n _ed_ should
generally be pronounced as a separate syllable; as, "A _learn-ed_
man; The _bless-ed_ Redeemer;" but when they are employed as verbs,
the _ed_ is contracted in pronunciation; as, "He _learn'd_ his
lesson; They are _lov'd;_ I have _walk'd_."

2. The accent of the following words falls on those syllables
expressed in the _italic_ characters: Eu ro _pe_ an, hy me _ne_ al,
Ce sa _re_ a, co ad _ju_ tor, ep i cu _re_ an, _in_ ter est ed, _in_
ter est ing, _rep_ a ra ble, _rec_ og nise, _leg_ is la ture, _ob_
li ga to ry, in _com_ pa ra ble, ir _rep_ a ra ble, in _ex_ o ra
ble. In a large class of words, the vowels _a_, _e_, and _ai_,
should be pronounced like long _a_ in _late_; such as, _fare_,
_rare_, _there_, _their_, _where_, _air_, _chair_, _compare_,
_declare_, &c. In the words _person_, _perfect_, _mercy_,
_interpret_, _determine_, and the like, the vowel _e_ before _r_, is
often _erroneously_ sounded like short _u_. Its proper sound is that
of _e_ in _met_, _pet_, _imperative_.

3. With respect to the pronunciation of the words _sky_, _kind_,
_guide_, &c. it appears that a mistake extensively prevails. It is
believed that their common pronunciation by the vulgar, is the
_correct_ one, and agreeable to the pronunciation intended by Mr.
John Walker. The proper diphthongal sounds
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in skei, kyind, gyide, are adopted by the common mass, and
_perverted_ by those who, in their unnatural and affected
pronunciation of these words, say,
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ske-i; ke-inde, ge-ide. This latter mode of pronouncing them in two
syllables, is as incorrect and ridiculous as to pronounce the words
_boil_, _toil_, in two
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syllables; thus, bo-il, to-il.

4. _My_, _wind_. When _my_ is contrasted with _thy_, _his_, _her_, _your_,
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&c, it is pronounced, mi: in all other situations, it is pronounced, me;
as, "_My [me]_ son, give ear to _my [me]_ counsel." When _wind_ ends a
line in poetry, and is made to rhyme with _mind_, _bind_, kind_, &c. it is
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pronounced, wind; but, in other situations, it is pronounced, wind.

"Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the _wind_."