orthoepy
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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
One affords a quaint definition of the combination of orthoepy with orthography, for he would teach “how to write or paint the image of man’s voice like to the life or nature.”
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
They speak as do the natives, but write in their own character; accommodating the flexible capabilities of their alphabet to the purposes of Turkish orthoepy.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
It is so arranged as to teach orthography and orthoepy simultaneously.
From Lee's Last Campaign by Gorman, John C.
