280 ¢ 2°D OM Ws. 
Prouounciation of the Letters 
I 
Ts made by opening the mouth a very little, juft fuffici- 
ent to fhew the edges of the upper teeth, producinga vocal. 
found low down in the throat, and fuffering the tongue 
and lips to remain at reft, the epiglottis only being raifed 
by the breath, which by a contraction of the glottis, by 
the furrounding mufcies, occafions a tremulous motion and 
found called voice, that can be felt by applying the fingers 
to the throat ; but this tremulous motion can only be felt 
when vocals are founded, fo that thofe who are born deaf, 
inay be made fenfibie of the difference, by feeling only, 
and can thus difcover, when they are learning the ele- 
ments of fpeech, whether or not they pronounce properly. 
The Englith His the afpirate of this vocal: it is a vowel 
much ufed in that language, taking the place of o very 
often when fhort, but it was not reprefented by a charadct- 
er.—Its power may be found in the firft perpendicular co- 
lumn of the fucceeding table in /un, san; ruff,RaF; &c. 
0 
To pronounce the fecond common vowel, the mouth 
muft be more open than for a, but the lower lip muft not 
-difcover the lower teeth: the found is made inthe threat, 
more eafily continued, and is fuller than in pronouncing 
a, and the tonzue is drawn back, the tip of it refting on 
the bottom of the mouth. It is alfo a very common vow- 
el in the Englith language, though there was no character 
afligned 
