3. With respect to the pronunciation of the words _sky_, _kind_,
_guide_, &c. it appears that a mistake extensively prevails. It is
believed that their common pronunciation by the vulgar, is the
_correct_ one, and agreeable to the pronunciation intended by Mr.
John Walker. The proper diphthongal sounds
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in skei, kyind, gyide, are adopted by the common mass, and
_perverted_ by those who, in their unnatural and affected
pronunciation of these words, say,
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ske-i; ke-inde, ge-ide. This latter mode of pronouncing them in two
syllables, is as incorrect and ridiculous as to pronounce the words
_boil_, _toil_, in two
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syllables; thus, bo-il, to-il.
4. _My_, _wind_. When _my_ is contrasted with _thy_, _his_, _her_, _your_,
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&c, it is pronounced, mi: in all other situations, it is pronounced, me;
as, "_My [me]_ son, give ear to _my [me]_ counsel." When _wind_ ends a
line in poetry, and is made to rhyme with _mind_, _bind_, kind_, &c.
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