orthoepy

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Let him chant the Vedas, offending at each step against the rules of orthoepy!

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

It is true that the pedantry of scholarship has put its sovereign veto against the practice of writing words as they are spoken, even could the orthoepy ever have been settled by an unquestioned standard.

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

One affords a quaint definition of the combination of orthoepy with orthography, for he would teach “how to write or paint the image of man’s voice like to the life or nature.”

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

But, to one unacquainted with Spanish orthoepy, it may be observed that the “j” is pronounced as an aspirated “h”—in short, as the Greek chi—and so also is “x” in the Aztec orthography.

From Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life by Reid, Elizabeth

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