1861.] g^3 [Consonantal Diphthong.'-'. 



III. 



Combinations among the Consonants of different Stations. 



a. Co mbin at ion s of the ha rd von son ants: 



FT (apt), tp (footpath), kp (barkpit), 



pk (pumpkin), tk (kitcat), KT (act). 



b. Co7nhi nations of soft consonants: 



hd (daubed), db (cudbear), gb (bugbear), 



bg (sub-governor), dg (head -gear), fjd (hugged). 



c. Combinations of hard and fluid consonants : 



^:).s (mishaps), //(catfish), /^>S (axe, bricks), 



SP (spear, hasp), FT (aft), ^S'^ (skill, brisk), 



7;/7i (depth), // (Germ. Gutchen), Z-/ (bookful), 



psh (ruption), fk (half-cock), 



py (QtQvxn. Lappchen), kth (buckthorn). 



d. Combinations of soft and fluid consonants : 



is (tribes, daubs), dv (handvice), (r.^ (example, eggs), 



zb (rose-bud), vd (grave-digger), zg (rose-gall), 



b/(Germ.Taubchen), d/ (Germ. Brodchen),gv (dog-vane), 



vg (shave-grass). 



e. Combinations of the different fluid consonants : 



fs (life-string), s/ (blissful, sphere), 



fsh (chiefship), s/ (Germ. Hauschen), 



fth (twelfth), shf (gashful), 



f/ (Germ. Hiiufchen;, sh;;^ (Germ. Rauschchen), 



vs (lives, gives), thf (truthful). 



I shall now collect those consonantal diphthongs which are initial : 

 TSH (church), ST (still), .S^A" (skill), 



DZII (j udge), 8F (spear), SF (sphere). 



Those which are medial: 

 p-li (uphold), kp (back-piece), hs (exile), st (plastic), 



t-h (shorthand), kt (doctor), ksh (action), sh (basket), 



Jch (workhouse), bd, (subdue), ^7/i(buckthorn),thp (toothpick), 



bh (abhor), bg (sub-governor), tth (cutthroat), thk (heathcock), 



dh (woodhouse), db (cudbear), bv (obvious), shp (flesh-pot), 

 gh (log-house), dg (head-gear), bz (absent), sht (washtub), 

 fh (offhand), gb (bugbear), ^/y (handvice), shk (flesh-color), 

 vh (stave-head), gd (dogday), dz (gladsome), vd(gravedigger), 



th-h (withhold), /?/(topful), dzh (Bridget), vg (shave -grass), 



s-h (race-horse), ps (tipsy), gv (dog-vane), zb (rose-bud), 



sh-h (flesh-hook),ps/i (ruption), gz (example), fs (beef soup), 

 pt (baptist), tf (catfish), fp (half-pay), fsh (chiefship), 



