Again, usually pronounced a-gen, not as spelled.

Alien, ale-yen, not a-li-en.

Antipodes, an-tip-o-dees.

Apostle, as a-pos'l, without the t.

Arch, artch in compounds of our own language, as in archbishop, archduke; but ark in words derived from the Greek, as archaic, ar-ka-ik; archaeology, ar-ke-o/-o-gy, archangel, ark-ain-gel; archetype, ar-ke-type; archiepiscopal, ar-ke-e-pis-co-pal; archipelago, ar-ke-pel-a-go; archives, ar-kivz, etc.

Asia, a-shia.

Asparagus, as spelled, not asparagrass.

Aunt, ant, not awnt.

Awkward, awk-wurd, not awk-urd.

Bade, bad.

Because, be-caws, 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.

Caprice, capreeee.

Catch, as spelled, not ketch.

Chaos, ka-oss.

Charlatan, shar-latan.

Chasm, kazm.

Chasten, chasn.

Chivalry, shiv-alry.

Chemistry, kem-is-try.

Choir, kwire.

Combat, kom-bat or kum-bat.

Conduit, kon-dit. kun-dit.

Corps, kor, the plural corps is pronounced korz.

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

Courteous, curt-yus.

Courtesy, (politeness), cur-te-sey.

Courtesy (a lowering of the body), curtseyCresses, as spelled, not cree-ses.

Cu'riosity, cu-re-os-e-ty, not curosity.

Cushion, coosh-un, not coosh-in.

Daunt, dawnt, not dant or darnt.

Design and desist have the sound of s, not of z.

Desire should have the sound of z.

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-lo-ma-cy.

Divers (several), di-verz; but diverse (different), di-verse.

Drought, drowt, not drawt.

Duke, as spelled, not dook.

Dynasty, dy-nas-ty, not dyn-as-te.

Edict, e-dickt, not ed-ickt.

E'en, and e'er, een and air.

Egotism, e-go-tism, not eg-o-tism.

Either, e-ther.

Engine, en-jin, not in-jin.

Epistle, without the t.

Epitome, e-pit-o-me.

Epoch, ep-ock., not e-pock.

Equinox, e-qui-nox, not eq-kwe-nox.

Europe, U-rup, not u-rope.

Euro-pe-an, not Eu-ro-pean.

Every, ev-er-y, not ev-ry.

Executor, egz-ec-utor, not with the sound of x.

Extraordinary, ex-tror-di-ner-i, not extraordinary, nor extrornary.

February, as spelled, not Febuary.

Finance, fi-nans, not fi-nance.

Foundling, as spelled, not fond-ling.

Garden, gar-dn, not gar-den, nor garding.

Gauntlet, gawnt-let, not gant-let.

Geography, as spelled, not jography, or gehography.

Geometry, as spelled, not jom-etry.

Haunt, hawnt, not hant.

Height, hite, not highth.

Heinous, hay-nus, not hee-nus.

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

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

Instead, in-sled, not instid.

Isolate, i'-so-late, not iz-olate, nor is-olate.

Jalap,jal-ap, not jolup.

January, as spelled, not Jenuary nor Janewary.

Leave, as spelled, not leaf.

Legend, lej-end, or le-gend.

Many, men-ney, not man-ny.

Marchioness, mar-shun-ess, not as spelled.

Massacre, mas-sa-ker.

Mattress, as spelled, not mat-trass.

Matron, ma-trun, not mat-ron.

Medicine, med-e-cin, not med-cin.

Minute (sixty seconds), mtn-it.

Minute (small), mi-nute.

Mischievous, mis-chiv-us, not mis-cheev-us.

Ne'er, for never, nare.

New, nu, not noo.

Oblige, as spelled, not obleege.

Oblique, ob-leek, or o-blike.

Odorous, o-der-us, not od-ur-us.

Of, ov, except when compounded with there, here, and where, which should be pronounced here-of, there-of, and whereofOff, as spelt, not awf.

Organization, or-gan-i-za-shun.

Ostrich, os-trich, not os-tridge.

Pageant, paj-ent, not pa-jant.

Parent, pare-ent, not par-ent.

Partisan, par-te-zans not par-te-zan, nor par-ti-zan.

Physiognomy, as fiz-i-og-nomy, not physi-onnomy.

Pincers, pin-cerz, not pinch-erz.

Plaintiff, as spelled, not plan tiff.

Precedent (an example, pres-e-dent; prece-dent (going before in point of time, previous, former) is the pronunciation of the adjective.

Prologue, pro-log, not prol-og.

Radish, as spelled, not red-ish.

Raillery, rail'er-y, or ral-er-y, not as spelled.

Rather, ra-ther, not rayther.

Resort, re-zort.

Resound, se-zound.

Respite, res-pit, not as spelled.

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

Saunter, sawn-ter, not sarn-ter or san-ter.

Sausage, saw-sage, not sos-sidge, sas-sage.

Schedule, sked-ule, not shed-ule.

Seamstress is pronounced seem-stress, or sem-stress.

Shire, as spelled, when uttered as a single word, but shortened into shir in compo-tion.

Shone, shon, not shun, nor as spelled.

Soldier, sole-jer.

Solecism, sol-e-cizm, not so-le-cizm.

Soot, as spelled, not sut.

Sovereign, sov-er-in, or suv-er-in.

Specious, spe-shus, not spesh-us.

Stomacher, stum-a-cher.

Stone (weight), as spelled, not stun.

Synod, sin-od, not sy-nod.

Tenure, ten-ure, not te-nure.

Tenet, ten-et, not te-net.

Than, as spelled, not thun.

Twelfth should have the th sounded.

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

Vase, vaiz or vahz, not vawze.

Was, woz, not wuz.

Weary, weer-i, not wary.

Were, wer, not ware.

Wrath, ath, (as in arm) not rath; as an adjective it is spelled wroth, and pronounced with the vowel sound shorter, as in wrathful, etc.

Yacht, yot, not yat.

Zenith, ze-nith or zen-ith.

Zodiac, zo-de-ak.

Zoology should have both o's sounded as zo-ol-o-gy, not zoo-lo-gy.

- 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.

- ect, not ec, as aspect, not aspec; subject, not subjec.

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

- el, not l, model, not modl; novel, not novl.

Note

The tendency of all good elocutionists is to pronounce as nearly in accordance with the spelling as possible.