Lode, Lorud, Lud, Laud] M. Many, menny Medicine, med-e-sin Many] General custom favours this pronunciation, which has probably always been the sound of the word, derived from the Saxon word moniy. Amongst old writers it was often written menie or meyny.] Manifold] Etymology would require this word to be pronounced mennyfold, but custom decides otherwise. A similar deviation prevails in the preposition toʻ-wards, in which o has its regular sound, though the primitive word to is sounded like the adverb too.] Paradise, (a as in mat) thin) Pre-side, (s not x) sħun 6 (a) Proving, prooving Psalm, sam ( a as in far) Psalmist, sal-mist, (a as in - far) Psalmody, sal-mo-de (a as in ment : * Sin the adjective termination sive, is always sharp and hissing, Quality, (a like o in not) Quantity, (a like o in not) 5 R. Raisin, ra-zn (Walker, re-zn) Reason, re-zn, not re-sun" Rather (a as in fat) not Reasonable, re-zn-a-62 17 ruther Revolt, (o as in bolt) Ravening, răo-vn-ing Rule, rool, not re-ule 9 Sàbbath-day, (only one ac Seethe, (th as in this) cent) Selves, not sulves Sắc-ra-ment ? Sepulchre, sep-ul-kur, ( u as Sắc-ra-ment-alo in tub) Sacrifice, s. săk-kre-fize? Sew, son Says, sez Shall, neither shull nor shawl Scarceness, (a as in fate) Shalt, not shult Schism, săzm Shew, show Should, (1 silent) Sàbbath-day] When two substantives are compounded, one accent is commonly used instead of two. “Thus, we should say, the war minister, if there were no other ministers of state beside that one; but as there are others, we say the wàr-minister, with a reference to the others.” SMART. On the same principle, only one accent is given to Sàbbath-day, màn-servant, màid-servant, judgment-seat, &c. Sacrifice] To pronounce the substantive, as some speakers do, rhyming with vice (in order to distinguish it from the verb,) is to adopt a pronunciation in direct defiance of analogy. The syllable ice, unaccented at the end of a word, is always sounded iss with the s sharp; as in prejudice, office, chalice, pumice, Venice, licorice, notice, service, &c. Cockatrice is scarcely an exception.] Söd-er Soften, sof-fn Sojourn, só-jurn (u as in tub) Sojourner, só-jurn-ur Solace, sol-las Sov'ereign, suv'-ur-in Spirit, not sper-it, nor spur-it Staves, pl. of staff, rhymes with calves Starry, (a as in far) ed) Synagogue, sin-a-gog Staves] This pronunciation, which analogy justifies, is adopted by some who are generally considered very correct speakers. Walker makes it rhyme with caves.] Venison] Walker advises that this word should be a trisyllable in reading the language of Scripture ; but general custom is against him. If his suggestion were adopted, a similar principle ought to be extended to victuals, and business.] W. Walk, wauk not) Wi-li-ness want Weapon] Wep-pn, according to Walker. Y. Yellow, yel-lo Your's, (s as 2) Yönder, not yander, yender, Youths, (th as in thin) nor yunder Zealot, zel-ut Zealous, zěl-us |