Saunter, _saun_-ter, not _sarn_-ter or _san_-ter.

Sausage, _saw_-sage not sos-sidge, nor sassage.

Schedule, _shed_-ule, not shed-dle.

Seamstress is pronounced _seem_-stress, but semp-stress, as the word
is now commonly spelt, is pronounced _sem_-stress.

Sewer, _soo_-er or _su_-er, not shore, nor shure.

Shire, as spelled, when uttered as a single word, but shortened into
shir in composition.

Shone, shon, not shun, nor as spelled.

Soldier, _sole_-jer.

Solecism, _sol_-e-cizm, not sole-cizm.

Soot as spelled, not sut.

Sovereign, _sov_-er-in, not suv-er-in.

Specious, _spe_-shus, not _spesh_-us.

Stomacher, _stum_-a-cher.

Stone (weight), as spelled, not stun.

Synod, _sin_-od, not _sy_-nod.

Tenure, _ten_-ure, not _te_-nure.

Tenet, _ten_-et, not _te_-net.

Than, as spelled, not thun.

Tremor, _trem_-ur, not _tre_-mor.

Twelfth, should have the th sounded.

Umbrella, as spelled, not um-ber-el-la.

Vase, vaiz or varz, not vawze.

Was, woz, not wuz.

Weary, _weer_-i, not w_ar_y.

Were, wer, not ware.

Wont, wunt, not as spelled.

Wrath, rawth, not rath: as an adjective it is spelled wroth, and
pronounced with the vowel sound shorter, as wrath-ful, &c.

Yacht, yot, not yat.

Yeast, as spelled, not yest.

Zenith, _zen_-ith, not _ze_-nith.

Zodiac, _zo_-de-ak.

Zoology should have both o's sounded,as zo-_ol_-o-gy, not
_zoo_-lo-gy

_Note._--The tendency of all good elocutionists is to pronounce as
nearly in accordance with the spelling as possible.

Pronounce:

--ace not iss, as furn_ace_, not furn_iss_.

--age, not idge, as cabbage, courage, postage, village.

--ain, ane, not in, as certain, cert_ane_, not cert_in_.

--ate, not it, as moder_ate_, not moder_it_.

--ect, not ec, as asp_ect_, not asp_ec_; subj_ect_, not subj_ec_.

--ed, not id, or ud, as wicked, not wick_i_d, or wick_u_d.

--el, not l, _mod_el, not _mod_l; _nov_el,not _nov_l.

--en, not n, as sudd_en_, not sudd_n_.--Burden, burthen, garden,
lengthen, seven, strengthen, often, and a few others,have the _e_
silent.

--ence, not unce, as influ_ence_, not influ-_unce_.

--es, not is, as pleas_es_, not pleas_is_.

--ile should be pronounced il, as fert_il_, not fert_ile_, in all
words except cham