H ' s A liditional Notes. 



X. Thus the letter x is compounded of ks, or of gz, as in the words. 



excellent, example: eksellent, egzample. 

 C. is sometimes k, at other times s, as in the Avord access. 

 G. is a single letter in go; and suggests the letters d and the French 



J in pigeon. 



Qit is kw, as quality is kwality. 

 N G in the words long and in king is a simple sound like the French 



n, and wants a new character. 

 SH is a simple sound, and wants a new character. 

 TH is either sibilant as in thigh; or semivocal as in thee; both of 



which are simple sounds, and want two new characters. 

 J French exists in our words confu'on, and conclusion, judge, pigeon, 



and wants a character. 

 J consonant, in our language, expresses the letters d, and the French j 



conjoined, as in John, Djon. 

 CH is either k as in Arch-angel, or is used for a sound compounded 



of Tsh, as in Children, Tshildren. 



GL is dl, as Glove is pronounced by polite people dlove. 

 CL is tl, as Cloe is pronounced by polite speakers Tloe. 



The spelling of our language in respect to the "pronunciation is 

 also wonderfully defective, though perhaps less so than that of the 

 French ; as the words slaughter and laughter are pronounced totally 

 different, though spelt alike. The word sough, now pronounced suff, 

 was formerly called sow; whence the iron fused and received into a 

 sough acquired the name of sowmetal; and that received into less 

 soughs from the former one obtained the name of pigs of iron or of 

 lead; from the pun on the word sough, into sow and pigs. Our word 

 jealousies contains all the vowels, though three of them only were 

 necessary; nevertheless in the two words abstemiously and facetiously 

 the vowels exist all of them in their usual order, and are pronounced 

 in their most usual manner. 



Some of the vowels of our language are diphthongs, and consist of 

 two vocal sounds, or vowels, pronounced in quick succession; these 

 diphthongs are discovered by prolonging the sound, and observing, if 

 the ending of it be different from the beginning; thus the vowel i in 



