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THE

COLUMBIAN

CYCLOPEDIA

THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES

VOL. 7

CHOP-COOKMAN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BUFFALO, N. Y.

GARRETSON, COX & COMPANY

1897

Copyright 1890, 1895,

BY

GARRETSON, COX & COMPANY.

SCHEME OF SOUND SYMBOLS

FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS.

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

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Sound-symbols and Marks Words respelt with for Pronunciation.

.māt, fät, fäl, a. .măt, făt.

får, kám, father. .cär, fär.

farol, lawd, law.
mēt, met, fet, frẻ.
.mět, běd.

.hër, stër, herd, kér.
.pin, pli, hit.
•pin, nimf, ă-bil'i-të.
.nōt, tōl, sōl.

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

ow..noun, bough, cow.....

oy..boy, boil..

u...pure, dew, few.

u...bud, come, tough.

.nět, plot.

.mov, smôth.

.nown, bow, kow.

.boy, boyl.

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fúl, push, gud.

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ú...full, push, good..

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

ch...chair, match.

ch...German buch, Heidelberg,
Scotch loch (guttural)..

g....game, go, gun..
j....judge, gem, gin..

k...king, cat, cot, cut..

8...

chär, măch.

́.bôch, hî'dél-běrch, lŏch.

.gām, gō, gun.

juj, jem, jin.

.ăng, kăt, köt, kết. sit, sēn, sel, sìtì, sì'près. .shin, ăm-bish in. .thing, brěth. ..thō, breth. ..zēl, māz, mūz. .ăzh'er, vìeh'un.

...sit, scene, cell, city, cypress.. sh...shun, ambition th...thing, breath. th...though, breathe. 2....zeal, maze, muse. zh...azure, vision..

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