POLYSYLLABLES[1]
Present pronunciation according As written in
English word. to Mr. Jones, expressed in Mr. Jones' Victorian spelling. phonetic.
suggest sergest safest
idea ideer aidia
produce prerduce pradjuis
sublime serblime sa'blaim
terror terrer 'tera
common commern 'koman
equally equerly 'r.kwali
pleasure pleaser 'plesa
affection erfecshern a'fekjan
arising erising a'raizirj
character charercter 'kserakta
subordinate serbordernate sa'bo:damt
gradations grerdations gra'deijnz
prevalent preverlernt 'prevalent
above erbove obAV
supposed serposed sapouzd
again ergain a'gein
efforts efferts 'efats
The word experience is given thus : iks'piarians, which victorianized to the eye would be something like this : ixpeeerierns. I should not have been surprised if Mr. Roose- velt, when he visited the Clarendon Press the other day, had pointed out to the Delegates (Delergerts I suppose I should call them) that so long as Oxford countenanced the pronounc- ing of Latin as English, they are bound to uphold a better standard of English pronunciation than this. Certainly the current pronunciations given above fully expose the position of those who defend the English pronunciation of Latin on the theory that every nation should pronounce dead lan- guages according to their native practice. What Latin and
- ↑ The Victorian spellings regard only the erfected syllable.
