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From what has been already obferved, it may perhaps: 
appear difficult, in whi/pering, to diftinguith between vowel 
letters a/pirated and real a/pirates ; efpecially, as the only 
diftinction I pointed out, was in their being vocal or afpi- 
rated; but no difficulty arifes here; for, in fpeaking, there. 
is a lefs effort made by the breath to produce a real vocal. 
found than an afpirate; and in whifpering there is no dif- 
ference between vowel letters and their afpirates, but that 
the firfttare more flowly and faintly afpirated, while the 
true afpirates remain undiminifhed in force. The follow- 
ing line fhews the truth of thefe obfervations. 
1. {% I vow, by G-d, that Jenkin is.a wizzard.” 
2. Ai vou, bai G-d, pat Djenkin iz a uizzard. 
Ai fou, pai K-t, eat fepkin ifs a uiflart. 
The 1ft line is written in the common manner, the 2¢ 
is written properly, and the 3d with afpirates. Ifthe 2d 
and 3d be whi/pered; no difference whatever will be found 
between them, except that the letters 4) p, &, 4, 3, G s,--=. 
in the third line, are pronounced much more forcibly than 
their correfpondent vocals in the fecond line, when a/pira- 
ted or whi/pered; and it is eafy to diftinguifh which line 
is repeated in a whifper. The Welfh pronounce this line: 
with afpirates inftead of vowels, and produce a_ ftrange ef- 
fet in fpeech. ‘The lower clafs of the faxons are fo in= 
attentive to the difference of the p and J, the and d, the- 
fand v, &c. that in Englifh they rarely {peak without: 
mifplacing them ;- but fome go fo far in error as to almoft. 
regularly put one forthe other, and inftead of 
Boy bring both Pails to the pond, 
(Properly) Boi brin boo Peelz tu pa pond, 
(would fay,) Poi prin poth Beels tu da Pont. 
The Irith, in fpeaking the Englith language, afpirate ve-- 
ry frequently, where thereare no true afpirates; and perhaps: 
} Diverfions of Purley. ai 
