orthoepy
Example Sentences
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It has a certain crude and primitive grammar, but in point of orthoepy is extremely difficult.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Ambrose Bierce
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 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
In this case it is opposed to orthoepy, orthography, syntax, and the other parts of grammar.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
And while this man’s orthoepy May not be what it should, He knows what books contain, and he “Can quote ’em pretty good.”
From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by John Kendrick Bangs
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 Isaac Disraeli
