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Polite pronunciation requires that when the sound of k or g comes before the sound here exemplified, there should be interposed a slight sound of e. This will be signified by an apostrophe. The Italian a and the sounds er after k and g have the same peculiarity.

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In conformity with custom u is here considered as a vowel, though the exercise on y consonant, page 10, will have taught the pupil that it is compounded of a vowel and a consonant.-Note, that in the last eight words, the sound u coming after 7 and j, is not so decided and distinct as in the other words, but is sounded almost like oo.

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The regular Shut Vowels under the accent.

There is an essential difference between a vowel which depends on the speaker's rate of utterance for being longer or shorter, and one which requires the instantaneous junction of the following consonant, and is therefore of necessity always short. The former, whether short or long, is an open vowel; the latter being stopped, or shut in by the consonant, is a shut vowel. Each vowel letter, besides its alphabetical sound already exemplified, has its regular shut sound, and according to the general laws of spelling, it ought to have this sound whenever followed in the same syllable by a consonant without final e mute. But the pupil must not expect that this rule is without numerous exceptions; as, on the other hand, by attending to the letters in italic in the following exercises, he will find the regular shut sound very frequently denoted by irregular letters both single and in combination. As usual, let him carry each sound throughout the exercise appropriated to it; and let him be careful that the consonant always follow the vowel with sharp percussive force.

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Incidental Vowels under the accent.

Beside the ten regular vowels, there are others claimed by vowel letters in particular situations, or particularly combined. Thus, a followed by th takes an open sound, broader than a shut; and au in aunt, &c. denote the same sound: a followed by ll takes an open and a still broader sound; and au in audit, &c. denote the same sound:-o followed by ve often takes a sound much narrower than the alphabetical o; and oo in moon, &c. denote the same sound :— u in full, &c. denotes a shut vowel much narrower than the regular u shut; and oo in book, &c. denote the same sound :—while oy and ow in boy, now, &c. denote compound sounds different from any of these, as well as from any of the foregoing. These rules, as usual, are liable to numerous exceptions. The first of the incidental vowels here noticed is often called the Italian a, but its own sound as heard in pronouncing the interjection ah, will be a better name. The second is often called the German a, but its own sound agreeing with the word awe will be more appropriate. The third should be called oo, just as those two letters are sounded in the first syllable of oo-zy. The fourth may be called oo shut. The fifth should be called oy, sounding the letters as we sound the first syllable of oi-ly; and the fifth should be called ow, as we sound the first syllable of ow-let.

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oo shut.

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oy.

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ow.

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Vowel sounds under the accent followed by the smooth or vowel r.

Open vowels followed by the smooth or vowel r, and which would remain long if a decided consonant were substituted for the

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