Exercises in Articulation

Errors to be Corrected.

To TEACHERS.—In the following exercises, the more common errors in articulation and pronunciation are denoted. The letters in italics are not silent letters, but are thus marked to point them out as the representatives of sounds which are apt to be defectively articulated, omitted, or incorrectly sounded.

Incorrect	Correct	Incorrect	Correct
Fa-t	fa-tal	Sep-er-ate	sep-a-rate
reel	re-al	temp-per-unce	tem-per-ance
ras-cul	ras-cal	up-pear	ap-pear
crit-ic-ul	crit-ic-al	tem-per-it	tem-per-ate
test’ment	tes-ta-ment	mod-er-it	med-er-ate
firm’ment	fir-ma-ment	in-ti-mit	int-ti-mate

E

Incorrect	Correct	Incorrect	Correct
Ev’ry	ev-er-y	sev’ral	sev-er-al
b’lief	be-lief	prov-i-dunce	prov-i-dence
pr’vail	pre-vail	ev-i-dunce	ev-i-dence
r’tain	re-tain	si-lunt	si-lent
trav’ler	trav-el-er	mon-u-munt	mon-u-ment
flut’ring	flut-ter-ing	con-ti-nunt	con-ti-nent
tel’scope	tel-e-scope	con-fi-dunt	con-fi-dent

I

Incorrect	Correct	Incorrect	Correct
D’rect	di-rect	rad’cal	rad-i-cal
d’spose	dis-pose	sal’vate	sal-i-vate
van’ty	van-i-ty	can’bal	can-ni-bal
ven-t’late	ven-ti-late	mount’n	moun-tain
ju-b’lee	ju-bi-lee	fount’n	foun-tain
rid-cule	rid-i-cule	vill’ny	vil-lain-y

O

Incorrect	Correct	Incorrect	Correct
Des’late	des-o-late	rhet-er-ic	rhet-o-tic
hist’ry	his-to-ry	in-ser-lent	in-so-lent
mem’ry	mem-o-ry	croc-ud-ile	croc-o-dile
col’ny	col-o-ny	com-prum-ise	com-pro-mise
ag’ny	ag-o-ny	anch-ur-ite	an-cho-rite
balc’ny	bal-co-ny	cor-per-al	cor-po-ral
ob-s’lete	ob-so-lete	ob-luq-quy	ob-lo-quy
wil-ler	wil-low	or-ther-dox	or-tho-dox
wid-der	wid-ow	cun-di-tion	con-di-tion
pil-ler	pil-low	pus-i-tion	po-si-tion
mead-er	mead-ow	tug-eth-er	to-geth-er
fel-ler	fel-low	put-a-ter	po-ta-to
win-der	win-dow	tub-ac-cur	to-bac-co

U

The most common mistake in the sound of u occurs in words of the following kind: as, crea-ter or crea-choor, for crea-ture; nat-er or na-choor for na-ture, etc.

Incorrect Correct

Lec’-ter	lec’-choor	lec’-ture
fea’-ter	fea’-choor	fea’-ture
mois’-ter	mois’-choor	mois’-ture
ver’-der	ver’-jer	ver-dure
mix’-ter	mix’-cher	mix’-ture
rup’ter	rup’-cher	rup’-ture
sculp’-ter	sculp’-cher	sculp’-ture
ges’-ter	ges’cher	ges’-ture
struc’-ter	struc’-cher	struc’-ture
stric’-ter	stric’-choor	stric’-ture
ves’-ter	ves’-cher	ves’-ture
tex’-ter	tex’-cher	tex’-ture
fix’-ter	fix’-cher	fix’-ture
vul’-ter	vul’-cher	vul’-ture
for’-ten	for’-choon	for’-tune
stat’-er	sta’-choor	stat’-ure
stat’-ew	stat’-choo	stat’ue
stat’-ewt	sta’-choot	stat’-ute
ed’-di-cate	ed’-ju-cate	ed’-u-cate

H

In order to accustom the learner to sound H properly, let him pronounce certain words without and then with it: as aft, haft; ail, hail, etc. The H should be clearly sounded.

Aft	Haft	Edge	Hedge
Ail	Hail	Eel	Heel
Air	Hair	Ell	Hell
All	Hall	Elm	Helm
Ark	Hark	Eye	High
Arm	Harm	Ill	Hill
Art	Hart	It	Hit
Ash	Hash	old	Hold
At	Hat	Yew	He

D Final.