orthoepy

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Such departures from orthoepy are only to be checked by the power of such example; but this is a power not always present, or not always of sufficient strength. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

There is nothing belonging to the stage which demands such strict discipline as its orthoepy, because there is 78 none in which it can so immediately and powerfully affect the public.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

Many of the words in most books on orthoepy are very rarely mispronounced, and they serve only to cumber the work.

From A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families by Ashmore, Otis

But where were we to seek for the standard of our orthoepy?

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Orthography is less essential to language than orthoepy; since all languages are spoken, whilst but a few languages are written.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)