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The Big Book Of Beastly Pronunciations Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

This is a 6" by 9" paperback book running to 426 pages including the bibliograph and a glossary, plus an introduction and a guide to the pronunciation notation used throughout the book. Elster (author of The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations” says to always use “SEL-tic,” the rationale being that the older “Keltic” spelling was the one that was pronounced “KEL-tic.” But not all dictionaries agree, so I'm afraid the jury is still out on I wonder if I'm pedestrian to call it a “vays” (rhyming with “lace.”) But turns out, no, “vahs” and “vayz” are the accepted pronunciations, and “vahz” is only used occasionally in England and by Americans with an affectation. You will not be judged kindly,” said Elster, who published a book in You will not be judged kindly,” said Elster, who published a book in 1999 appropriately named “The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations. As Elster points out, there is no sewer in connoisseur, no dip in diphthong, and no pronoun in pronunciation. As it turns out, I'm not the only one who finds fault with this pronunciation. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1999. But I found some professional insight in The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations by Charles Harrington Elster: It is incorrect to pronounce height with a th sound at the end. Quoting from Elster's "Big Book of Beastly Pronunciations": "This word came into English from French in 1859. A self-proclaimed lexicomane (word lover), Charles Elster of San Diego, Calif., says he's “probably America's biggest pet peever about pronunciation.” “People judge you by the words you use in print or [that come] out of your mouth. Here's a list of 100 Beastly Mispronunciations from The Big Book Of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide For The Careful Speaker by Charles Harrington Elster. His own previous books include “There Is No Zoo in Zoology” and “The Big Book of Beastly Pronunciations,” and he's now the pronunciation guru for www.wordnik.com. Come to think of it, what would the author of "The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations" say about "comparable"? Please see: “The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations,” by Charles Harrington Elster; “The NBC Handbook of Pronunciation,” by Eugene Ehrlich; or almost any American dictionary. We discussed how to pronounce wassail - apparently it's a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon term, wæs hæil, meaning, "Be healthy" (thanks, Wikipedia). Here's a word that touches on issues of etymology, spelling, and pronunciation, all in four efficient syllables. The Big Book Of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide For The Careful Speaker by Charles Harrington Elster offers suggestions on how to pronounce thousands of words and expressions. (Actually, to be more precise, the third syllable of the In his 1999 work The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, Charles Harrington Elster notes, "SAK-ri-LIJ-uswas once a beastly mispronunciation[;] but it has long been used by educated speakers and now unquestionably prevails" True; but that doesn't mean it meets no criticism. Here's what Charles Harrington Elster, author of The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, says about this: error - ER-uur or AIR-ur.