Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1996. Vol. 1. Eger Journal of English Studies.(Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 24)

Geoff Barnbrook: From description to prescription and back again

from R. Browne's English School Reform'd (1700, pp.

68-69), which is arranged in approximate alphabetical order: Pair of Shooes. Pare your Nails. Pear, a sort of Fruit. Peer of a Realm. Plot not against the King. Plod, or Walk. Pray to God. Prey, or Covet. Queen of England. Quean, a Harlot. Roof of a House. Rough, or Course. Ruff for the Neck. A similar technique is used in Cocker (1696) to differentiate between 'Words which bear the like Sound, and Pronunciation, yet are of different Signification and Spelling, and are apt to cause mistakes in Writing' (p. 100). The entries under 'L' show the general range of techniques used: Lick honey if you like it. Lock the door; Look for good Luck. Lanch the ship; Lance the Wound. Leash of hounds; Lease of a House. Less than another; Lest you suffer for it. Learn this Lesson

, not to Lessen or despise any. Listen

, and you may hear ye Listed Souldier. Look to the Lamb

, for he is Lame. Loud the Oxe Lowed. 10