orthoepy

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It has a certain crude and primitive grammar, but in point of orthoepy is extremely difficult.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose

Orthography addresses itself to the eye, orthoepy to the ear.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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

Many of the words in most books on orthoepy are very rarely mispronounced, and they serve only to cumber the work.

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

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