Asia, asha.

Asparagus, not asparagrass.

Awkward, awk-wurd, not awk-urd.

Bade, bad.

Because, be-cawz not be-cos.

Been, bin.

Beloved, as a verb, be-luvd, as an adjective, be-luv-ed. Blessed, cursed, etc, are subject to the same rule.

Beneath, with the th in breath, not with the th in breathe.

Biog'raphy, as spelled, not beography.

Buoy, bwoy, not boy.

By and my, in conversation, b'e, m'e When emphatic, and in poetic read ing, by and my.

Canal', as spelled, not ca-ncl.

Caprice, capreece.

Catch, as spelled, not kotch

Chaos, ka-oss.

Charlatan, sharlatan.

Chasten, chasn.

Chasm, kazm.

Chivalry, shivalry.

Chemistry, kirn-is-trey.

Choir, kwire.

Clerk, klark.

Oombnt, hum bat.

Conduit, kun-dit.

Corps, cove; plural, cores.

Covetous, cuv-e tus, not cov-e-chus.

Courteous, curt-jus.

Courtesy (politeness) cur-te-sey.

Courtesy (a lowering of the body,) curtsey. Cresses, as spelled, not creeses. Curiosity, cu-re os-e-ty, not curosity. Cushion, coosh-un, not coosh-in. Daunt, dant, not daumt. Design and desist have the sound of s, no', of z. Desire should have the sound of z. Despatch, despatch, not dts-patch. Dew, due, not doo. Diamond, as spelled, not di-mond. Diploma, de-plo-ma, not dip-lo-ma. Diplomacy, de-plo-ma-cy, not dip-loma-cy. Direct, de-reckt, not di-rect. Divers (several), di-verz; but diverse

(different), di-verse. Dome, as spelled, not doom. Drought, drowt, not drawt. Dynasty, dyn-ns-te, not dy-nas-ty, Edict, e-dickt, not ed-ickt. E'en and e'er, een and air. Egotism, eg-o-tizm, not e-go-tism. Either, e ther, not i-ther. Engine, en-jin, in-jin. Ensign, ensign; ensigncy, en-sin-cey. Epistle, without the t. Epitome, e-pit- o-me. Epoch, ep-ock, not e-pock. Equinox, cq-kwe nox, not e-qui-nox. Europe, {U-rope, not U-rup. Euro-pe-an, not Eu-ro-pean. Every, ev-er-ey, not ev-ry. Executor, egz-ec-utor, not with the sound of x. Extraordinary, ex-tror-de nar-ey, not extra-ordinary, nor extronarey February, as spelled, not Febuary. Finance, fe-nancc, not fi-nance. Foundling, as spelled, not fondling. Garden,gar-dn,not gar-den, nor garding. Gauntlet, gant -let, not gawnt-let. Geography, as spelled, not jography, nor ge-hography. Geometry, as spelled, not jom-etry. Haunt, hant, not hawnt.

Height, hite, not higth.

Heinous, hay-nus, not hce-nus.

Highland, hi-land, not hee-land.

Horizon, ho-ri-zn, not hor-i-zon.

Housewife, huz-wife

Hymeneal, hy-men-e-al, not hy-inenal.

Instead, in-stcd, not in-stid.

Isolate, tz-o-late, not i-zo late, nor is olate. Jalap, jal-ap, not jolup. January, as spelled, not Jenuary, no

