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It was maintained that the trilled r should not be con- 

 founded with the English r. The latter is sui generis. In the 

 former, besides the distinctive vibratory motion of the 

 tongue, it is placed much farther forward, in a position 

 which is about the same as that required for the pronuncia- 

 tion of I, and to which sound, therefore, this is really more 

 nearly allied than to that of the English r. 



The sibilate sound s varies greatly in different languages, 

 the tongue assuming a position farther and farther forward 

 in pronouncing it, until it finally passes, in the Spanish c 

 and z, into the th of the English. 



The German w and Spanish v are not, like the English v, 

 dento-labials, but pure labials, and much nearer allied to b 

 than to v. In the former the lips are not allowed to come 

 into contact, and air is passed between them, giving a sound 

 resembling that of our v, but organically wholly distinct 

 from it. In the latter the v and the b are not only to a large 

 extent confounded in sound, but also in orthography, as is 

 evidenced by the large number of words which are indiffer- 

 ently written with the one or the other letter — e. g. bacia or 

 vacia, baho or vaho, bulto or vulto, &c. 



THIRTY-THIRD REGULAR MEETING. 



January 4, 1881. 



No quorum present, by reason of a storm. 



ANNUAL MEETLNG FOR THE ELECTION OF 

 OFFICERS. 



January 18, 1881. 



