Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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temperature. tempri[ts][e] tempritsher. interest. intrist intrist. senator. senit[e] _and_ senniter _and_ sen[e]tor sennertor. blossoming. bl[o]s[e]mi[ng] blosserming. natural. næ[ts]r[er]l natshrerl _or_ natshrl. orator. [o]r[e]t[e] orrerter. rapturous. ræp[ts][er]r[e]s raptsherers _or_ raptshrers. parasite. pær[e]sait parrersite. obloquy. [o]bl[e]kwi oblerquy. syllogise. sil[e][dz]aiz sillergize. equivocal. ikwiv[e]k[er]l ikwívverk'l. immaterial. im[e]ti[e]ri[e]l immertierierl. miniature. mini[ts][e] minnitsher. extraordinary. ikstr[o]:dnri ikstrordnry. salute. s[e]lu:t [-lju:-] serloot _and_ serlute. solution. s[e]lu:[s][e]n [-lju:-] serloosh'n _and_ serl[=u]sh'n. subordinate (_adj._). s[e]b[o]:d[n.]it serbord'nit. sublime. s[e]blaim serblime. [Footnote 19: The dictionary allows mitigated variants of some of these words.] In culling these flowers of speech I was not blind to their great picturesque merits, but they must not be taken for jokes, at least |
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