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]

Many, menny

Manifold, man'-e-fold

Master, (a as in far)"

Marry, (a as in mat)

Mediator, me-de-á-tur 3 (a)

M.

Medicine, med-e-sin
Merchant, not marchant
Mine, not min

Miracle, (i as in pin)

Mountain, moun-tin

Many] General custom favours this pronunciation, which has probably always been the sound of the word, derived from the Saxon word mænig. 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 to'-wards, in which o has its regular sound, though the primitive word to is sounded like the adverb too.]

* Sin the adjective termination sive, is always sharp and hissing.

Sabbath-day] When two substantives are compounded, one accent is commonly used instead of two. "Thus, we should say, the wár 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.]

Sŏd-er

Soften, sof-fn

Starry, (a as in far)

Subject', verb

Sojourn, só-jurn (u as in tub) Subjec ́-ted, part. adj.

Subtilty, sut-tl-ty
Such, not setch 9
Suit, not shute 6 (

Sworn, (o as in no; w sound-
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.]

Whereof, hware of (o as in Wonder, wunder 5

Weapon] Wep-pn, according to Walker.

Wrath] Roth (o as in not) according to Walker.

Yonder, not yander, yender, Youths, (th as in thin)