GENERAL MEETING. 17 
Mr. Henry Farquuar read a communication on 
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A FONETIK LFABET. 
[Abstreekt.] 
Ais xlfabet cendertéyks tu reprizént de sawndz av Iyglic spiyte 
ez ytiwjuwali herd, bai twénti-nain létcerz. Av diyz 6, d, f, 9, h, 
k, 1, m, n, p, 7, 8, t, v, w, y end z hev der keestomeri sawndz; ¢ hez 
its sawnd «ez in benificiert [beneficiary ] —a sawnd akéyjcenali given 
tu s or t or ch, or mower 6fen tu sh; 7 iz kanfdind tu its Frente 
sawnd — hwite iz ool det iz left tu it hwen kambdind wid d in Iyglie, 
vez in edjutent [adjutant]; hwail de néyzal ytiwjuwali riten ng, ée 
th fleet send th carp, ar given bai de léteerz y, 06 end , biérod fram de 
Griyk wlfabet. Av de vawels, a iz xz in wad or bar, e xz in pet, 7 
xz in pit, o ez in on or or, wu ez in put; hwail de ddigrefs @ end @ 
ar yuwzd for de vawel sawndz heerd in beet [bat] send in bet [but; 
won, burr, stir, herd, heard, word, ete. ]. Deeblld létcerz indikeyt 
proléoyd sawndz: Z in dabll [double], m in prizmm [prism], a in 
stéari [starry], 0 in doon [dawn]. C&dcer loy véwels ar rigdrded sez 
impytier sawndz; end sloerz bifécer r ar dindwted bai @, téndensi 
tu klowz wid de lips bai w, zend wid de toy bai y, falowiy a cort vawel; 
dees wiy heev ew, ta, ow, we in beer, bier, boer, buer [bear, beer, 
bore, boor], aw, ow, ww in haws, flow, buwt [house, flow, boot], ey, iy, 
ay in beyt, biyt, bayt [bait, beat, bite]. 2&z egzempllz av dcr kam- 
binéyccenz, oil, wain, yuwz2, tényur, kyuer [oil, wine, use, tenure, cure] 
mey biy given. Ztksénted vdwelz ar markt, sékanderi xksents 
(sez on de foerst silabll ay vériabiliti) heviy de greyv sain, prinsipal 
weenz oe zekytiwt. 
Owiy tu de pdweerful influwens av de skuwlz in kiypiy cep zen ek- 
sésiv réveerens for de kanvénccenal stendard av spéliy, end tu de 
feekt dset de meedjériti av de weerdz av dweer leeygwedj ar nown tu 
cs bai der epicrens xz printed or riten redcer dn bai der sawnd 
xz spowken, der iz litll imifydiet préspekt av sceksés in de “spéliy- 
riform” mtiwvment, hwite eymz tu divélap d4woer spéliy intu woen 
mocer nfcrli fonétik. Naveerdelés, der ar praktikal ytiwsez for a 
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