Excerpt from A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester It has been rather difficult to know to what extent the local pronunciation of ordinary English words should be admitted. Manifestly to admit every slight variety of pronunciation would be to extend the Glossary almost indefinitely. And yet pronunciation is by no means unimportant, and should not be entirely ignored. There was no fixed rule possible, so I have used my judgment in these cases, by admitting words of which the pronunciation seemed to me to be sufficiently removed from the accepted pronunciation, omitting those in which the difference was slight. In an introductory chapter I propose to revert to the subject of pronunciation, and give the rules by which it appears to be governed. With respect to the spelling of words, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to represent the pronunciation phonetically; but as I have never mastered the glossic system of sounds, I have been obliged to give the words according to the usual recognized rules of English spelling, but I do not think there will be any difficulty in understanding my meaning. Where a word has the same pronuncia tion as in classical English, I have spelt it as it is usually spelt, whether the usual spelling is phonetic or not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.