The Columbian Cyclopedia

THE

COLUMBIAN

CYCLOPEDIA

THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES

VOL. 14

GRAMERCY-HELICON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BUFFALO, N. Y.

GARRETSON, COX & COMPANY
1897

KD44496

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Copyright, 1890, 1895, 1897,

BY

GARRETSON COX & COMPANY.

SCHEME OF SOUND SYMBOLS

FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS.

Note.-(-) is the mark dividing words respelt phonetically into syl
lables: ('), the accent indicating on which syllable or syllables the
accent or stress of the voice is to be placed."

ó...move, smooth.

Sound-symbols and Marks
Words respelt with

for Pronunciation.

.māt, fät, fāl, ā.
.måt, fät.

får, kám, father.
.car, fär.

fawl, lawd, law.
..mēt, mět, fit, frë.
...mět, běd.

...her, stër, herd, kêr.
.pin, pli, hit.

•pin, nìmƒ, ă-bil'i-tř.

ō...Goethe (similar to e in her)...gö teh.

ow..noun, bough, cow.

.nōt, tōl, sōl.

.not, plot.

.mov, smóth.

nown, bow, kow.

oy..boy, boil...

.boy, boyl.

u...pure, dew, few.

pur, dù, fù.

u...bud, come, tough.

bud, kum, tuf.

ú...full, push, good

fúl, push, gud.

ü...French plume, Scotch guid. .plüm, güd.

ch...chair, match..

ch...German buch, Heidelberg,

chär, măch.

Scotch loch (guttural)...... bôch, hĩ dél-běrch, lĩch.

8....sit, scene, cell, city, cypress.. sắt, sẽn, sèl, sìt'ì, sì'près.

th...thing, breath

th... though, breathe.

.thō, breth.

.zēl, măz, mūz.
.ăzh'er, vizh'un.

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