THE WORDS AND SOUNDS OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION 319 



matter. The increase in "t" arises almost entirely from "that," 

 "it" and "get" which combined have a contribution about 4.9 per cent 

 larger in conversation than in written matter. About half the increase 



RELATIVE OCCURRENCE OF THE INITIAL CONSONANTS 

 IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION 



(compound CONSONANTS NOT INCLUDEd) 



fS 



MNNGLRWYH 



nr-.n. , ^nn , ,^^ 



TIT 



"ODD 



izr 



PERCENTAGES IN EXCESS OF THOSE FOR WRITTEN MATTER 



Fig. 5 — Comparison with written English — relative occurrence of the initial 



consonants. 



RELATIVE OCCURRENCE OF THE FINAL CONSONANTS 

 IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION 



(compound CONSONANTS NOT INCLUDED) 



''b "^ D *" G ^ v"'''tH^ Z^^Zh'^'^jMNNGL RWHY 



IT 



'UU^ 



n _ 



U 



PERCENTAGES IN EXCESS OF THOSE FOR WRITTEN MATTER 

 Fig. 6 — Comparison with written English — relative occurrence of the final consonants. 



in "1" is attributable to the words "will" and "tell." Some of the 

 deficiency in " v" may be traced to the word "of" which has a contribu- 

 tion 1.8 per cent greater in written matter. On the other hand the 



