Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Hearth—härth, not hërth.

Hearth-stone—härth´stone, not hërth´stone.

Heather—hĕth´er, not hēth´er. Worcester gives hēth´er as the pronunciation.

Heinous—hā´nus, not hē´nus, hēn´yus nor hān´yus.

Herbaceous—her-bā´shus, not er-bā´shus.

Herbage—ërb´ej or hĕrb´ej, not hĕr´bāje.

Heroine—hĕr´o-ĭn, not hē´-ro-īne nor hē´ro-ĭn. Worcester gives the first and the last of the above.

Heroism—hĕr´o-izm, not hē´ro-ĭzm. Worcester sanctions both.

Hieroglyphic—hī-er-o-glĭf´ik, not hī-er-o-grĭf´ik.

Hindoostanee} Hindustani } hin-dōō-stăn´ee, not hin-dōō´stăn-ee. Worcester's orthography is Hindostanee and Hindostany, but the accent is on the penult as above.