 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 916 pages
...as only to defeat itself. Those who desire a more accurate pronunciation of the written name roust learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and...syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, « the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the replacement of this " stress." (7) Every letter... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - 1892 - 1484 pages
...from a single souud, as in ai, ait, ei. (c) One accent only is used, the acute, to denote the syllabic on which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by tbe misplacement of this "stress." 6. Indian names are accepted as spelt in Hunter's Gazetteer of India,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1892 - 436 pages
...spoken quickly, is sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from a single sound, as in ai, au, ei. (с) One accent only is used, the acute, to denote the...entirely altered by the misplacement of this " stress." 6. Indian names are accepted as spelt in Hunter's " Gazetteer of India," 1881. ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE.1... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1885 - 942 pages
...complicated as only to defeat itself. Those who desire a more accurate pronunciation of the written namo must .learn it on the spot by a study of local accent...on which stress is laid. This is very important, as tho sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this " stress." 7. Every letter... | |
 | 1885 - 284 pages
...the more delicate inflections of sound and accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself. , 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels...— to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is founded, though the result,... | |
 | 1885 - 458 pages
...the more delicate inflections of sound and accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself. 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels...— to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result,... | |
 | 1885 - 800 pages
...the more delicate inflections of sound and accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself. 5. The broad features of the system are — that vowels...acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result,... | |
 | American Library Association. General Meeting - 1885 - 174 pages
...the more delicate inflections of sound and accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself. 5. The broad features of the system are, that vowels...— to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result,... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - 1886 - 338 pages
...An approximation, however, to the sound is alone aimed at. ... 5. The broad feature of the system is that vowels are pronounced as in Italian, and consonants...acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. . . . 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the... | |
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stress." (7) Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly, is sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from a single sound, as in ai, an, ei. 
