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=Medici=--med'e-chee or ma'de-chee, not med'i-see nor me-de'see.
=Minie= (Fr. Minie)--me-ne-a', not min'ne.
=Montague=--mon'ta-gu, not mon'tag.
=Moultrie=--moo'tre, not mol'tre.
=Muhlbach=--(Ger. Muhlbach). The u in the first syllable of this word is very difficult for those to p.r.o.nounce who are not German or French, and can not be well represented in English; but there is no need of coming so far from the mark as is generally done, especially in the last syllable. It is not mul'bak nor mel'bak; meul'bak is nearer correct.
=Mundt=--moont, not munt.
=Neumann=--noi'man, not nu'man.
=Ovid=--ov'id, not o'vid [Ovidius].
=Paganini=--pa-ga-nee'nee, not paj-a-nin'i.
=Pepin=--pep'in or pip'in, not pe'pin. French p.r.o.nunciation peh-pang'.
=Piccolomini=--pek-ko-lom'e-nee, not pik-ko-lo-mee'nee.
=Pliny=--plin'y, not pli'ny [Plinius].
=Ponce de Leon=--pon'cha da la-on', not ponss de le'on.
=Rachel=--ra-shel', not ra'chel as the English name. When a German name it is p.r.o.nounced rak'el.
=Richelieu=--resh'e-loo, not rich'e-loo.
=Rochefort=--rosh-for', not roch'fort.
=Rothschild=--ros'child or rot's.h.i.+lt, not roth'child.
=Stael=--stal, stawl or sta-el', not stale.
=Strauss=--strowss, not strawss.
=Taliaferro=--tol'i-ver, not tal-i-fer'ro.
=Thiers=--te-air', not theers.
MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
=Abomey=--ab-o-ma', not a-bom'ey nor a-bo'mey.
=Acapulco=--a-ka-pool'ko, not ak-a-pul'ko.
=Adriatic=--ad-ri-at'ik, not a-dri-at'ik.
=Afghanistan=--af-gan-is-tan', not af-gan-is'tan.
=Agulhas=--a-gool'yas, not a-gul'has.
=Aix-la-Chapelle=--akz-la-sha-pel', not a-la-sha-pel'.
=Alsace=--al-sa.s.s', not al'sas.
=Altai=--al-ti', not al'ta nor al'ti.
=Amherst=--am'erst, not am'herst.
=Amoor=--a-moor', not am'oor nor a'more.
=Antilles=--ong-teel', not an'-teelz.
=Araguay=--a-ra-gwi', not ar'a-gwa.
=Aral=--ar'al, not a'ral.
=Arkansas=--ar-kan'sas, not ar'kan-saw nor ar-kan-zaz.
=Asia=--a'she-a, not a'zhe-a.
=Bantam= (Java)--ban-tam', not ban'tam.
=Barbados= or =Barbadoes=--bar-ba'doz, not bar'ba-doz.
=Barbados=, a river of Brazil, is p.r.o.nounced bar-ba'doce.
=Bayou=--bi'oo or bi'o, not ba'u.
=Belfast=--bel-fast', not bel'fast.
=Beloochistan=--bel-oo-chis-tan', not bel-oo-chis'tan.
=Bingen=--bing'en, not bin'jen.
=Bombay=--bom-ba', not bom'ba.
=Bremen= (Germany)--brem'en or bra'men, not bre'men.
=Bremen= (U. S.)--bre'men.
=Buena Vista=--bwa'na vees'ta or bo'na vis'ta, not bu'na vis'ta.
=Buenos Ayres=--bo'nos a'riz or bo'nos airz, not bu'nos arz; Spanish p.r.o.nunciation, bwa'noce i'res.
