... biggest, boggy. Before e, i, and y, however, with very few exceptions, g has its soft sound, as in gem, ginger, gypsum, rigid. In a few words, g has the sound of zh, as in rouge (roozh). Before m and n it is silent, as in phlegm, sign, gnat. H. H... Sanders' Union Speller: Being a Clear and Complete Exhibition of English ... - Pàgina 8per Charles Walton Sanders - 1868 - 178 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1867 - 178 pàgines
...sacrifice; in some cases, it is silent, as in Czar, indict, victuals, muscle. D. F. This letter has but one sound, as in flame, soft, staff, except in...the sound of dzh, being the precise equivalent of <7 soft, as in jibe. In hallelujah, (when spelled with /,) it has the sound of y. • It is never silent.... | |
| Noah Webster, William Greenleaf Webster, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1873 - 430 pàgines
...words, /fia silent after g initial, as in ghost, gherkin, &c. ; after r, as in rhyme, myrrh, &c. ; and also when preceded by a vowel in the same syllable, as in ah, eh, oh, buhl, Jehovah, &c. In many parts of England, the Bound of this letter is almost always... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1872 - 184 pàgines
...it is silent, as in phlegm, sign, gnat. H. II represents a mere breathing, or aspirate, as in Jiome, hat. It is silent after g, as in ghost, after r, as...being the precise equivalent of g soft, as in jibe. In halklujah, (when spelled with _/,) it has the sound of y. It is never silent. K. K has but one sound,... | |
| Noah Webster, William Greenleaf Webster, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1878 - 440 pàgines
...H is silent after g initial, as In ghost, gherkin, &c. ; after г, ля ia rhyme, myrrh, &c. ; and also when preceded by a vowel In the same syllable, as in ah, fli, oh, bnh¿} Jc~ ЛотгаЛ, &c. In many parts of England, the sound of this letter is almost... | |
| Alfred Ayres - 1880 - 220 pàgines
...is silent after initial g, as in ghost, ghastly, etc. ; after r, as in rhetoric, rhyme, etc. ; and also when preceded by a vowel in the same syllable, as in oh, Jehovah, etc. The French talk about their aspirated A's, but they never aspirate any. In German the effect of... | |
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