"Pronounciation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... becomes a young Man, to learn of them: I hope they will pardon my Errors, because of my Youth. Yet certain I am, had the ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Romans, thus describ'd their Letters, there would have been no contention about the manner of Pronounciation. ...
— The Talking Deaf Man - A Method Proposed, Whereby He Who is Born Deaf, May Learn to Speak, 1692 • John Conrade Amman
... was desirous of getting some information respecting—ahem—a party by the name of (if I've caught the foreign pronounciation) Haphrodite, otherwise known as Venus. Do you happen to ...
— The Tinted Venus - A Farcical Romance • F. Anstey
... you, concerning a conspiracy carried on between you and your fellow-prisoners with the enemies of Russia. Horatio understood the language perfectly well, having conversed so long with Swedes, but never could attain to a perfect pronounciation of it, so replied in French, that he knew the prince could speak French, and he would therefore answer to any interrogatories his highness should be pleased to make without the ...
— The Fortunate Foundlings • Eliza Fowler Haywood
... 'pronounciation' amended to pronunciation: 'New York pronunciation'; 'Mrs.' amended to Mr., referring to ...
— Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 • Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
