The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . is uncivilized habits by an unconscious but veryunequivocal manipulation used in giving malt liquor whatis technically termed a head. Many polysyllables are regulated as to accent by thewords from which they are derived: as, Inexpressibles,Substituted, Unobjectionably, Designated, Transatlantic,Delicacy, Decidedly, Unquestionable. Words ending in ator are commonly accented on thelast syllable but one, let them be as long as they may: as,respirator, regulator, renovator, indicator, and all
The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . is uncivilized habits by an unconscious but veryunequivocal manipulation used in giving malt liquor whatis technically termed a head. Many polysyllables are regulated as to accent by thewords from which they are derived: as, Inexpressibles,Substituted, Unobjectionably, Designated, Transatlantic,Delicacy, Decidedly, Unquestionable. Words ending in ator are commonly accented on thelast syllable but one, let them be as long as they may: as,respirator, regulator, renovator, indicator, and all the otherators that we see in the newspapers. A cockney, quoting Dr. Johnson, said, Sir, I love agood ator Words that end in le usually have the accent on thefirst syllable: as, amicable, despicable, &c.; althoughwe have heard people say despicable. I never seesuch a despicable fellow, not in all my born days. Words of this class, however, the second syllable ofwhich has a vowel before two consonants, are often 120 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAB. differently accented: as in Respectable, A respectable .Man. Many words ending in ion, ous, ty, ia, /, and cal, havetheir accent on the last syllable but two: as, Con-si-de-ra-ti-on, pro-di-gi-ous, im-pe-ne-tia-bil-i-ty, en-cv-clo-pse-di-a, brag-ga-do-ci-o, an-ti-mo-natch-i-cal, all ofwhich words we have divided into syllables, by wav of a PROSODY. 121 hint that they are to be pronounced (comically speaking)after the manner of Dominie Sampson. Having, in compliance with grammatical usage, laiddown certain rules with regard to accent, we have toinform the reader that there are so many exceptions toalmost all of them, that perhaps there is scarcely onewhich it is worth while to attend to. We hope we havein some measure amused him; but as to instruction, wefear that, in this part of our subject, we have given himvery little of that. Those who would acquire a correctaccent had better attend particularly to the mode of speak-ing
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