6. Consonantal combinations of G:- g-1. glade, gleam, glide, gloss, bugle. 7. Consonantal combinations of F: 1-f. elf, pelf, self, shelf, gulf, wolf. f-s. cuffs, ruffs, proofs, strifes, coughs. 8. Consonantal combinations of V : l-v. valve, delve, twelve, revolve, resolve. 9. Consonantal combinations of S: f-s. fifes, laughs, griefs, cuffs. 1-s. else, false, pulse. n-s. dance, sense, dunce, ounce. ng-s., amongst, singst. : 10. Consonantal combinations of Z: b-s. babes, ebbs, webs, glebes, robs. d-z. beds, beads, brides. dh-z. baths, paths, oaths, clothes. g-z. bags, begs, bogs, eggs, rogues. m-z. games, names, gems, seems, lambs. n-z. pains, pines, dens, impugns. r-z. bars, cares, fears, fires. z-d. buzzed, praised, blazed. z-n. dozen, cousin, season. 11. Consonantal combinations of TH: d-th. breadth, width, hundredth, thousandth. 1-th. health, stealth, wealth, filth, tilth, spilth. 12. Consonantal combinations of DH: dh-d. bathed, breathed, loathed, soothed. dh-z. baths, bathes, tithes. 13. Consonantal combinations of SH: k-sh. luxury (x=k-sh), fiction. r-sh. harsh, marsh. · t-sh. march (ch=tsh), each, church, match. 14. Consonantal combinations of ZH (= j-e, French) :— d-zh. gem (g=d-zh), age, ridge, budge. zh-d. changed (ged=d-zh-d), edged, lodged. 15. Consonantal combinations of NG :- ng-s. amongst, sing'st. ng-z. kings, rings, wings, tongues. 16. Consonantal combinations of L:- f-1. flame, fleet, float, flout, flock. s-1. t-1. v-l. z-1. 1-b. l-d. l-f. 1-k. evil, devil, shrivel, drivel, shovel. alb, bulb. build, gild, bold, told, mould. 1-m. elm, helm, whelm, realm, film. 1-n. stolen, fallen, swollen. 1-p. scalp, help, whelp, pulp, gulp. 17. Consonantal combinations of M: 1-m. elm, helm, whelm, realm, film. r-m. s-in. arm, swarm, term, firm, form. smack, small, smell, smile, smoke. th-m. rhythm, logarithm. z-m. chasm, prism, schism, sophism, egotism. m-b. accumb, succumb. m-d. blamed, condemned, armed, stormed. m-p. camp, stamp, hemp, imp, shrimp, plump. m-t. dreamt, tempt. m-th. warmth. m-z. palms, seems, swarms, gums, tombs. 18. Consonantal combinations of N : d-n. golden, garden, burden. dh-n. heathen. f-n. often, stiffen, soften. k-n. broken, taken, bacon, beacon. 1-n. stolen, fallen, swollen. p-n. shapen, ripen. r-n. barn, fern, learn, stern. s-n. snake, snap, sneak, snipe, basin. v-n. even, woven. z-n. frozen, crimson, reason. n-d. and, end, find, bond, bound. n-s. dance, pence, sense, prince, dunce. n-th. month. n-z. guns, banns, stones. 19. Consonantal combinations of R (trilled) : b-r. bramble, bread, bride, broom, brown. p-r. pray, reprieve, pry, prone, prove. t-r. tray, tree, try, trout, strength. th-r. three, thrice, throw, through, thrust. : : 20. Consonantal combinations of R (smooth): r-b. garb, verb, orb, curb, superb. r-d. bard, herd, absurd, smeared. r-f. scarf, dwarf, wharf, scurf, turf. r-k. ark, mark, fork, work. r-l. gnarl, girl, whirl, furl, pearl. r-m. arm, firm, form, worm, swarm. r-n. learn, stern, fern, born, government. r-s. horse, verse, worse, purse, course. r-t. art, thwart, filbert, skirt, short. 21. Consonantal combinations of H: h-w. whale, wharf, wheat, wheel, wheeze, whelm, whelp, while, whim, whine, whip, whirl, whisper, white. 22. Combinations of W: b-u. buoy, buoyant. : d-w. dwarf, dwell, dwindle. h-w. which, wheeze, whether. k-w. quake, queen, quill, quorum, S-W. swan, sweet, swoon, swindle. t-w. twain, twin, tweezers, twelve, twice. 23. WH: wh is regularly sounded h-w. For examples see under H (21). 24. Combinations of Y: It is asserted by some orthoepists that y consonant is the regular initial sound of the vowel u as heard in unit (which they therefore represent by yoo); and in accordance with this view we might have increased the foregoing lists by giving instances where consonantal sounds are prefixed to u, as in duke (d-yook), suit (s-yoot). But it seems to us, as we have before said (§ 14), that this sound (u) results from a 15 12 rapid union of ee (or of its cognate shut sound i-ll) into oo, and is vocal from its very outset. We shall, therefore, consider y as entering into syllabic combination only with vowels, and as requiring no further exemplification in this place, for though the sound y is heard distinctly in such words as William (Will-yam), companion (compan-yon), the consonantal sounds l-y and n-y divide into separate syllables. No. V. EXERCISE ON HIATUS. A-orta, a-erial, hi-atus, i-ota, o-asis, re-al, ide-al, geography, zo-ology, re-act, re-enact, re-inforce, re-unite, clawing, draw-ing, gnaw-ing, paw-ing, thaw-ing, saw-ing. The ear, the apple, the arbour, high and low, new odes, two ears, two hours, no oaths, I have no idea of it, the attribute to awe and majesty, I saw an eagle, Victoria our queen, Sarah Ann, high altar, sea eels, raw egg, wee earwigs, free ease, three eagles, the e-olian lyre, brow ague, papa asks, China asters, opera arrangements, Aurora opens, go on, due union, how awful, I saw all. |