Cryptic crossword clue
Standard pronunciation record stops scrap on Orkney island 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ORTHOEPY

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The straight part
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What does ORTHOEPY mean?

ORTHOEPY noun
  1. Accepted or customary pronunciation.
ORTHOEPY noun
  1. The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
  3. Orthographic projection; especially its use to draw an elevation, vertical projection etc. of a building.
ORTHOEPY noun
  1. The study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.
  2. The way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.
ORTHOEPY noun
  1. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
  2. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
  3. A specific spelling of a word.
  4. A spelling test or spelling bee.

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