Again, usually pronounced a-_gen_, not as spelled.
Alien, รก-li-en not _ale-yen._
Antipodes, an-_tip_-o-dees.
Apostle, as _a-pos'l_, without the _t_.
Arch, _artch_ in compounds of our own language, as in archbishop,
archduke; but _ark_ in words derived from the Greek, as archaic,
ar-_ka_-ik; archaeology, ar-ke-_ol_-o-gy; archangel,
ark-_ain_-gel; archetype, _ar_-ke-type; archiepiscopal,
ar-ke-e-_pis_-co-pal; archipelago, ar-ke-_pel_-a-go; ar-chives,
_ar_-kivz, &c.
Asia, _a_-sha.
Asparagus as spelled, not asparagrass.
Aunt, ant, not _au_nt.
Awkward, awk-_wurd,_ not awk-_urd._
Bade, bad.
Because, be-_cawz,_ not ba-_cos_
Been, bin.
Beloved, as a verb, be-_luvd;_ as an adjective, be-_luv_-ed.
Blessed, cursed, &c., are subject to the same rule.
Beneath, with the _th_ in breath, not with the _th_ in breathe.
Biog'raphy, as spelled, not beography.
Buoy, boy, not bwoy.
Canal', as spelled, not ca-nel.
Caprice, capreece.
Catch, as spelled, not ketch.
Chaos, _ka_-oss.
Charlatan, _shar_-latan.
Chasm, kazm.
Chasten, chasn.
Chivalry, _shiv_-alry.
Chemistry, _kem'_-is-tre, not _kim_-is-tre.
Choir, kwire.
Clerk, klark.
Combat, _kum_-bat.
Conduit, _kun_-dit.
Corps, kor: the plural corps is pronounced korz.
Covetous, _cuv_-e-tus, not cov-e-tus.
Courteous, _curt_-yus.
Courtesy (politeness), _cur_-te-sey.
Courtesy (a lowering of the body), _curt_-sey.
Cresses, as spelled, not _cree_-ses.
Cu'riosity, cu-re-os-e-ty, not cur_os_ity.
Cushion, _coosh_-un, not coosh-_in_.
Daunt, d_aw_nt, not dant or darnt, as some erroneously pronounce it.
Design and desist have the sound of _s_, not of _z_.
Desire should have the sound of _z_.
Despatch, de-_spatch_, not _dis_-patch.
Dew, due, not doo.
Diamond, as spelled, not _di_mond.
Diploma, de-_plo_-ma, not _dip_-lo-ma.
Diplomacy, de-_plo_-ma-cy, not _dip_-lo-ma-cy.
Direct, de-_reckt_, not _di_-rect.
Divers (several), _di_-verz; but diverse (different), _di_-verse.
Dome, as spelled, not doom.
Drought, drowt, not drawt.
Duke, as spelled, not dook.
Dynasty, _dyn_-as-te, not _dy_-nas-ty.
Edict, _e_-dickt, not _ed_-ickt.
E'en and e'er, een and air.
Egotism, _eg_-o-tizm, not _e_-go-tism.
Either, _e_-ther or _i_-ther.
Engine, _en_-jin, not _in_-jin.
Ensign, _en_-sign; ensigncy, _en_-sin-se.
Epistle, without the _t_.
Epitome, e-_pit_-o-me.
Epoch, e-pock, not ep-ock.
Equinox, e-qui-nox, not eck-wi-nox.
Europe, U-rope, not U-rup. Euro-_pe_an not Eu-ro-pean.
Every, _ev_-er-y, not _ev_-ry.
Executor, egz-_ec_-utor, not with the sound of _x_.
Extraordinary, as spelled, not ex-_tror_--di ner-i, or
_ex_-traordinary, nor extrornarey
February, as spelled, not Febuary.
Finance, fe-_nance_, not _fi_nance.
Foundling, as spelled, not _fond_-ling.
Garden, _gar_-dn, not gar-den, nor gard-ing.
Gauntlet, gawnt-let, not _gant_-let.
Geography, as spelled, not _jo_graphy, or gehography.
Geometry, as spelled, not _jom_-etry.
Haunt, hawnt, not hant.
Height, hite, not highth.
Heinous, _hay_-nuss, not _hee_-nus.
Highland, _hi_-land, not _hee_-land.
Horizon, ho-_ri_-zn, not _hor_-i-zon.
Housewife, pronounced in the ordinary way when it means the mistress
of a house who is a good manager, but _huz_-wif, when it means a
small case for needles.
Hymeneal, hy-men-e-_al_, not hy-menal.
Instead, in-_sted_, not instid.
Isolate _-so_-late; not _iz_-o-late, nor _is_-olate.
Jalap, _jal_-ap, not jolup.
January, as spelled, not Jenuary nor Janewary.
Leave, as spelled, not leaf.
Legend _lej_-end, not _le_-gend.
Lieutenant, lef-_ten_-ant, not leu-_ten_-ant.
Many, _men_-ney, not man-ny.
Marchioness, _mar_-shun-ess, not as spelled.
Massacre, _mas_-sa-ker, not mas-sa-cre.
Mattress, as spelled, not _mat_-trass.
Matron, _ma_-trun, not mat-ron.
Medicine, _med_-e-cin, not _med_-cin.
Minute (sixty seconds), _min_-it.
Minute (small), mi-_nute_.
Miscellany, mis-_cel_-lany, not _mis_-cellany.
Mischievous, _mis_-chiv-us, not mis-_cheev_-us.
Ne'er, for never, nare.
Neighbourhood, _nay_-bur-hood, not _nay_-burwood.
Nephew, _nev_-u, not _nef_u.
New, nu, not noo.
Notable (worthy of notice), _no_-tu-bl.
Oblige, as spelled, not obleege.
Oblique, ob-_leek_, not o-_blike_.
Odorous, o-der-us, not _od_-ur-us.
Of, ov, except when compounded with the here, and where, which
should be pronounced here-_of_, there-_of_, and where-_of_.
Off, as spelt, not awf.
Organization, _or_-gan-i-_za_-shun, not or-ga-_ne_-za-shun.
Ostrich, os-tr'ch, not _os_-tridge.
Pageant, _paj_-ent, not _pa_-jant.
Parent. _pare_-ent, not _par_-ent.
Partisan, _par_-te-zan, not par-te-_zan_, nor _par_--ti-zan.
Patent, _pa_-tent, not _pat_-ent.
Physiognomy, as _fiz_-i-_og_nomy, not phy-sionnomy.
Pincers, _pin_-cerz, not pinch-erz.
Plaintiff, as spelled, not plan-tiff.
Pour, pore, not so as to rhyme with our.
Precedent (an example), _pres_-e-dent; pre-_ce_-dent (going before
in point of time, previous, former), is the pronunciation of the
adjective.