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of 6 or eu, in which they may be correct. Lepsius writes it 0, and Ellis (preferably) 
with a reversed (not inverted) e character. 
376. The character chosen is sufficiently distinct, even were the sound not allied to A 
and H. A script form can be made without raising the pen to make the loop, and it may 
recall 7, with which v is allied. In fact, there seems to be a palatal (or middle mouth) 
coalescent in Irish, between up and a short open smooth 7, as in the monosyllabic word 
Geé wind, as distinguished from Gé goose, but the former word varies dialectically. The 
effect strikes the ear somewhat like gd-way, go-ay, compressed into a monosyllable; but 
there is no 0, 00, w sound. This element requires verification in nature, as it has not 
been heard recently, and the language has been very seldom heard. 
377. Ellis represents the vowel of up by 2;* Max Miller by a cipher 0; Lepsius by 0; 
Bishop Wilkins (Real Character, 1668,) by y with a terminal flourish; Hale++ by a cha- 
racter like inverted 2; Rapp, a; Pitman, s; (Comstock, y,u; Longley, U,u; Antrim, 9; 
and H. M. Parkhurst, u (Ploughshare, Boston, U. S., 1853.) It is doubtful whether the 
modification for open and close, should be made in the upper hook or lower dot; but the 
former is preferred, because it leaves the character more distinct from e. 
' K, 4, (@, &,) in add. 
378. With very litile affinity to A, this sound usurps its character in some alphabets. It 
is more nearly allied to ebb, but not enough to have a letter on the same basis, like that 
of Lepsius. Rapp writes it 4; Comstock, A, a, Hart a, Masquerier a, a; and Pitman, 
Graham, Parkhurst, Kneeland, and Longley A, a. 
379. The people of Bath, England, are said to pronounce the name of vhe town long 
(= ba0t) and it is strictly long and short in Welsh, as in bx’y a hook; bay little. It 
seems to be lengthened in the following words, but as the author speaks this dialect,§ the 
observation must be accepted with caution. 
* Universal writing and printing with ordinary letters, Edinb., 1856. 
7 Ethnography and Philology of the U. 8. Exploring Expedition, 1846. A valuable work philologically, but 
not phonetically. He does not think it necessary to indicate French wu; he uses A for the power in mart, mat, 
(but, probably, did he hear the latter;) EH for fate, met; I for machine, pin—p. xii. 1846. 
{ The Rev. J. G. Woods (Sketches of Animal Life, 2d Series, London 1855, p. 247,) mentions “The singular 
mode of pronouncing the word which is used by those who have resided there. Instead of enunciating the word 
Bath in a clear and open manner, it appears to be correct to elongate it into an effeminate drawl, thus—B-a-a-a-ath, 
pronouncing the vowel like a in cat.”’ “The sound is common over Wilts and Somerset, and it may extend to 
Gloucester and South Wales. .. . The long sound is the name of the first letter of the alphabet in Irish English. 
... Our ladies often say graas, caalf, haalf, paas, aask. Many orthoepists (Worcester and Bell,) have recog- 
nised an intermediate vowel.’’— Elis, MLS. note. 
§ Heard in Philadelphia, and used by Walker; who puts his a* of fat, in grass, grasp, branch, grant, pass, fast, 
the proper sound being probably French 4, as in pass, &c. 
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