Of this class of words, there are a few which seem to be corrupted in universal practice; as _reputable_. The reason why the accent in this word is more generally confirmed on the first syllable, may be this; there is but a single consonant between the first and second syllable, and another between the second and third; so that the pronunciation of the three weak syllables is by no means difficult. This word therefore, in which all authors, and as far as I know, all men, agree to lay the accent on the first syllable, and the orthography of which renders the pronunciation easy, must perhaps be admitted as an exception to the general rule.[65] _Accessary_ or _accessory_, are differently accented by the best writers and speakers. But the ease of speaking requires that they should follow the rule of derivation, and retain the accent of the primitive, _access'ary_. The fashionable pronunciation of such words as _immediate_, _ministerial_, _commodious_, is liable to particular exceptions. That _i_ has a liquid sound, like _y_, in many words in our language, is not disputed; but the classes of words which will admit this sound, ought to be ascertained. It appears to me that common practice has determined this point. If we attend to the pronunciation of the body of people, who are led by their own ease rather than by a nice regard to fashion, we shall find that they make _i_ liquid, or give it the sound of _y_ consonant, after those consonants only, which admit that sound without any change of their own powers. These consonants are _l_, _n_, _v_, and the double consonant _x_; as _valiant_, _companion_, _behavior_, _flexion_. Here _y_ might be substituted for _i_, without any change, or any tendency to a change, of the preceding consonant; except perhaps the change of _si_ in _flexion_ into _sh_, which is a general rule in the language, as it is to change _ti_ and _ci_ into the same sound.[66] But when _i_ is preceded by _d_, change it into _y_, and we cannot pronounce it with our usual rapidity, without blending the two letters into the sound of _j_, which is a compound of _dzh_; at least it cannot be effected without a violent exertion of the speaker. _Immedyate_ is so difficult, that every person who attempts to pronounce it in that manner, will fall into _immejate_. Thus _commodious_, _comedian_, _tragedian_, are very politely pronounced _commojus_, _comejan_, _trajejan_. Such a pronunciation, changing the true powers of the letters, and introducing a harsh union of consonants, _dxh_, in the place of the smooth sound of _dia_, must be considered as a palpable corruption.