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... True . 6. A , as in Rare ; * AI , as in Air ; AY , as in Prayer . 7. E , as in Me ; EE , as in Eel ; EA , as in Eat ; IE , as in Field . 8. E , as in Met ; EA , as in Head . 9. E , as in Err ; * EA , as in Heard ; I , as in Firm . 14 ...
... True . 6. A , as in Rare ; * AI , as in Air ; AY , as in Prayer . 7. E , as in Me ; EE , as in Eel ; EA , as in Eat ; IE , as in Field . 8. E , as in Met ; EA , as in Head . 9. E , as in Err ; * EA , as in Heard ; I , as in Firm . 14 ...
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... true sound of a , ai , or ay situated as mention- ed above , avoids these extremes , the former as coarse and vulgar , the latter as too precise and studied . The true sound approaches nearer to the latter than to the former . It cannot ...
... true sound of a , ai , or ay situated as mention- ed above , avoids these extremes , the former as coarse and vulgar , the latter as too precise and studied . The true sound approaches nearer to the latter than to the former . It cannot ...
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... true sound of e before r followed by a consonant , is thus describ- ed in Smart's Practice of Elocution . ' Er and ir are pronounced by unpolished speakers just like ur , as indeed , in some common words , such as her , sir , & c . they ...
... true sound of e before r followed by a consonant , is thus describ- ed in Smart's Practice of Elocution . ' Er and ir are pronounced by unpolished speakers just like ur , as indeed , in some common words , such as her , sir , & c . they ...
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... true sound of long i Walker represents as commencing with the sound of a in father , and di- minishing to that of long e . These two sounds must be exactly proportioned , and nicely blended . Is'le time , mile vile , vine dine , my life ...
... true sound of long i Walker represents as commencing with the sound of a in father , and di- minishing to that of long e . These two sounds must be exactly proportioned , and nicely blended . Is'le time , mile vile , vine dine , my life ...
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... True . The second ' sound of o in Walker's notation . * It is impossible to reduce this error to an exact spelling ; and the above attempt to represent it , is unavoidably a caricature rather than a copy . A true idea of the error ...
... True . The second ' sound of o in Walker's notation . * It is impossible to reduce this error to an exact spelling ; and the above attempt to represent it , is unavoidably a caricature rather than a copy . A true idea of the error ...
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a-bout a-ny a-way articulation aunt avoided Berkeley birds brook field cake called catch Charles CHARLES BELL Clara clothes common errors consonant corn cows Cup and Ball David Dick diphthong e-nough Ellen Elocution Emily and Frances English language ev-e-ry father fault fields flax garden give glad grass grow happy heard hill Howard and Francis Hundredth hurt inflection Jane John John Holt John Reed Joseph kind labial lambs LESSON letter LIBRARY little girl live look Lord ma-ny Moon mother never Orthoepy Ostrich oth-er parents Peggy play pretty pronunciation Reading and Spelling Samuel Worcester scholars seeds series of Reading sheep sister SOAP BUBBLES sometimes soon sorry sport spring teacher tell things thought told tree true sound UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ver-y vowel wagon walk Walker's notation warm wicked William wood WORCESTER'S words
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Page 9 - This vowel is not what it would, at first sight, appear to be, — a perfectly simple sound: it consists in reality of two sounds, — that which, in common pronunciation, commences the name of the letter, (a) and that which, in a prolonged utterance, is heard at its close, and which approaches to the name sound of the vowel e. A clear and just articulation of the name sound of a has regard to this complexity of its nature, and closes with a very slight and delicate approach to the sound of e, so...
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Page 74 - ... Spelling (Boston, 1830). It is a letter written by Lucy Turner, a country girl, thirteen years old, to her mother, who was spending a month in Boston at the home of Lucy's aunt, Mrs. White. This letter serves as a dreadful example to all children who, like Lucy, "never take any pains to learn to spell.
Page 9 - The grave accent, or falling inflection, (*) denotes the downward slide of voice, as heard at a period; the acute accent, or rising inflection, (') denotes the upward slide, usually heard at a comma. The application of these inflections, is not necessary to practice in articulation, and, if found embarrassing, may be omitted. The early acquisition of them, however, will save much time in future lessons ; and since the words in these exercises must all be articulated with one inflection or other,...
Page 9 - Avle ace age, aim day bail, dale fail say, pave tape hail, haze may gaze, late maid nay, vail make fame, tail pay lade, jade gay sail, fate faith daily, fade make gate, take mail sale. A, as in Far : Au, as in Launch. Marked as the ' second ' sound of a, in Walker's notation.
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