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(^64) Spoken English II
- oi: lxry, boil.
- ou: flow, soul, stone.
- u: full, PUt, good.
- uu~ uw: truth, rue, fool.
- : up, come, father, here.
- oe: her, turn, heard.
CONSONANTS.
- c: church, catch.
- dh: then, with.
- j: judge, gentle.
- q: sing, ftnger.
- sh: fISh.
- th: think.
- x: six, wrecks.
- y:young.
-. zh: roqqe, pleasure.
PlmNETic vALuES of '~ETERic' vowEL cOMbiNATioNS
Most combinations of vowel symbols in the present 'heteric' spell-
ing have more than one phonetic value in any given accent of En-
glish. Some have numerous possible sound values. Following is
the list of combinations of vowels:
- a: [ei] in hating, [a:] in father, [0:] in water, [e] in many, [ce]
in hat, [0] in want, [] in brilliant, [e] in various, [i] in village - ae: [i:] in minutiae, [e] in aerial, [ei] in Israel