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V. SOUNDS OF THE CONSONANTS.
Consonants. English sounds. Examples^ English spelling.
b. b in be. b&r>. #awn.
c. c in cap. cojtp. curp.
1. b. din do. beoc. dyugh.
2. b. &&t). ddh&wn.
This is a combination of the sound of d, as in do,
and of dh, as A in then. The digraph
d/a is
not used in English spelling, but is
employed
to distinguish this sound from that of th in
thm ;
to which it bears the same analogy as d
b to p, &c.
to t,
Consonants. English sounds. Examples. English spelling.
?. f in/ee. ^U. /awl.
3. g in 0ro. 3b. #ub.
1. I. /in /ow. be^lAc. ba/'-ogh.
2.1. // in fi//e, French, le^c. //a"-uc.
This sound is a modification of occasioned Z, by
its being always followed by the sound of
diphthongal y, whether written, as in -million,
(pronounced mi%un,) unwritten, as in aZAire,
(pronounced aU-yooTJ or only formed without
utterance, as in the French word fi/fe, (pronounced
fee//.) Hence, the diphthongal y
being always thus involved in the sound of 11 9
it will be needless to express it in the illustrative
spelling.
3. I, nasal. l&t). /awn.
it). m in me. njevfi. wiay-ur.
l.i). n in no. ry&c. ?zogh.
2. p. nn in annual. r>f. wwee.
The remark made on // will apply to this consonant,
p. ^injoea. pojtc. jsurtth.
1. ]i,
thrilled, r in row. IIAT). ron.
2. ^t, slurred, r in far.
S^lfte- gay-ir-a,
1. T? smooth, s in 50. rvjl. oo'-il.
2. i*, rough, sh in */