All the vowels, and some of the consonants, have several sounds; in this
book these sounds are indicated by diacritical marks, as in the following
tables:
TABLE OF VOCALS.
Long Sounds.
Sound as is
----- -----
a ate
a care
a arm
a last
a all
oo fool
e eve
e err
i ice
o ode
u use
Short Sounds.
Sound as is
----- -----
a am
e elm
i in
o odd
u up
oo look
Diphthongs.
oi,oy,as in oil, boy ou,ow, as in out, owl
TABLE OF SUBVOCALS
Sound as is
----- -----
b bib
d did
g gig
j jug
n nine
m maim
ng hang
l lull
v valve
th this
z zinc
zh azure
r rare
w we
y yet
TABLE OF ASPIRATES
Sound as is
----- -----
f fife
h him
k cake
p pipe
s same
t tart
sh she
ch chat
th thick
wh why
NOTE.--The foregoing forty-four sounds are those most employed in the
English language. Some of these sounds are represented by other letters,
as shown in the following table. For further instruction concerning the
sounds, see Lessons 36-57.
TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.
Sound for as in
----- --- -----
a o what
e a there
e a feint
i e police
i e sir
o u son
o oo to
o oo wolf
o a fork
o e work
u oo full
u e burn
u oo rude
y i fly
y i myth
c k can
c s cite
ch sh chaise
ch k chaos
g j gem
n ng ink
s z as
s sh sure
x gz exact
gh f laugh
ph f phlox
qu k pique[1]
qu kw quit
[Footnote 1: The u is canceled in this book when qu is sounded like k.]
W, in its vowel sounds, corresponds with u; an in new (pro. nu).
A has, in a few words, the sound of e; as in any (pro. en'ny).
U has, in a few words, the sound of e; as in bury (pro. ber'ry); or that
of i, as in busy (pro. biz'y).