Some Misused Words.
The correspondent who describes the writer of these notes as an orthoepist pays too big a compliment to the erudition of the average reader. He should have said “ an authority in matters of pronunciation,” and ever* then he would have been too complimentary to the humble scribe.
The word comes from the Greek orthos, correct, and epos, a word. Curiously enough orthoepy is pronounced with the accent sharply on the “ ep,” and the same rule applies to “ orthoepist.” “ Phonology ” is an alternative to orthoepy, but not a pretty one. It seems to suggest that horrid American slang word “ phoney,” meaning bogus or counterfeit TOUCHSTONE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 533, 16 August 1932, Page 6
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107Some Misused Words. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 533, 16 August 1932, Page 6
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