284 Oe? AY DRI Gi ei? 
J 
Twelfth vocal—the middle of the tongue a little raif- 
ed; the teeth brought nearly together; the ends of the un- 
der lip raifed, the aperture of the mouth becoming thereby 
more circular. This is the true French 7, and is the vocal 
of the afpirate /+ (page 287,) expreffled by one character, 
which is the 7 inverted. ‘The power of 7 may be found 
in the fixth horizontal line of the table of founds, in the 
words, majefty, MADJdsTI;--trea/ure, TREJIR ;--zelz ure, 
stigar; &c, 
Vu 
Thirteenth vocal—The edges of the upper teeth, which 
are difcernable, are placed upon the lower lip; the tip of 
the tongue nearly touches the under teeth, and a vocal 
found is made, the power of which may be found in the. 
eighth horizontal line of the table of founds in the words, 
very, VIRI;—Vvaunt VOINT ;--VAST 5--vain, VEEN, &c. 
This is the vocal of the afpirate # Some of the ancient 
latin monuments fhew that the J has often been put for 
the v by confounding the founds, and thereby contound- 
ing the fenfe of the word; as in acerbus for acervus, and 
wveneficium for deneficium.—The Englifh in the time of 
Chaucer, wrote f/aff, /aaf, for /ave or except; and in the 
reign of Queen Elizabeth the f was written for the v, as 
may be feen in Spencer /afe pro fave. The Spaniards, 
even now in the moft polite companies, often confound 
them. 
D 
Fourteenth vocal—the mouth is a little opened, fo that 
the tip of the tongue touches the edges of the upper teeth, 
and icarcely refts upon the under teeth. Though fome 
old Englifh authors give this as the yocal of ©, it is not 
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