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Mr, Fickering on the Pronunciation 



Namei of 

 tlie letters. 



Powers of 

 the Icttelfe' 



{ 



ksee 



4 



X, (or JcsJ as in e.rercise ; but never like gz^ as in the word 



examjile^ &c. 



6i7ncron o in not^for^ &c* 



JT 



e 



r 



pee 



i'ho 



seegmah 



tahf 

 ypsilon T 



p. When preceded by (^ it partakes of the sound of 6/ thus 



^^TgAof is pronounced nearly as if written dm&e/os. 



r. 



s. This should always have the pure sound of 5, and never 



that of ;r. 



t 



(pronounced I y, as in the final syllables in English j fur example, in likely^ 



6epsilon) 

 p phee 



lovely^ &c. 



X 



khee 



^ psee 



fc/t, guttural ; like the German cA final, or nearly like the Span- 

 ish guttural sound of or, &c. 



j?5. It should be remarked, that the sound of the p in this letter 

 is always preserved, both at the beginning and the end of 



syllables. 



o J like the oniicron. 



The diphthongs are pronounced in the following manner : 



« omfewah 



«« 



St 



61 



Vt 



GV 



CCV 



like 



like 



like 

 like 

 like 

 like 



ai in pain ; or like epsilon. 



ei in receive^ or long e. 



oe m oeconomy, or long Pm 



ui in guilty or more exactly like long e 



oil 



in you ; or oo. 



3/ or ar, according to the nature of the consonant which fol- 

 lows it. For example ; if a sharp consonant, (as Walker 



£V 



zv 



mu 



like 

 like 

 like 



f/ 



denominates them m English) that is, x, jc, t, &c. follows 

 then this diphthong is pronounced qf ; but if a jlai cunso 

 nant, us C, y, <J\ iftc. follows, then it is pronounced av. 



eev. 



ove or qfe* 



It is only necessary to add in this place a few combinations of consonants. 

 The principal ones are the following : 



yyn pronounced like ng. Thus, 'dyysx^i is pronounced ang-gyelos. 



y^j 



like ng. Thus, syA^ccXc^ 



fc^,atthehepnmngof words, like 6; thus, the name of Bos/on would be writ 

 ten M:T6c-ro». But this is chiefly used in foreio-n narres. 



vr, at the bednning i-f words, Hke d: Thus Dover would Ve wri ten Nr^f^^, 

 In nnddU syllables; vr generally sound like «J; but there are some escer.- 



tions. ' 



