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criticisms on things in general.’ From these latter compositions 
sprung “ Satire ’’—with which the goat-footed monsters had nothing 
to do. 
7. The continental pronunciation of the diphthong ae is ay. We - 
have nevertheless Galicia from Galecia, Isernia from <Aesernia, 
Turbia from Tropea, Vercelli from Vercellae. Velletri from Velitrae, 
Carsoli from Carsulae, &c.; and in a sense different from Porson’s 
“The Germans in ‘ Greek,’ 
Are sadly to seek ”— 
for with the will and full power to call ae, ay—thev in their own 
tongue turn Greca Lingua into die Griechische sprache. 
8. Oz and ow have been virtually noticed. 
9. Of au, the recent Greek grammars, compiled from German 
sources, give ow naturally, as the sound. This rendering in Greek © 
words is probably right, Aristophanes giving us Baile, “to utter 
the sound fat, Bat,” i.e. to bark. The early Gauls, however, as- 
signed to ow more of the o-power: thus they converted Aurelianum 
into Orléans, Arausio into Orange, and aurum into or: the latter 
word their cisalpine brethren made ovo. Comparing Claudius with 
Olodius, explaudo with explodo, caudex with codex, &c., we see that 
a similar dialectic mutation was not uncommon at an earlier period. 
Our suffocate, from sub and fauces, exhibits the same change.— 
Wicklif and Cheke germanized in regard to S¢. Paul, the former 
calling him Powl, the latter Poul. To identify, as some do, the 
mythic Italian Fouwn-us with the Arcadian Iiév, we must suppose 
that in this instance at least, the au must have had something of the 
English sound, for @ = au nearly. 
10. The diphthong oe remains. Of this combination, by which we 
know the Latins represented the Greek o, and which we have re- 
duced to e in “economy,’’ the continental pronunciation is ay, or 
else the un-writable sound which we hear in “ Goethe.” Still I have 
one or two anomalies to offer: more doubtless could be found. 
Take the first syllable of the well-known proper name Innspriick, 
i.e. “ Bridge over the Inn.”’ This “Inn” is Latinized into Gin-us, 
where oe represents 2, that is, ce. Ina similar manner the modern 
Pitulo in the Morea is the ancient @tylus.—In the French ciel, has 
descended to us a like pronunciation of oe in coelum. 
These irregular jottings, casually made from time to time, have not 
I fear, presented anything that will be deemed of very great impor- 
