oint re coil' spoil en joy'ment
voice re joice' moist dis joint'ed
troy de stroy' broil em ploy'ment
poise em ploy' choice ap point'ment
Lesson 53.
34. The sound of ow (unmarked), as heard in owl. When the ow is sounded as
in blown, the o is marked long (blown).
howl al low' crowd flow'er y
gown en dow' prowl pow'er ful
cowl vow'el scowl em bow'el
down row'el brown en dow'ment
35. The diphthong ou has two leading sounds: that of ow in words derived
from the Anglo-Saxon, as in out; and that of oo in words derived from the
French, as in soup.
sour found'ling fount an nounce'ment
pout ground'less mount un found'ed
soup rou lette' croup crou'pi er
roup group'ing wound trou'ba dour
Lesson 54.
36. The consonant C has two regular sounds: as soft c in cede, marked
c; as hard c in cot, where it has the sound of k, and is marked c.
cives ac'id trace De cem'ber
mace sol'ace brace in ces'sant
clot tac'tic curd en act'ment
acts traf'fic cave e lect'or
37. The sound of N as heard in link, is marked thus, n, which is the
same sound as that represented by ng.
lank monk'ey drink con'gru ous
monk con'gress trunk sin'gu lar
sunk lan'guage conch drunk'en ness
Lesson 55.
38. S bas two regular sounds: when unmarked it has its sharp or hissing
sound, as in yes; when marked thus, s, it has the buzzing sound of z in
zeal.
sick mass'y smelt pos sess'ive
pest vest'ment gross as sess'or
has a muse' grows re sem'ble
ease in fuse' ruse res'o nant
39. Ch has three sounds: unmarked (English ch), it has nearly the sound of
tsh, as in child; marked thus, eh (French ch), it has the sound of sh, as
in chaise; and marked thus, ch (Latin ch), it has the sound of k, as in
chorus.
such speech'less child choc'o late
chef ma chine' chaise chiv'al ry
chasm chem'ist chrism char'ac ter
Lesson 56.
40. G has two regular sounds: marked thus, g (g hard), it has the sound of
g in go; marked thus, g (g soft), it has the compound sound of j, as in
gem.
gear'ing gew'gaw slug gid'di ness
gen'tile slug'gish crag guil'lo tine
gen'der gest'ure gibe gen'er al
41. Th has two sounds: its sharp sound, as in thing, which is unmarked,
and its soft sound, as in thine, marked th.
thin the'ist breath myth'ic al
thaw the'sis theft the'o ry
this gath'er thine hith'er to
than both'er breathe oth'er wise
Lesson 57.
42. X has three sounds: its regular sharp sound (unmarked) like ks, as in
expect, and its soft or flat sound like gz, as in exist, marked x;. At the
beginning of words x has the sound of z as in xebec (ze'bec).
ex'it ex pan'sive' ex tra'ne ous
ex cel' ex'pi ate ex te'ri or
ex alt' ex am'ple ex ec'u tive'
ex empt' ex ult'ant ex or'di um
43. Q is followed in all cases by u, and has usually the sound of kw, as
in queen; but in a few words derived from the French, qu is sounded like
k, as in coquette.
quack queer'ly quoit qui e'tus
queen quo'rum quote quo ta'tion
plaque piqu'ant bisque co quet'tish
clique' co quet' torque piqu'an cy
Lesson 58.
cas cade' a base' in clude' a larm'
ex change' a maze' ad jure' a far'
in flame' a brade' de pute' re mark'
ob late' cru sade' re fuse' de bark'
par take' de base' ma nure' em bark'
ad dress' re gret' in ject' ac quit'
re flex' ex cept' in vent' a drift'
ar rest' ex pect' mo lest' re miss'
con test' ex pend' op press' be fit'
de press' ex press' re dress' per sist'
Lesson 59.