6 Metaphors for pronunciation

That careful pronunciation which would be ridiculously pedantic in colloquial intercourse, is an essential requisite of good elocution."Art of Public Speaking, p. xxxvii.

Pronunciation, as distinguished from elocution, or delivery, is the utterance of words taken separately.

"Pronunciation is an apte orderinge bothe of the voyce, countenaunce, and all the whole bodye, accordynge to the worthinea of such woordes and mater as by speache are declared.

When a 'spelling-pronunciation' is a mere useless pedantry, it is well that we should resist it as long as we can; if it gets itself accepted, we must acquiesce; and unless the change is not only useless but harmful, we should do so without regret, because the influence of the written on the spoken form of language is in itself no more condemnable than any other of the natural processes that affect the development of speech.

The pronunciation of words in Shakspeare's time is a matter of no particular consequence, except that it may be made the basis of conjectural emendation.

Slow, deliberate pronunciation is another aid to the fervent saying of the Hours of the Breviary.

6 Metaphors for  pronunciation