C, and G, in the Roman character, sound hard, as in call, give in the back slope, they have their soft sound as in civil, gentle. S back slope, sounds like z. X at the beginning of words, sounds like z, in other situations, when printed in the Roman character,it sounds like ks; in the back slope, like gz. Ch, Roman sound like tsh as in which; back slope like kas in chord; small capitals, like sh as in machine. Gh, when both sounded, have usually the sound of f. Th, in Roman, sound as in thin; in the back slope as in this. Ph, when both sounded, have the sound of f, except in nephew, Stephen, where they have the sound of v. When i, followed by another vowel, begins an unaccented syllable, it has the sound of y. When u long, begins a syllable, or forms one, it has its full sound like yu,as in union, past-ure. Aw, have the und of a in hall. Ew, sound like u. Ow, when both sounded, have the sound of ou Ui, when both pronounced in one syllable, sound like wi, as in languid. Letters printed in Italick are silent. When it end a word, the first has the sound of e long. S THE ALPHABET DIFFERENTLY ARRANGE D. Roman Letters. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ор QRSTUVWXYZ & q r s t u v w x y z Italick Letters. T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P a b c d e f g h i j k l m Q R S T U V W X Y Z & Back Slope Letters. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP abcdefghijklmnop QRSTU V W X Y Z qrstuv w x y z Letters promiscuously placed. IR N JO Q L P M S HTG B irnjo q 1 pmsht gb YCZK XD W EVUFA ufa Syllables of three Letters, Lesson I. Lesson II, bla cla fla gla pla bra cra dra fra gra ble cle fle gle plebre cre dre fre gre bli cli fli gli plibri cri dri fri gri blo clo flo glo plo bro cro dro fro gro blu clu flu glu plu | bru cru dru fru gru bly cly fly gly ply | bry cry dry fry gry Lesson III. bat hat mat pat sat bet het met pet set bit hit mit pit sit bot hot mot pot sot but hut mut put sut | Lesson IV. fan pan san tan fen pen sen ten fin pin sin tin fon pon son ton fun pun sun tun Words of three Letters. Lesson I. 1 can den din dun fan fen fin fun man hen pin gun pan men sin pun ran pen tin run tan ten win tun Lesson III. Lesson II. bed cat big cop fed fat dig fop led hat fig hop red mat gig lop wed rat pig mop zed sat wig top Lesson IV. cot bar bet bog gad bad cag bug gap sad cry may sky vie dry pay sly lie she try lay roe the shy nay toe pry day spy fly try ray sty ply * |