 When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result when spoken quickly is sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from a single sound, as in ai...  Library Journal - Page 303edited by - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1885 - 916 pages
...pronunciation of the written name roust learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. (5) The broad features of the system are that vowels...— to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, « the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the replacement of this... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - India - 1892 - 1484 pages
...spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system arc : — (a) That vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. (h) Every letter is pronounced, and no redundant letters are introduced. When two vowels come together,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1892 - 436 pages
...the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system are : (a) That vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. (b) Every letter is pronounced, and no redundant letters are introduced. When two vowels come together... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1887 - 742 pages
...it must be at once rejected. The alphabet upon which the society has decided follows the principle that vowels are pronounced as in Italian, and consonants as in English. This does away with the ee for the sound / in ' ravine,' and with the oo for the a in 'flute.' The... | |
 | Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Canadian Institute of Surveying - Surveying - 1884 - 390 pages
...accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself 5. The broad features of the system adopted are that vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants...acute, to denote the syllable on, which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this... | |
 | William Hughes - Geography - 1885 - 440 pages
...pronunciation of the written name must learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels...acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1885 - 942 pages
...pronunciation of the written namo must .learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels...acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, as tho sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - Names, Geographical - 1885 - 112 pages
...pronunciation of the written name must learn it on the spot by a stndy of local accent and peculiarities. ö. The broad features of the system are. that vowels...pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. e. One accent only is used, the acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1886 - 1046 pages
...pronunciation of the written name must learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system are that vowels...acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this... | |
 | 1887 - 620 pages
...it must be at once rejected. The alphabet upon which the Society has decided follows the principle that vowels are pronounced as in Italian, and consonants as in English. This does away with the ее for the sound t in "ravine," and with the oo for the u in "flute." The... | |
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