THE ENGLISH PHONETIC ALPHABET,

FOR THE USE OF THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND HETÉRIC ORTHOGRAPHY.

[Columns 1 and 2 contain the phonotypic letters, capital and small, each representing a certain sound, or modification of sound, which constitutes the power of the letter; the other columns show what that power is. For further information, see Phonetic Journal for January 1848, pages 17-20.]

robe

The sign (') is prefixed to l, m, n, to shew when they form syllables by themselves ; as, dub'l, dublin; rit'm, ritmic; ev'n, evniŋ; and the compound symbols ', 'm, 'n, are then called "vocals."

Additional Symbols are used for foreign sounds, as may be seen by the following examples. See Phonetic Journal for January 1848, p. 21.

French.-fän, pât, pat, bon, vü, hút, gön, 3in, 3ề chéne, páte, patte, bonne, vú, hutte, jeune, jeune, je fan, fon, ocuń, bon, felj, rän fin, champ, aucun, bon, fille, règne German.-cünste, cünste, Göte, boce, ik, ak, zeq, taq, Goethe, böcke, ich, ach, sieg, tag, wann

kühnste, künste,

van

New Orthographical Signs:-(9) query, placed at the commencement of interrogative clauses; (i) sigh; (!) smile; obsolescent parentheses, used to inclose words which are not spelt phonetically. See Phonetic Journal for January 1848, pp. 24, 25.

TW REDERZ OV FONETIC PRINTIM.

Rulz for foiy hwar de Acsent iz tu be red on ol wurdz printed foneticali, hwen de Acsent Marc itself iz not egzibited.

1.-Wurdz ov tú silab'lz haviŋ eni loŋ veel or difton in dar last silab'l, qr tu be red wid an acsent on dɛ last silab'l.-N.B. dis rul duz not apli̟ tu wurdz endiŋ in yr.

2.-Ol wurdz endiŋ in ic or ics—el wurdz haviŋ 3 er y befor dar last vsel—el wurdz ov mor đan tú silab'lz, haviŋ eni loŋ vsel er difton (ecsept y,) in dar last silab❜l but wun-and el wurdz ov tú silab'lz not elrédi menfund, qr tu be red wid an acsent on de last silab'l but wun.

3.-Ol uder wurdz qr tu be red wid an acsent on de last silab'l but tú.

Remarcs.-1) An acsent iz ocázunali printed on wurdz ov wun silab'l, hwen đa qr spoc'n wid grater fors dan uder wurdz ov de sam sand.

2) Cómpond wurdz, in hwig de tú parts ar seperated bį a hi̟fen, qr tu be red lịc tú seperet wurdz.

3) dez lez du not apli tu wurdz printed entirli in capitalz. de acsent marc iz never plast over capital leterz, but iz prefícst, hwen néseseri, tu an inifal capital, az, 'Izrael,

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PLEA FOR PHONETIC SPELLING ;

OR, THE

NECESSITY OF ORTHOGRAPHIC REFORM.

BY

ALEXANDER JOHN ELLIS, B.A.

FELLOW OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, AND FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF
TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

SECOND EDITION,

ENTIRELY RE-WRITTEN, WITH IMPROVED TABLES.

LONDON:

FRED PITMAN, PHONETIC DEPOT, 1, QUEEN'S HEAD PASSAGE,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1848.