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

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

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

The design of Mulcaster to regulate orthography by orthoepy was revived so late as in 1701, in a curious work, under the title of “Practical Phonography,” by John Jones, M.D.

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

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

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.