n, in Anguish, finger, congress, ink, bank, &c. nd, in Handkerchief. th, in They, there, these, thine, though, thou. That, then, this, thus. Represented by Z, g, 8, Bathe, breathe, sheathe, blithe, sithe, tithe, clothe, &c. To wreath, to loath, to seeth, to sooth, to mouth, &c. Baths, laths, paths, oaths, mouths, moths, cloths, wreaths. [The only words that change the sound of th in the plural.] Zh. in Azure, vizier, glazier, grazier, &c. in Rouge. in Occasion, precision, pleasure, erasure, Mœsia, &c. Represent ed by k, C, K. in Kayle, kaw, keel, kind, Koran. Kangaroo, kedge, king, kirk. in Care, cast, cubit, count, cool, coil'; cut, cook, &c. ch, in Chaos, catechism, school, monarch, &c. ck, in Duck, back, pick, beck, &c. gh, in Hough [hok,] shough, lough. kh, in Khan. lk, in Talk, balk, chalk, folk [fök,] yolk [yōk,] &c. Represented by P, P. in Pail, pear, pall, part, piece, pipe, pour, pure, pound, pool, poise. Park, pet, pin, pop, pun, pearl, put. pp, in Epps, [proper name,] hopp'd, tripp'd, &c. ph, in Shepherd; and to this most orthoëpists add-diphthong, triphthong, naphtha. Represented by t, tt, bt, ct, T. in Take, tare, tall, tar, teal, tythe, told, tune, town, tool, toil. Tan, teH, tin, top, tub, turn, took. in Butt. in Debt, redoubt, subtle. in Indict, victuals [vittlz,] Cleatus, Ctesiphon, &c. cht, in Yacht. d, in Faced, dressed, stuffed, &c. ght, in Night, wight, drought, thought, &c. phth, in Phthisis, phthisic, phthisical, &c. pt, in Ptolemy, Ptolederma, &c.; also in receipt. th, Z, Represented by f, ff, in Thames, thyme, asthma, &c. in Mezzotinto [metṣotinto,] mezzo-relievo, &c. F. in Fame, fare, fault, farm, feel, find, fold, fugue, found, food, foil. Fat, fend, fill, fop, fun, fern, full. in Buff, cuff, staff, &c. gh, in Enough, rough, lough, draught, &c. lf, in Calf, half; [and in all the words in which follows a.] ph, in Phalanx, seraph, prophet, prophesy, &c. Represented by h, H. in Hate, hare, hall, harm, heel, hire, hone, humid, house, hoof, hoist. Hat, head, him, hot, hull, her, hook. Where, wheat, while; whelm, whim, whirl.* wh, in Whole, whom, who, &c. Represented by 8, C, S. in Same, sordid, saunter, seal, sign, soak, suit, sound, soup, soil. Sat, sense, sin, sock, such, serve, soot. Cohesive, exclusive, design, precise, practise, &c.t in Mass, puss, glass, grass, &c. in Cedar, cease, cell, placid, tacit, &c. Financier, pincers, &c.‡ ps, in Psalm, psychology, Psyche, &c. t, in Apostle, hostler, castle, fasten, moisten, &c. th, in Thane, thought, theatre, thigh, thorax. Thank, theft, think, thong, thumb, thermometer. *In this combination, the aspiration should always be distinctly heard before the sound of w, except when followed by ō or oo.— See the next examples. There is a slovenly mode of pronouncing many of the words of this class, which gives to the s the sound of z. The sound of 8, in these classes of words, often degenerates in pronunciation into that of sh. A similar carelessness sometimes converts the u into oo, in the first class; and thus suit becomes shoot, and suitors, shootars. Represented by th, h, Th. (Continued.) in Bath, lath, path, oath, mouth, moth, cloth, wreath.* Truth, youth, earth, birth, sabbath, death, &c. Truths, youths, earths, births, sabbaths, deaths, &c. in Eighth [atth.] phth, in Phthia, Phthiotis. tth, in Matthew. sh, in Shade, share, short, sharp, shield, shine, shore, shout, C, shoot. Shall, shed, shin, shot, shut, shirk, shook. in Ocean, social, pronunciation, Sicyon, &c. ch, in Chaise, chagrin, charlatan, machine, &c. in Sure, sugar, sensual, censure, &c. 8, SC, in Ascii [ashei,] amphiscii, antiscii, &c. sch, in Eschalot [shalot-the e being silent.] ch, in Chain, chair, chalk, chaff, cheek, chide, chose, chew, chowder, choose, choice. Chat, cherish, chin, chop, chuck, church. C, in Vermicelli [vermechele,] violoncello, &c. tch, in Match, scratch, watch, notch, crutch, &c. * See the examples and the remark under TH, p. 339. INDEX. ABHORRENCE, Vocal expression of, 149. defined, 98. three forms of, 99. Adjuration, vocal expression of, 138. Admiration, vocal expression of, 156. how expressed by action and attitude, 306, 310. Admonition, serious-vocal expression of, 129. Adoration, vocal expression of, 128. Affirmation, strong-vocal expression of, 138. Alternate Phrase, defined, 87. Melody of-explained, 89. Partial Drift of, 124. Amazement, vocal expression of, 156. Anger, vocal expression of, 146. Anxiety, how expressed by action and attitude, 306, 314. Apprehension, vocal expression of, 163. Arm, employed in oratory, 246–256, 261. employed in dramatic action, 299-303, 306. systematic positions of, 249-254, gestures of considered as bold and moderate, 252, 253. errors in the positions of, 254, 255. Arm and Hand, manner of their motion illustrated, 200-203. examples of bad, 38, 39. tables for practice in, 40-47, 50-54. 343 |