126 slaver (dribble): a as in have. sleight sounds like slight. sloth rhymes with both. slough (bog): rhymes with bough; (to cast a skin) with tough. sobriquet 1st syllable like that of sober. sojourn 1st o as in sob (Amer. as in sober). solder o as in sob (Amer. pronunciation is sodder or sawder). solecism o as in sob. solenoid stress on 1st syllable, o as in sober or as in sob. sonorous stress on 1st syllable, 1st o as in sob. soporific 1st o now usually as in sob (formerly also as in sober). sough (rushing sound): rhymes with tough. sovereignty sov'renty. ° Not sov-rain-ity. Soviet o as in sober. The pronunciation with o as in sob is also very common. species ci as in precious. Not spee-seez. spinet Ь may be stressed on either syllable. spontaneity as for deify, deity. stalwart 1st syllable like stall. status 1st syllable like stay. ° Not statt-us. stigmata stress on 1st syllable. ° Not with ata as in sonata. strafe rhymes with staff. stratosphere a as in Stratford. stratum, strata a of first syllable like 1st a of sonata. strength ng as in strong. ° Not strenth. suave, suavity a as 1st a in lava. subsidence stress originally on 2nd syllable with i as in side; pronunciation with stress on 1st syllable and i as in sit is increasingly common. substantial 1st a as in ant, not aunt. substantive (in grammar): stress on 1st syllable; (having separate 126
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