Author: Alfred Ayres

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781330489413

Excerpt from The Orthoepist: A Pronouncing Manual, Containing About Three Thousand Five Hundred Words This little book has been made for the use of those who aim to have their practice in speaking English conform to the most approved orthoepical usage. This aim has always been esteemed a worthy ambition, and will continue to be so esteemed as long as the manner in which one speaks his mother-tongue is.looked upon as showing more clearly than any other one thing what his culture is, and what his associations are and have been. There are very many cultured people who would be amazed if their mispronunciations were to be pointed out to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."