rinse wherein
larynx saucer yielding

PRONUNCIATION

206. The following list is made up of words that are frequently
mispronounced. An effort has been made to arrange them in groups
according to the most frequent source of error in their pronunciation.

The only marks regularly used are the signs for the long and short
sounds of the vowel.

a as in _hate_ i as in _high_ u as in _use_
a as in _hat_ i as in _hit_ u as in _run_

e as in _me_ o as in _old_ oo as in _boot_
e as in _met_ o as in _hop_ oo as in _foot_

When sounds are not otherwise indicated take the sound that comes
most naturally to the tongue.

207. a AS IN _HATE_:

WORD CORRECT PRONUNCIATION
alma mater _alma mater_
apparatus _apparatus_
apricot _apricot_
attache _attasha'_
audacious _audashus_
ballet _bal'la_
blase _blaza'_
blatant _blatant_
chasten _chasen_
Cleopatra _Cleopatra_
compatriot _compatriot_
gratis _gratis_ or _grahtis_
harem _harem_ or _hahrem_
heinous _hanous_
hiatus _hiatus_
implacable _implakable_
nape _nap_
nee _na_
neglige _naglezha'_
patron _patron_
protege _protazha'_
resume _razuma'_
tenacious _tenashus_
tomato _tomato_ or _tomahto_
valet _va'la_ or _val'et_
vase _vas, vahz_, or _vaz_
veracious _verashus_
vivacious _vivashus_

208. a AS IN _HAT_:

alternative _alternative_
Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_
arid _ar'id_
asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_
bade _bad_
catch not _ketch_
defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_
dilletante _dilletan'te_
forbade _forbad_
granary _granary_
program _pro'gram_, not _grum_
rapine _rap'in_
rational _rational_
sacrament _sacrament_

209. Ae AS IN _ARM_:

aunt _aent_
behalf _behaef_
calf _kaef_
calm _kae