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Surely too, Sir, a diphthong is long; so that the name Apœcides should not be rendered Appy-cides, as if the name were an unaspirated pronunciation of Happy Cides.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 by Various

It will be found, as a rule, that an Englishman imparts a slight aspirate to his p’s, t’s, k’s and ch’s, and therefore has greater difficulty with the unaspirated words in Chinese.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Presently her ear was charmed by Fraulein's slow clear enunciation, her pure unaspirated North German.

From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Richardson, Dorothy Miller

In short, to judge from what was told me, there seems to have been little to distinguish them from frolicsome undergraduates, save their poverty-stricken clothes and their unaspirated speech.

From Change in the Village by Sturt, George