Manners and Rules of Good Society Part 11

Cowper. Cooper.

Dalziel. Dee'al. Accent on first syllable.

Derby. Darby.

Des Vaux. Deveu. The _x_ not sounded.

Devereux. Devereu. The _x_ not sounded.

 

Dillwyn. Dil'lun. The _wy_ takes the sound of _u_; the accent on first syllable.

d.u.c.h.esne. Dukarn.

Du Plat. Du Plar.

Elgin. The _g_ hard as in give.

Eyre. Air.

Fildes. Filedes. _Not_ Filldes.

Fortescue. Fort'iskew.

Geoffrey. Jefrey.

Geoghegan. Gaygan.

Gifford. Jifford. The _g_ soft as in George.

Gillett. _G_ hard as in Gilbert.

Gillott. _G_ hard.

Glamis. Glarms.

Gorges. Gor'jes. First _g_ hard and second _g_ soft.

Gough. Goff.

Gower. Gor. But Gower as regards the street of that name with the general public.

Harcourt. Har'kut. Accent on first syllable.

Heathcote. Heth'kut.

Hertford. Har'ford.

Home. Hume.

Hughes. Hews.

Jervis. Jarvis.

Johnstone. The _t_ not sounded.

Kennaird. Kennaird'. Accent on last syllable.

Kennard. Kennard'. Accent on last syllable.

Ker. Kar.

Knollys. Knowls.

Layard. Laird.

Leconfield. Lek'onfield.

Lefevre. Lefavre.

Leigh. Lee.

Lyvedon. Livden.

Macnamara. Macnemar'ar. Accent on third syllable.

Mainwaring. Man'nering.

Marjoribanks. Marshbanks.

McIntosh. Makintosh.

McLeod. McCloud.

Menzies. Myng'es. Accent on first syllable.

Meux. Mews. The _x_ sounded as _s_.

Millais. Mil'lay. Accent on first syllable.

Milnes. Mills.

Molyneux. The _x_ sounded, with slight accent on last syllable.

Monck. Munk.

Monckton. Munk'ton. Accent on first syllable.

Monson. Munson.

Montgomerie or } Mungum'ery. Accent on second syllable.

Montgomery. } Mowbray. Mobrey.

Nigel. Ni'jel.

Ouless. Ooless.

Parnell. Parnell'. Accent on last syllable.

Pepys. Pep'is. Accent on first syllable.

Pierrepont. Pierpont.

Ponsonby. Punsonby.

Pontefract. Pomfret.

Pugh. Pew.

Pytchley. P[=y]tch'ley. Not Pitchley.

Ruthven. Riv'en.

Sandys. Sands.

St. Clair. Sinclair.

St. Maur. See'mor, or S'nt Maur.

St. John. Sinjin. As regards christian and surname, but as St. John when applied to church or locality.

Seymour. Sey'mer. Accent on first syllable.

Strachan. Strawn.

Tadema. Tad'ymar. Accent on first syllable.

Tollemache. Tollmash.

Trafalgar. Trafalgar'. Accent on last syllable; as regards the peer of that name, not otherwise.

Tredegar. Trede'gar. Accent on second syllable.

Tremayne. Tremayne'. Accent on last syllable.

Tyrrwhitt. Tirritt.

Vaughan. Vorn.

Vaux. The _x_ sounded.

Villbois. Vealbwor.

Villiers. Vil'lers.

Waldegrave. Wal'grave. The _de_ not sounded.

Wemyss. Weems.

Willoughby D'Eresby. Willowby D'Ersby.