10. DHE OLD ASPIRATE OV R.

Som Greeks, followed by som Lattins, fancied to' ad rufnes to' dhe licquid

_R_, or to' paint its innate rufnes more foarcibly, by subjoining

aspiracion. Hence rushed dhe _Rhine_ and dhe _Rhone_, dhe _Rhemi_ and

_Rheims_, _Rhoda_ and _Rhodes_; _rhomb_, _rhumb_, _rheum_, and _rhubarb_.

Dhe _Rhine_ brought _Rhenish_; az _rhythmus_ _rhythm_, _rhyme_ and _rhime_;

til at length harmonious _rezon_ introduced _rime_, boath into' French and

Inglish; hwence dhe regennerated _Rine_, pouring purified _Rennish_, rouzed

dhe rappid _Rone_ to' rezistles emmulacion; brought _Roda_ to' _Rodes_, and

_rubarb_ to' _reumatism_. Dhe verry _rinosceros_ disdains now alike to'

ruffen hiz horn widh adscitiscious snorting, and to' stifel even hiz

moddern sibbilacion.

Hwen dhe guttural aspirate lost dhe aspiracion, dhe simpel guttural alone

cood remain: az in _Caron_, _Kiron_, _Akilles_, _Cloe_, _Cronus_; widh

_carracter_, _corus_, and _coral_, stil quite clear ov _corral_: wonce

seen, because wonce herd, _Charon_, _Chiron_, _Achilles_, _Chloe_,

_Chronus_, _character_, _chorus_, and _choral_.

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