pahsnidge.
picture. pik[ts][e] pictsher.
scriptural. skrip[ts][er]r[er]l scriptshererl _or_
scriptshrl.
temperature. tempri[ts][e] tempritsher.
interest. intrist intrist.
senator. senit[e] _and_ senniter _and_
sen[e]tor sennertor.
blossoming. bl[o]s[e]mi[ng] blosserming.
natural. nae[ts]r[er]l natshrerl _or_
natshrl.
orator. [o]r[e]t[e] orrerter.
rapturous. raep[ts][er]r[e]s raptsherers _or_
raptshrers.
parasite. paer[e]sait parrersite.
obloquy. [o]bl[e]kwi oblerquy.
syllogise. sil[e][dz]aiz sillergize.
equivocal. ikwiv[e]k[er]l ikwivverk'l.
immaterial. im[e]ti[e]ri[e]l immertierierl.
miniature. mini[ts][e] minnitsher.
extraordinary. ikstr[o]:dnri ikstrordnry.
salute. s[e]lu:t [-lju:-] serloot _and_
serlute.
solution. s[e]lu:[s][e]n [-lju:-] serloosh'n _and_
serl[=u]sh'n.
subordinate (_adj._). s[e]b[o]:d[n.]it serbord'nit.
sublime. s[e]blaim serblime.

[Footnote 19: The dictionary allows mitigated variants of some of
these words.]

In culling these flowers of speech I was not blind to their great
picturesque merits, but they must not be taken for jokes, at least
they must not be thought of as conjuring smiles on the faces of
Messrs. Jones, Michaelis and Rippmann: they are deadly products of
honest study and method, and serious evidence whereby any one should
be convinced that such a standard of English pronunciation is likely
to create homophones: and yet in searching the dictionary I have not
found it guilty of many new ones.[20] For examples of homophones
due to our 'standard' speech one might take first the 20 _wh_- words
(given on page 14) which have lost their aspirate, and with them the
9 _wr_- words: next the 36 words in tabl