A Primary Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: With Vocabularies of Classical, Scripture, and Modern Geographical Names (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This Dictionary contains full vocabularies of such Greek, Latin, Scripture, and Modern Geographical Names as students will be most likely to need assistance in pronouncing.

The vocabulary of Greek and Latin Proper Names is taken from Walker's Key, with additions from Carr, Trollope, and others. The pronunciation of such words as are taken from Walker's Key is here given as it is found in that work, ex cept in some cases in which he has been. Shown by other orthoepists to be incorrect.

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