| accurate | ăk'kūrāt |
| culinary | kūlinary |
| gubernatorial | gūbernatorial |
| jugular | jūgular |
218. ŭ as in us:
| constable | kŭnstable |
| courtesan | kŭr'tezăn |
| hover | hŭver |
| iron | iŭrn |
| monetary | mŭnetary |
| nothing | nŭthing |
| wont | wŭnt (different from won't) |
219. Miscellaneous words.
| adobe | adō'bā |
| algebra | not brā |
| alien | ālyen, not alien |
| ameliorate | amēlyorate |
| antarctic | antarktik |
| anti | not antī |
| archangel | arkangel |
| archbishop | arch, not ark |
| arch fiend | arch, not ark |
| architect | arkitect
|
| awkward | awkward, not ard |
| Beethoven | bātōven |
| Bingen | Bĭng'en |
| blackguard | blag'gard |
| Bowdoin | bōdn |
| brougham | brōōm |
| business | bizness |
| caldron | kawldron |
| calk | kawk |
| Cayenne | kīen' |
| courtier | kortyer |
| cuckoo | kŏŏkōō |
| dilemma | dīlĕm'ma |
| directly | not dīrectly |
| dishevelled | dishev'ld |
| Don Juan | Don Jūan or hōōan |
| drought | drowt |
| drouth | drowth |
| extempore | extĕmpore (four syllables) |
| familiarity | familyarity |
| gaol | jāl |
| genealogy | -alogy, not -ology |
| gemus | genyus |
| Gloucester | gloster |
| gooseberry | gōōz, not gōōs |
| Hawaiian | Hawī'yan (a as in arm) |
| Helena | hĕl'ena (except St.
Helē'na) |
| inconvenience | inconvenyence |
| Israel | izrael, not issrael |
| jeans | jānes |
| joust | jŭst or
jōōst |
| larynx | lăr'inx' or lā'rinx, not
larnix |
| literature | literatūre, or chōōr |
| Messrs. | mĕshyerz or mĕsyerz |
| Mineralogy | -alogy, not -ology |
| nature | natūre, or chōōr
|
| oleomargarine | g is hard, as in get |
| orchid | orkid |
| oust | owst, not
ōōst |
| peculiar | pecūlyar |
| pecuniary | pēkūn'yārĭ |
| perspiration | not prespiratian |
| prestige | prĕs'tĭj or
prĕstēzh' |
| pronunciation | pronunzēāshun or
pronunshēāshun |
| saucy | not săssy |
| schedule | skedyŭl |
| semi | not semī |
| theater | thē'āter not
thēā'ter |
| turgid | turjid |
| usage | uzage |
| usurp | uzurp |
| vermilion | vermilyun |
| wife's | not wives |
| Xerxes | zerxes |
220. Words with a silent letter:
| almond | ahmŭnd |
| chasten | chāsen |
| chestnut | chesnut |
| glisten | glissen |
| kiln | kill |
| often | ofen |
| ostler | ŏsler |
| poignant | poin'ant |
| psalter | sawlter |
| salmon | samun |
| schism | sism |
| soften | sofen |
| subtle | sutle |
| sword | sord |
| thyme | time |
| toward | tord |
221. Works chiefly of foreign pronunciation:
| Word | Correct Pronunciation |
| |
| bivouac | biv'wak |
| chargé d'affaires | shar zhā'daffār' |
| connoisseur | connissur |
| dishabille | dis'abil |
| ennui | onwē, not ongwē |
| finale | finah'le |
| foyer | fwayā' |
| massage | masahzh |
| naïve | nah'ēv |
| papier maché | papyā mahshā |
| piquant | pē'kant |
| prima facie | prīma fā'shiē |
| pro tempore | prō tĕm'porē |
| régime | rāzhēm' |
222. Words often pronounced with a wrong number of syllables: