196 Mr. Harvey's Obfervations 
tion takes place, between the d and g, in pronounc- 
ing the word judge. And, indeed, if the d were 
omitted, it would in no degree, affe& the found 
of the g: it would be the preceding vowel, 4, 
which would be alt:red—from its fhort, clofe 
found, to that of the longer u, as in ruby. 
K. 
-K may here be paffed over; as it was noticed 
under the letter C, which is its frequent fubftitute, 
and, when fo, ought like other ambiguous letters 
to have a mark of diftinétion. See page 183. 
Le 
«: L has always one uniform found, and is never 
“ filent but when followed by an m in the fame 
“* fyllable, as balm, pfalm. In ove word only it is 
«¢ founded as 'r, colonel—pronounced curnel.” 
By retaining the / in fuch words as balm, &c. it 
feems in part that we lave followed the original, 
m the fpelling, aid the French anaiogy in the pro- 
nunciation. Indeed the French formerly wrote 
baulme, pfeaulme, &c. with J. But in reference to 
the word colonel, the found of r is in no refpect heard, 
unlefs in conformity to an etymology differing from 
the French, from which we have taken the word: 
on 
‘* Rhetorical Grammar, page 17. 
