Excerpt from A Phonographic and Pronouncing Vocabulary of the English Language In deciding between two or more pronunciations, countenanced by orthoepists, or by unwritten respectable usage, that one has been chosen which, when expressed by the English Phonetic Alphabet, makes the nearest approach to the romanic spelling. In this the author has been actuated by a conviction that the written English language is now in a transition state, passing from the romanic to a phonetic orthography; and he acknowledges no other right ...
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Excerpt from A Phonographic and Pronouncing Vocabulary of the English Language In deciding between two or more pronunciations, countenanced by orthoepists, or by unwritten respectable usage, that one has been chosen which, when expressed by the English Phonetic Alphabet, makes the nearest approach to the romanic spelling. In this the author has been actuated by a conviction that the written English language is now in a transition state, passing from the romanic to a phonetic orthography; and he acknowledges no other right in these matters than prescription. In unaccented syllables that are supposed to be pronounced in different ways by different persons, he has preferred to abide by romanic usage. In this no offence will be given except to extremists, whose views, if adopted, would give offence to all but them selves. To attempt to disturb the established orthography on points about which orthoepists themselves differ in opinion, would be highly injurious to the interests of Phonetic Spelling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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