 For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.  The Savage - Page 217by John Robinson, Piomingo - 1810 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ernest W. B. Hess-Lüttich - Aesthetics - 1984 - 376 pages
...Johnson empfahl dem "elegant Speaker" oder wer es werden wollte die geschriebene Sprache als Richtschnur: "For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider...elegant Speakers who deviate least from the written words"34. Die wurden freilich von vielen Autoren umgekehrt im Sinne des 'phonetic spelling' der gerade... | |
 | Nicholas Hudson - History - 1994 - 250 pages
...by orthography, for it was only writing that provided an acceptably secure and uniform standard : ' For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider...speakers, who deviate least from the written words. '34 Johnson had one predominant concern as a lexicographer - stability. The worst danger, in his view,... | |
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