2 3 3 1 2 5 Ba'ke Bark Back' Ba'll Box' Bee't Bet' Bi'te TABLE LI. In the following words, u has its diphthongal sound; as in use. The termination ue is sounded u; except construe, pron. constroo. The termination ure is sometimes sounded ure, the u being a diphthong, composed of the sound of e in beet, and oo in boot; as in the following 2 7 sig-nat-ure 8 O-vert-ure por-trait-ure 11 fur-nit-ure 2 ågʻri-cult-ure tem'per-at-ure 7 lit'er-at-ure 9 ju'dic-at-ure In the following words, the termination ure is sounded yure, the u being a diphthong, composed of the sounds of ein beet, and oo in boot. Read thus; a-z az, ue, yure, azure; f-a-i-l fail, u-r-e yure, failure; n-a-t na't, u-r-e yure, na ture; m-e-a-s mez, u-r-e yure, measure; p-r-e-ss press, u-r-e vure, pressure, &c. 1 A'z-ure fail-ure na't-ure ra's-ure seiz-ure pict-ure script-ure strict-ure tinct-ure cult-ure con-jure gest-ure 11 meas-ure fract-ure pleas-ure past-ure junct-ure rapt-ure 3 The uretains the same diphthongal sound in the derivatives; as, 2 Năt-u-ral 5 script-u-ral treas-u-rer* * Pronounced natʻyu-ral, script'yu-ral, trez'yu-rer. Also in the word volume, pronounced vol'yume. When e unaccented, comes before a, e, or u, it has generally the power of y, forming a diphthong with the following vowel; as in nausea, righteous, grandeur, (pronounced nausya, rightyus, grandyur.) When comes before the e, it has the power of s; as in ocean, (pronounced o'syan.) When i unaccented, comes before another vowel, it has generally the power of y, forming a diphtheng with the following vowel: thus the terminations iar, ier, ior, iour, ial, ien, ion, ium, ius, ious, iate, ia, ies, ian, iant, iance, ient, ience, iary, are sounded as if written yar, yur, yal, yen, yun, yum, yus, yate, ya, yiz, yan, yant, yance, yent yence, yary; as in familiar, soldier, senior, saviour, filial, alien, million, medium, genius, tedious, conciliate, India, In lies, Indian, valiant, brilliance, convenient, convenience, auxiliary-pronounced as if written, familyar, soldyur. se'nyur, sav'yur, filyal, a'lyen, millyun, medyum, ge'nyus, te'dyus, concilyate, Indya, Indyiz, Ind. yan, valyant, brillyance, conve'nyent, conve'nyence, augzilyery. When ss, or a single s, preceded by a consonant, comes before the i, it has its sharp hissing sound; as in mission, conversion (pronounced missyun, conversyun.) When a single preceded by a vowel, comes before the i, it has the sound of z; as in osier, occasion, (pronounced oz'yur, occa'zyun.) When e or t comes before the i, it has the sound of sharp s; as in gracious, special, nation, militia, (pronounced gra'syus, spesyal, na'syun, milisya ;) except when the t is preceded by s, or x, it retains its own sound; as in Christian, mixtion, (pronounced Christ'yun, mixt'yun.) Also in the word courtier, (pronounced courtyur.) Exceptions: 1. When e and i are preceded by, ch, sh, or g, they become silent before another vowel, and the g has the sound of j; thus, puncheon, fashion, pigeon, religion, are pronounced punch'un, fash'un, pij'un, relij'un. 2. In plurals ending in ies, and comparatives in ier, the i has not the power of y but the sound of i7; thus, beauties, mightier, must not be pronounced beautyiz, mightyer; but beautiz, migh-ti-er. Bit' Boat Boo't Bush' U'se But' Boy' Bou't TABLE LVI. In ia, ie, io, eo, eu, &c. In spelling the following words, the learner should be taught to give e and i their own proper names, when he speaks them separately; but when he unites them with the other letters in the syllables to which they belong, he should give them the power of y; thus, g-u-a-r-d guard, i-a-n yan gua; iian ; h-i-d hid,e-o-u-s yus,hideous,&c. TABLE LVII. In ia, ie, io, iu, ea, eo, &c. The following words may be divided two ways; either a-l a'l, i-e-n yen, alien; or, a, l-i-e n lyen, alien: o-do'd, i-o-u-s yus, odious ; or, o, d-i-o-u-s dyus, odious. The former way is preferable. Ba'ke Ba'rk Băck'. Ba'll Box Bee't Bet' Bi'te When ss, or s, preceded by a consonant, comes before io, it has its sharp sound. Read thus; p-a-ss pass, i-o-n yun, passion; m-a-n+s mans, i-o-n yun, mansion, &c. A single s, preceded by a vowel, and coming before ia, ie, io, or iu, has the sound of z. Read thus; vi-s viz, i-o-n yun, vision; p-r-o pro, v-i-s viz proviz, i-o-n yun, provision, &c. N. B. A singles, coming before za, ie, io, or u and being pronounced rapidly, will unavoidably run into the simple sound ezh; thus,vision occasion, are pronounced vizh'un, occa' zhun. |