HEM AUKS ON THE USE OF NAMES. 



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have had, 

 I we know 

 ' the same 



, or before 

 it in manj' 

 gtli of the 

 ytichns, the 

 the whole 

 wians may 

 Lholoss, we 

 at this syl- 

 iv-hcre each 

 r hoar any 

 jj,Hsh. AVc 

 ivonl to he 

 longthcnod 

 ii(/nis, uhso- 

 ahle rather 

 by the con- 

 t, in prose, 



as a rnlc ; 

 uiros to be 

 from this 



to be long 

 oniicron or 

 thong ct, as 



)y the con- 

 tcnnination 

 (foot). 



isonants in 



•English, the 

 lish sonnds 

 ys sonnded 

 ame of the 

 stress and 

 ah. Thus 



in th. frequently recurring word americana, all three a's have the same quality, but 

 differ in quantity ; the first and the last a being sliort and the middle « long, sitnply 

 because there is where the accent, or stress of voice, comes to prolong the sound. 

 If the accent in this case were on the antepenult, all three a's would have exactly 

 the same quantity and quality. 



Long a as in psalm. 



Short a as in diadem. 



E. Long e has the sound of French c in fete, or English e in tfiey, or English a in 

 fitte. Short e is like English e in them, not quite so short as in met ; something 

 between mate and met. Example of long e : ixillpis, pronounced ache-seal- i-pace. 



liong c as in (hei/. 



Short e as in them. 



I. Long t is invariably like the English i in machine, police, oblique, pique ; that is, 

 the English ee '\nfeet, ea mfeat, &c. ; but never the English i oifyht, night. Short i 

 is the same soinid, but as brief and abrupt as possible, like English i in possible., 

 ability, imitate. Short and long t are both heard in intrigue. 



Long t as in machine, pique. 



Sliort t as in ability, imitate. 



O. This letter, long or short, has alwaj's its pure English sound, there being 

 no qualities of Latin o to correspond to such auouialies as the English o in movey 

 more, come, «&c. 



Long o as in old, no. 



Short o as in odd, not. 



U. It is not easy to correctly appreciate the powers of this vowel in Latin. 

 Long tt never has the sound of English u, eu, or ew, as in fury, fend, few ; but is 

 always broad as well as long, like o in move, oo in moon, fool. Short u is not the 

 i:nglish u in tub or English o in love, but quite like the English u in bull, fill. Take 

 for example the common word rufus, where the first u is long, the second short. 

 Tills word is neither roofiiss, nor rcirf-nss, nor rewf-ooce ; l)ut if the consonants per- 

 mitted, it would rhyme exactly with rue-fuL If I am asked " How many cats?" I 

 may reply " I say ruefully there are a roof- full," and in so saying twice speak both 

 the long and the short Latin u. 



Long M as o in move, oo in moon, ve in rue. 



Short M as in bull, full, pull. 



Y. This letter, as a vowel, has practically the sound of i, long or short ; more 

 exactly, that of the German ii (uc), as in Miller, which is nearer Mllhr than Mailer. 

 It is scarcely a Latin letter, and chiefly occurs in words from the Greek, correspond- 

 ing to Greek upsilon ; as hyperboreus, uropyginlis. 



It is to be remarked, that any vowel is or may l)e modified in quality as well 

 as in quantity by its consonantal combination, this being especially the case when 

 followed by the letter r. It is as if the r were rolling away, and dragging the 

 vowel after. Compare fuscus with turtur ; the first with the last syllable of tardus, 



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