Herein you will find discussions of almost two hundred more words and names whose pronunciation is mangled or muddled, disputed or in doubt. And, like an orthoepic Santa Claus - who knows whether you’ve “talked bad or good” - I’ve been making my list and checking it twice. I have also heard from readers upset about some earsore* or eager to have me opine about something. Introduction to the Second Edition that have passed since the first edition of this guide appeared, I have had the benefit - or the distinct displeasure, depending on how you look at it - of hearing a heck of a lot more words mispronounced. ie big book of beastly Lspromunciations s the smplete opinionated “The Word” in the Boston Sunday Globe, reprinted by permission of Jan Freeman.Ĭontents Introduction to the Second Edition Sietsema, Ph.D., reprinted by permission. Wallace Donald of the University of Colorado, Boulder. “The Unpronounceables: Difficult Literary Names 1500-1940” in the December 1996 issue of English Language Notes. Copyright © 1934 by Merriam-Webster, Inc. By permission: Webster’s New International® Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed., unabridged.
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