The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-17
Lesson IN. pRoNuMolAIIoN.r


Inoro are III our EngnSn At the least
three or four thousand words that arc
frequently mispronounoed. Some Of
these, writes Alfred Ayres in the New
York Times, are the following:
Abartis. Not a-ba-tis. That has been
done for this word that should be done,
as soon as practicable, for all foreign
words that we use. II has been fully
anglicized. The more English we mako
our English the better English 1t is
Abdomen. There Is no authority, ex-
cept popular usage, for accenting the
first syllable Of this word. I. z
Abdominal. The short as In don.
Aber-crom-by. The of this proper
name Is not the 0 Of con, but the cot
come.
Affect Not abJect lN1b
Abjectness. HDytig
Abjectrly. ,.,..,
Absolute. Not absoloot, as is often
pronounced by the careless.
Absolye There Is good authority for
sounding the Of this word like ., but
this is hardly In accordance with tho
best usage otlG'l
Absorb. The s-sound OF in this word
should be carefully avoided. Ai
Ab-stract-ly. Not ab-strdet-ly.
Ab-aruse. The OF this word has
the sound Of long 90. This Is the
rule: Uypreceded by>r or the sound OF
w. or sh in the same syllable, often is
sounded BIKE long 90, as In. rude, rpmor,
5ule, sure, issue. NtENNT
|1'AArJs-dos. Not Ab-y-dos. y N.Y.
Ac-a-de-misan. ~
Accent When noun, the first, when
verb the second, Is the accented syl-
liable. We accent syllable with an 40
cent 1.t
| Acceptable. In Walkers time this
| word was accented on the first syllable
by the majority Of the better speakers.
Access. It Is more In accordance with
the best current usage TO accent the first
rather than the second syllable Of this
word, Webster to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Accessory. Ease Of utterance has
shifted the accent from the first 10 the
second syllable, where II will remain.
Ac-cH-mate. For the pronunciation
that accents the first syllable there is no
authority, .f..ttt
} Accrue! Here is another word in
which the u has the sound Of long 90.
Acetate. The long, as in fate.
Acoustics All our dictionaries pro-
nounce, the ou OF this word Ots, while
nearly the whole English-speahng
world, 50 far as the writer's observation
goes, pronounce It like long 90. Many
persons thus pronounceit knowing that
theauthorities are against them. Squalor
Is another word treated In like manner.
A-kops-tics Is certainly not pleasing to
the ear. ~ .4.u lJltIo
Actor. Not the Of nor, but the o Of
major. rss batrt.
A-ou-men- Not ak-u-men
Adaptation.
Address. Both noun and verb are now
commonly accented on the second sylla-
bic.
Addnoe. When, in the same syllable,
long u IL preceded by one Of the con-
sonants q, or W. ~ 70 nos o-oy
70 introduce the SOUND oi VI nence caro-
less speakers omit H. pronouncing au'y'
noosance, etc. And yet TO make the u
in these words as clear and perfect as in
mute, cute, ETC., Is over-nice and conse-
quentiy smacks OF pedantry Inc swv
extromes should DO aVoideo Win equai
care
A-aepL MOI dd-epe
adhesive po nos pfonouheo sno
IKE = Ntg
Adiposes DO not prononuce 'ne
IKE ..
Aa-]ec-f-va anere 10 sounasns su'
tnority ior accenting inc nrSs syiIs1,o,
but II IS 70 be hoped that no one VIII DC
inclined 70 ioilowN IL
Aa-lec-nve,ly
Ad-mi-ra-ole' da.mi-ra-piy'
Admi-ral-ty Inc nrst ana not tne
third Is the accented syllable
A-denis-
ADOBE Inree syliaoies-an-do-oe'
A-du@ Ihere rs no authority ior 0o
uh
should e sounded broader 8: i. than tho; Z. i