orthoepy

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The attempt to teach orthoepy without much drill and practice is of little use.

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

The orthography is according to Jack’s orthoepy, for there are various spellings of the word.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

Hence the stage is looked up to as a great school, and the eminent actors are universally looked to as the best instructors in action, elocution, orthoepy, and the component parts of oratory.

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

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)

I had myself conceived the idea of presenting the words untrammeled with explanation of the orthoepy, or marks of accent; but the form was not decided upon.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.