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PHIL' 'LOGY, 



sent other sounds, not included below, it will be better for him to 

 adopt some arbitrary ma:k of his own, desciibing fully its value or 

 meaning. 



VOWELS. 



A as long in father^ and short in German hat (nearly as in Eng- 

 lish what). 



E as long in they ("long a" in /««-), short in met. 



I " " " marine, short in ^j»/«. 



o " " " go, short in home, tvhole (as generally pronounced in 



the northern States). 



u as long in rule {oo in fool), short in full {oo in good). U as in 



union, pure, &c. ; to be written yu. 



A as in all {aiv, au in haivl, taught), 



A " ''fat. 



u '• " but (o in love, oo in blood). 



Ai " " aisle (" long ^" in pine). 



AU as ow in now, ou in loud. 



The distinction of long and short vowels to be noted, as far as pos 

 sible, by the division into syllables, joining a following consonant to a 

 short vowel, and leaving the vowel open if long. Where this is in- 

 sufficient, or where greater distinctness is desirable, a horizontal mark 

 above, to indicate a long vowel, a curved mark a short one, thus : a, 

 a, e, e, &c. A nasal syllable, like those found so commonly in French, 

 to be marked by an index, n, at the upper right-hand corner of the 

 vowel ; thus o", d", a", u", will represent the sounds of the French on, 

 an or en, in, and un, respectively. 



CONSONANTS. 



B as in English blab. 



c not to be used excepting in the compound ch ; write k for the 



hard sound, s for the soft. 

 D as in English did. 



F " " " ffc. 



G " " " /////, never for the soft sound, as in giHf,er ; for 



this use always _;'. 

 H as in English hotc, hoe, handle. 



J " " '' j'tdgc. 



K " " '■ hick. 



