Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Ossian—ŏsh´an, not aw´si-an.

Parizade—pä-re-zä´dā, not păr´i-zāde´. A princess in "Arabian Nights' Entertainments."

Parolles—pa-rŏl´les, not pa-rōlz´. A follower of Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well."

Perdita—për´di-ta, not për-dī´ta nor për-dē´ta. A princess in "Winter's Tale."

Petruchio—pe-trōō´chĭ-o, not pe-trōō´kĭ-o. A principal character in "Taming of the Shrew."

Pisanio—pĭ-zä´nĭ-o, not pĭ-sā´nĭ-o. A character in "Cymbeline."

Posthumus—pŏst´hu-mŭs, not pōst-hū´mŭs. Imogen's husband in "Cymbeline."

Prospero—prŏs´pe-ro, not pros-pē´ro. An important character in the "Tempest."

Rosalind—rŏz´a-lĭnd, not rōz´a-lind. The lady loved by Orlando in "As You Like It."

Rosaline—rŏz´a-lĭn or rŏz´a-līn, not rōz´a-leen. A lady in "Love's Labor's Lost;" also the name of a lady loved by Romeo before Juliet.