THE COLUMBIAN CYCLOPEDIA THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES VOL, 28 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS : BUFFALO, N. Y. 1897 SCHEME OF SOUND SYMBOLS FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS. Note..) is the mark dividing words respelt phonetically into syllables; (1, the accent indicating on which syllable or syllables thé accent or stress of the voice is to be placed. Bound-gym- Words respelt with ployed in exemplified in the Words. Do Sound-symbols and Marks Respelling, for Pronunciation. ä...mate, fate, fail, aye.........māt, fāt, fāl, å. å...mat, fat.. :::.............måt, föt. &... far, calm, father ....... ...fâr, kâm, få'thér. i... care, fair ...... ....cür, fär. au..fall, laud, law .... ....farol, laud, lar. è...mete, meat, feet, free ....... mēt, mēt, fet, fre. ě...met, bed....... .mět, běd. é...ber, stir, heard, cur .......... her, stér, herd, kér. 7 ... pine, ply, height ...........pin, pli, hit. t...pin, nymph, ability..........pin, nimf, å-bil'l-ti. 0...note, toll, soul..............nöt, töl, 8ől. 0...not, plot................... nöt, plot. 0...move, smooth.. .....môo, smoth, ö... Goethe (similar to e in her)...gö'téh. o..noun, bough, cow........... noun, bou, kord. oy..boy, boil...................boy, boyl. ū...pure, dew, few............. pūr, dū, fü. ů...bud, come, tough........... bůd, kům, tủf. ů...full, push, good.... ........fúl, půsh, gud Ü...French plume, Scotch guid..plüm, güd. ch...chair, match............... chär, măch. ch... German buch, Heidelberg, Scotch loch (guttural)......böch, hi'dėl-běrch, loch. g...game, go, gun..............gũm, gõ, gù. J... Judge, gem, gin.............jūj, jěm, jin. k...king, cat, cot, cut........... king, kåt, kot, küt. &... .sit, scene, cell, city, cypress. .sit, sēn, sél, sit'i, si pria &...shun, ambition .............shăn, ám-bish'ún. th...thing, breath. .............thing, brěth. t...though, breathe.............thỏ, breth. 2... .Zeal, maze, muse............zēl, mūz, mūz. Eh... azure, vision................ázh'er, virk'ún. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK. B .... A, or adj....adjective A.B..........Bachelor of Arts abbr.... ...abbreviation, abbre viated abl. or abla ablative Abp........ Archbishop abc .........about Acad....... Academy acc. or ac..accusative accorn..... accommodated, ac. commodation act.........active A.D.........in the year of our Lord (Anno Dom. ini) Adjt ...... Adjutant Adm ... ...Admiral adv. or ad..adverb A. F.... ....Anglo-French Ag......... Silver (Argentum) agri........agriculture A. L........Anglo-Latin Al.......... Aluminium Ale ....... Alabama Alb........ Albanian alg.........algebra A.M.........before noon (anto meridiem] A.M. ...... Master of Arts Am......... Amos Amer....... America, anat.......anatorny, anatomical anc.........ancient, anciently AX, X.. ....in the year of the world (Anno Mun di) anon....... Anonymous antiq.......antiquity, antiqui ties aor ........aorist, -ic app.........appendix appar......apparently Apr........ April Ar.........Arabic arch .......architecture archæol....archæology arith .......arithmetic Ark.... ....Arkansas art..........article artil....... artillery AS.........Anglo Saxop As......... Arsenic Assoc...... Association asst........assistant astrol.....astrology astron... ..astronomy attrib......attributive atty .......attorney at. wt......atomic weight Au......... Gold Aurum c.......in the year of the building of the city (Rome) Annourbis conditæ Ang........August aug........augmentative Aust.......Austrian A. V........au horized version (of Bible, 1611) avoir....... avoirdupois Boron B...........Britannic b...........born Ba ......... Barium Bart........Baronet Bav........ Bavarian bl.; bbl....barrel; barrels B.C.........before Christ B.C.L. ... ...Bachelor of Civil Law B.D..... ... Bachelor of Divinity bef ......... before Belg........Belgio Beng .... Bengali Bi.......... Bismuth biog........ biography, biograpb ical biol........, biology B.L......... Bachelor of LAWS Bohem..... Bohemian bot..........botany, botanical Bp .Bishop Br..........Bromine Braz ......Brazilian Bret........Breton ..Brigadier Brit. .British, Britannica bro ..brother Bulg... Bulgarian bush ........busbel, buxhels O.... .Carbon .....century Ca ..Calcium Cal.........California Camb...... Cambridge Can ..Canada Cant....... Canterbur cap.........capital Capt.......Captain Card... ....Cardinal carp........carpentry Cath.... ....Catholic caus........causative cav ..cavalry Cd.........Cadmium ... Cerium Celt........Celtic cent........central cf ..........compare ch or chh...church AN, X.. ** sucient, analomical Brig Ce |