Besom—bē´zum, not bē´sum. A broom.
Betroth—be-trŏth, not be-trōth. Betrothed, Betrothal, etc., are similarly pronounced.
Blacking, not blackening for boots and shoes.
Blouse—blowz, not blowss.
Bologna—bō-lōn´ya, not bō-lō´na. Bologna sausage, Bologna phial, etc.
Bona fide—bō´na-fī´de, not bō´na-fīde nor bŏn´a-fīde.
Booth. The th is sounded as in the preposition with, not as in both.
Bouquet—bōō-kā´ or boōō´kā, not bō-kā´.
Bourgeois, meaning a kind of type, is pronounced bür-jois´, not like the following word:
Bourgeois, a citizen, pronounced bōōr-zhwaw´.