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TABLE OF VOCALS.-Continued.

ẽ, î.—ẽrr, hẽr, earth, were, verge, myrrh, thirst, work. e, ā.—vein, deign, rein, they, prey, weight, neigh. ê, â.-thêre, whêre, âir, êre, bâre, nê'er, câre, ê'er. ī, ỹ.—īce, pīne, fire, lỹre, lie, liar, aisle, aỹeş, eyes. Ĭ.—în, pĬn, been, hymn, mỹth, sieve, build, since. I, ẽ.—thîrst, first, girl, earn, learn, bird, third, worst. ï, ē.—pïque, clïque, ob lique', pol ïce', ma rïne'. ō.—ōld, ōak, brōke, pōur, ōre, door, tōll, sew, tōw. ŏ, ạ.—ŏdd, nõt, dog, god, lõst, off, cough, moss, lõss. ọ, ōo, u̟.—move, mōon, rule, do, route, true, grew, you. ô, a. —ôr, nôr, hôrse, quart, wart, côrn, stôrm, bôrn. ô, ă.—dine, son, does, dith, sponge, blood, flood, răn. ọ, oo, u.-wolf, would, wood, should, book, cook, put. ū.-üşe, müşe, due, few, view, feud, tune, cube, tūbe. ŭ, ỏ.—tŭb, bŭt, dust, trust, done, dỏeş, bỏmb, crumb. u, oo, o-rule, rude, truth, youth, spoon, move, prove. û.-ûrge, pûrge, bûrn, tûrn, fûr, bûrr, cûr, cûrl, fûrl. u, oo, ọ.-put, pull, push, bush, puss, book, took. oi, oy.-oil, boil, toil, boy, joy, cloy, roil, coil, foil. ou, ow.—out, our, ounce, flour, power, sour, owl.

III. CONCERT DRILL.

In concert drill on the following table, observe the following directions.

1. Read the columns vertically.

2. Repeat with slow movement; moderate; fast.

3. Repeat in a forcible whisper.

4. Repeat with gentle force; moderate; loud.

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IV. VOWEL SOUNDS IN UNACCENTED SYLLABLES.

There are many delicate shades of sound in unaccented vowels which must be learned from the lips of the living teacher, or by noticing carefully the pronunciation of educated and critical people.

I. Final unaccented ar, er, ir, or, yr.

The vowels a, e, i, o, u, y, preceding in final unaccented syllables, have the sound of e as in her.

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III. Words having a or o unaccented.

In words like the following, a or o in unaccented final syllables has a slightly obscured sound of short u.

chief'tain

chap'lain

plăn tain

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Unaccented a, at the end of a word, has the sound of intermediate a, verging towards short u, as com'ma or com'mů.

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v. Sound of a in unaccented final syllables.

In words like the following, a has the sound of short

e; as, -age=ěj, and -ate =ět.

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VI. Unaccented a as an initial syllable.

In the first syllable of words like the following, the vowel a, when unaccented, has nearly the sound of short a a little obscured, or of a as in ask, verging towards short u; as a bout', à bove'; or à bout', à bove'. Avoid the common error of giving a the long sound; as a bove', mā chïne'; also that of short u, as ŭ bout', ŭ bove'. In the dictionary this sound is unmarked.

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VII. Silent e and o.

In the following words and some others, e and o are silent before n or l, thus-heaven hěvn, evil = ēvl.

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X. Sound of short i and y in unaccented syllables.

In words like the following, there is a tendency to give short e the sound of obscure e or a, and to prolong final -ty into -te.

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XI. Sound of u in unaccented final syllables.

In the pronunciation of words of two syllables ending in -ture, -dure, or -sure, there is a slight difference in good usage. By some, the word creature, for example, is pronounced as if spelled thus-creat'yer, verging towards crea'cher; by others by others it is pronounced thus

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XII. Sound of u in unaccented final syllables.

In words of more than two syllables, the sound of -ure is made somewhat longer than in words of two syllables; as furniture is pronounced fûr'nit yoor.

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