As soon as I get back from Haleakala (pronounced Hally-ekka-lah) I will sail for Honolulu again and thence to the Island of Hawaii (pronounced Hah-wy-ye,) to see the greatest active volcano in the world--that of Kilauea (pronounced Kee-low-way-ah)--and from thence back to San Francisco--and then, doubtless, to the States. I have been on this trip two months, and it will probably be two more before I get back to California. Yrs affy SAM.英文原著 · 《Letters Vol. 1》
"It is nothing," said Gretel. "I am often warm--too warm when I am skating. You are good, jufvrouw, *{Miss; young lady (pronounced yuffrow). In studied or polite address it would be jongvrowe (pronounced youngfrow).} to think of it."英文原著 · 《Hans Brinker》
As this poem is to some extent connected with the lay of the Jabberwock, let me take this opportunity of answering a question that has often been asked me, how to pronounce "slithy toves." The "i" in "slithy" is long, as in "writhe"; and "toves" is pronounced so as to rhyme with "groves." Again, the first "o" in "borogoves" is pronounced like the "o" in "borrow." I have heard people try to give it the sound of the "o" in "worry." Such is Human Perversity.英文原著 · 《The Hunting of the Snark》
And up there on the hill-side, the jury that pronounced Jack guilty pronounced him innocent, and, as the Turners started joyfully down the hill, the sun that was to have sunk on Jack stiff in death sank on Jack frisking before them--home. And yet another wonder was in store for Chad. A strange horse with a strange saddle was hitched to the Turner fence; beside it was an old mare with a boy's saddle, and as Chad came through the gate a familiar voice called him cheerily by name. On the porch sat Major Buford.英文原著 · 《The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come》
." To ride into Monastir is to ride into a maze. The streets go nowhere in particular. At least that was the effect on Amanda and Benham. It was as if Monastir too had a temperature and was slightly delirious. But at last they found an hotel--quite a civilized hotel. The doctor in Monastir was an Armenian with an ambition that outran his capacity to speak English. He had evidently studied the language chiefly from books. He thought THESE was pronounced "theser" and THOSE was pronounced "thoser," and that every English sentence should be taken at a rush.英文原著 · 《The Research Magnificent》
Wonning wan: where is thy, in what direction is thy home? "Wan" is an adverbial affix with the sense of Latin versus. Wood: wode: mad. Woolward: clothed only in wool. Wough: "wo and wough." First English - wo, wa, the cry of lament for evil. Wough, First English - woh, is the evil done; the first sense of the word is a swerving from the right line, then wrong and evil. Y- and I- as prefix = the participial prefix ge- (g being pronounced like y before the weak vowel e). So y-dight: y-granted: y-slaw: I-nocked.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》