Then a war-monger, or Sooler, as such people were called in the locality, made his voice heard in the land.

Now, 80 percent is accessible — quickly filling with exhibition spaces, stylish restaurants and cafes, bookstores, and highly profitable gift stores, as well as quiet walkways, shady stands of trees and odd nooks that invite contemplation of bygone dynasties.

The five vowels marked with acutes over them, it is probable, were first contrived to assist the ignorant monks in reading the church service, that by this means they might arrive to a proper and settled pronunciation in the discharge of their sacerdotal duties; […]

The unattestability of an alternative pronunciation … for disburse might at first sight be ascribed to the presence of /b/ rather than /g/ or /d/ after /s/.