Janewary. Leave, as spelled, not leaf. Legend, led-gend, not le-gend. Lieutenant, lev-ten-ant, not lieu-fen-ant. Many, men-ney, not man-ny. Marchioness, rnar-shun-ess, not at spelled. Massacre, mas-sa-cur, not mas-sa-cre. Mattress, as spelled, not mat-trass. Matron, ma-trun, not ma-tron. Medicine, med-e-cin, not med-cin. Minute (sixty seconds) min-it Minute (small) min-ute. Miscellany, mis-cellany, not mis-cel lany. Mischievous, mis-chiv-us, not mis-cheeius. Ne'er, for never, nare. Neighbourhood, nay-bur-hood, not nay-bur-wood. Nephew ncv-u, not nef-u. New, nu, not noo. Notable, worthy of notice, no-ta-bl. Notable, thrifty, not-a-bl. Oblige, as spelled, not obleege. Oblique, ob-leek, not o-blike. Odorous, o-dur-us, not od-ur-us. Of, ov, except when compounded with there, here, and where, which should be pronounced here-of, there of, and whare-of. Off, of, not awf. Organization, or-gan-e-za-shun, not orga-ni-za-shun. Ostrich, os-tritch, not os-tridge. Pageant, pad-jant, not pa-jant. Parent, pare-ent, not par-ent. Partisan,par-te-zan, not par-te-zan, no par-ti-zan. Patent, pat-ent, not pa-tent. Physiognomy, not physionnomy. Pincers, pin-cerz, not pinch-erz

Plaintiff, as spelled, not plan-tiff.

Pour, pore, not so as to rhyme with our.

Precedent, (an example,) press-e-dent; pre-cc-dent is the pronunciation of the adjective.

Prologue, prolog, not pro-loge.

Quadrille, ka-dril, not quod-ril.

Quay, key, not as spelled.

Radish, as spelled, not red-ish.

Raillery, ral-ler-ey, not as spelled.

Rather, not raatber.

Resort, rezort.

Resound, razound.

Respite, res--pit, not as spelled.

Rout (a party; and to rout,) should be pronounced rowt. Route (a road), root.

Saunter, san-ter, not sawnter.

Sausage, saw-sage, not sos-sidge, nor sas-sage.

Schedule, sched-ule, not shed-die.

Seamstress, sem-stress.

Sewer, soor, not shore, nor shure.

Shut, as spelled, not shet.

Shire, sheer, not as spelled.

Shone, Shon, not shun, nor as spelled,

Soldier, so/e-jer.

Solecism, sol-o-cism, not so-le-cism.

Soot, as spelled, not sut.

Sovereign, sov-er-in, not suv-er-in.

Specious, speshus, not spesh-us.

Stomacher, stam-a-cher.

Stone (weight,) as spelled, not stun.

Synod, syn--ud, not sy-nod.

Tenure, tenure, not te-nure,

Tenet, ten-et, not te-net.

Than, as spelled, not thun.

Tremor, trem-ur, not tre-mor.

Twelfth, should have the th sounded.

Umbrella, as spelled, not um-ber-el la.

Va6e, vaze, not vawze.

Was, woz, not wuz.

Weary, weer-ey, not wary.

Were, wer, not ware.

Wont, wunt, not as spelled.

Wrath, rawth, not rath: as an adjective it is spelled wroth, and pronounced with the vowel sound shorter, as wrath'-ful, etc.

Yacht, yot, not yat.

Yeast, as spelled, not yest

Zenith, zen-ith, not z--nitl.

Zodiac, zo-de-ak.

Zoology should have both o's sounded, as zo-ol-o-gy, not zoo-lo-gy. Pronounce ace, not iss, as furnace, not furniss.

age, not idge, as cabbage, courage, postage village.

ain, ane, not in as certain, certane not certin.

ate, not it, as moderate, not moderit.

ct, not c, as aspect, not aspec; subject, not subjec.

ed, not id, or ud, as wicked, not wickid, or wickud.

el, not 1, as model, not modl; novel, not novl.

en, not n, as sudden, not suddn.- Burden, burthen, garden, lengthen, seven, strengthen, often, and a few others, have the e silent.

ence, not unce, as influence, not influ-unce.

es, not is, as pleases, not pleasis.

ile, should be pronounced il, as fertil, not fertile, in all words except chamomile (cam), exile, gentile, infantile, reconcile , and senile, which should be pronounced ile.

in, not n, as Latin, not Latn.

nd, not n, as husband, not husban; thousand, not thousan.

ness, not niss, as carefulness, not carefulntss.

ng, not n, as singing, not singin; speaking, not speakin.

ngth,not nth, as strength, not strenth.

son, the o should be silent, as in treason, tre-zn, not tre-son.

tal, not tle, as capital, not capitle; metal, not mettle; mortal, not mortle; periodical, not periodicle..

xt, not x, as next, not nex.