ths: thdst: tld: Breath's, wreaths, sheaths, bequeaths. Wreath'dst, breath'dst, sheath'dst, bequeath'dst. A, as the name of a letter, or when used as an emphatic word, should be pronounced à; as; I did not say a book, but the book I said a, noto. When not emphatic it is pronounced á; as, Give me a pen, a piece of paper and a book. The, when not emphatic nor immediately followed by a word commencing with a vowel sound, should be pronounced the; as, The pear, the peach, the apple, and the plum are yours. When u, or its alphabetic equivalent, is preceded by r or the sound of sh in the same syllable, it has always the sound of o in do; as, The shrewd man spoke truly, though abstrusely. Assure him we surely will not rudely intrude, nor rudely misconstrue the truce. R may be slightly trilled when immediately followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable; as, He is bright, and brave, and true. In participles used adjectively, the é and its attendant consonant form a separate syllable; as, The wicked, ragged, wretched vagrant cursed the learned, beloved, blessed teacher. ERRORS IN ARTICULATION. Errors in articulation arise chiefly: First, from the omission of one or more elements in a word; as, an' for and. fren's for friends. blin'ness for blindness. fac's for facts. sof'ly for softly. fiel's for fields. wil's for wilds. he'ms for helms. thrus's for thrusts. promp's for prompts. fros's for frosts. sta'm for storm. wa'm for warm, boist'rous for bois-ter-ous. chick'n for chick-en. hist-'ry for his-to-ry. nov-1 for nov-el. trav'l for trav-el. respec's for respects. ev'ry for every. kitch'n for kitchen, sudd'n for sudden. Secondly, from uttering one or more elements that should Thirdly, from substituting one element for another; as, set for sit. sence for since. shet for shut. forgit for forget. căre for câre. dance for dance, păst for past. ǎsk for ask. grass for grass. s'rill for shrill. w'irl for whirl. agān for again (a-gen), agānst for against (agenst). true for true (tró), ben for been (bin). ketch for catch. hom for home. Fourthly, from overlapping; Let tall men pray sim He can debate on neither side trof-fy for tro-phy. pa-rent for pâr-ent. bun-net for bon-net. chil-drun for chil-dren. sul-lar for cel-lar, mel-ler for mel-low. pil-ler for pil-low. mo-munt for mo-ment. harm-liss for harm-less, kind-niss for kind-ness, wis-per for whis-per. sing-in for sing-ing. herth for hearth (harth). mod-ist for mod-est. entrunce for entrance. honer for honor. pos-su-bl for possible. as, for Let all men praise him. |