orthoepy

Example Sentences

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It is so arranged as to teach orthography and orthoepy simultaneously.

From Lee's Last Campaign by Gorman, John C.

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

The attempt to teach orthoepy without much drill and practice is of little use.

From A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families by Ashmore, Otis

But then these people spoke good English—better, perhaps, than common English nursery-maids, the greatest of their abuses in orthoepy being merely to teach a child to call its mother a "mare."

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore

The orthography is according to Jack’s orthoepy, for there are various spellings of the word.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne