 | Nathaniel Holmes Morison - English language - 1867 - 206 pages
...unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers, and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner; but the unaccented vowels, in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open, and specific sound, while the latter often totally sink... | |
 | Alexander V. Hamilton - Formulas, recipes, etc - 1873 - 454 pages
...anaccented voioels. When vowels are wider t/ie accent, the best speakers, and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner ; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open, and specific sound ; while the latter often totally sink... | |
 | Frank Van Buren Irish - English language - 1888 - 142 pages
...pronouncing the unaccented syllables. Walker truly says : "There is scarcely anything more distinguishes a person of mean and good education than the pronunciation...the latter often totally sink them, or change them intn some other sound. Those, therefore, who wish to pronounce elegantly must be particularly attentive... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Electronic journals - 1899 - 664 pages
...unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open, and specifick sound, while the latter often totally sink... | |
 | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Roger Lass, R. W. Burchfield - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 812 pages
...(1791: 23) writes: 133 VChen vowels are under the accent, the prince and the lowest of the people . . . pronounce them in the same manner; but the unaccented...distinct, open, and specific sound, while the latter often sink them, or change them, into some other sound. Those, therefore, who wish to pronounce elegantly... | |
 | Jane Hodson - History - 2007 - 244 pages
...unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open, and specifick sound, while the latter often totally sink... | |
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There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor education from a person of a good one, than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few... 
