The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

OF in fate; Cooley and Smart prefer the SOUND
OF in care; Knowles would have us pronounce
the a as in far; the Century and Worcester
leave us 10 choose between the first
named and last-named sounds. The Cen
fury ia doubtless right In pronounclng
heather as II It we're spoiled neither tho III hav-
ing the hard sound rs In thine. Gull. Cooley.
and Knowles are on the same side. but 1t should
| not be overlooked that both Smart and
| Worcester say heeth en- sounding moreover, tho
| N as in thin No ono acquainted with the
rudiments OF Arabic would call the prophets
fight the hej-tra, yet that pronunciation is
sanctioned by Perry. Walker. and Knowles
and preferred by Worcester and Webster.
The Century Is, Of course, right In saying
with Gull. Cooley, and Smart hett-rd, the
final vowel having the sound OF a in far. 1t
may surprise some readers to know that
hrtle.nik is countenanced by Knowles and
Worcester and hel-lenik by Smart The Cen
fury. as might be expected, sides with Gull,
Cooley. and Webster In pronouncing
the word hel-len'ik Tho Century like
Webster, docs not attempt to settle the dispute
about helot, giving US our choice between M lot
and heroL Gull and Cooley sanction the
former. and Smart, Knowles. and Worcester
the latter pronunciation.
Should the sspirate be pronounced in herb
and herbdge? Gull. Perry. Worcester, and Web
ster say no. but Cooley, Smart. Knowles. and
Perry say yes The Century evades the 0ues-
ton. permitting US to sound or Glide the
aspirate. Hiccouoh is also word about which
there ia some controversy. The Century is no
doubt right in insisting with Gull, Cooley.
Knowles. and Websterl on the pronunciation
htkup but Smart and Perry say hik kot and
Worcester sanctions both modes. In the case
OF the word hierophd,a, should we put the
accent on the first or second syllable2 There
is as much authority on the one as on the
other Gull and Walker declare for the second
syllable and both Worcester and Webster
prefer it. though they mention the other mode
OF accentiug as an allowable alternative
Cooley, Smart. Knowles. and the Century
would have us accent the first syllable There
ia no dispute about the accent In Mldrity but
should the first be pronounced long or short!
Gull, Coolev Smart knowles.W alker. and Perry
all say short but Worcester says long and
Webster and the Century permit us TO choose.
Should Hindoo be accented on the hrst or
second syllahlef All the authorities declare
except webster. Tor the ultimate when ADOPTS
the penult. The Century sanctions ooth
modes, but 1t names nrst the method ior
which webster seems 10 De tue SOLO author-
ity. Most persons who use the word hoHo
take Tor granted that the accent Is placed
on the last syllable. They are supported by
Cooley, Smart. Perry. and Worcester but Gull
and Webster place the accent on the penuIt.
The Century discrlminates; 1t says that when
the word Is an lnterJection it Is accented on
the last syllable. but, when it is verb or noun.
on the first. An effort is made to sustain this
distinction by two quotations from Fletcher
and Coleridge. No doubt these poets accented
In the places cited the verb and tho noun on
the first syllable but they may have done this
by poetical license. ana 1t would oe interesting
to examine whether the same writer's have not
elsewhere accented the word on the ult.
Should the be silent IN holm? Knowles
and Webster say yes; Gull. Cooley. Smart.
Perry, and Worcester say no. With such
preponderance OF authority in the negative. 1t
seems odd that the Century should say holm
or hom-
Here is a word l,omoiousian. which au-
thorities pronounce very differently. Smart
and Webster give it no -moi- our zi-dn: Gull. ho-
n,0i-o,c'si-nn. Worcester. ho-moi-o,r' shan.
Better seems the Century's ho-moi-oo' sp-au
because it conforms to the modern Greek pro-
nunciation OF the diphthong on and OF the sibi-
liant 3. Should we drop the h in hospitnl?
Knowles and Walker say yes. but all the other
authorities including the Century. reply in the
negative But how about hoStler2 The Century
and Webster permit us to choose between
hosier and osler. but Worcester does not sane
former
find no English authority for It. Houso,rife.
according to Worcester. Webster, and tho
Century may be pronounced either MS
It is spelled. or huZ.,cif Gull and
Cooley advocate the former pronunciation,
and the earlier English orthrplsts. Smart
Knowles and Walker the latter. Is tho aspl-
rate to be sounded in ItunJlp? Webster re-
plies in the affirmative: Worcester and the
Century permit you to choose between hlJn-GI
and un-L. Cooley is the only English lexi-
cographer who acknowledges huun-Jl as even
possible. The In hutmor may be either pro-
nounced or elIded according to the Century.
Webster. and Worcester, though the two
former favor sounding the aspirate. Gull and
Smart are unequivocally for htmlU. while
Cooley. Knowles Walker, and Perry declare no
less peremptorily for um -ur. Should igHonlini-
0rs be pronounced as II it had four or five
syllables? This question cannot be an
swered in the off-hand, decisive way
adopted by the Century. for although
besides Worcester and Websterl Gull and
Perry support 1t In saying ig-no-min'i-mS.
Cooley. Smart Knowles and Walker all ap-