N5 1935 V.11 = ROOM Copyright, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915 All rights reserved Copyright, 1917, 1921, 1922 BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC. All rights reserved Printed in the U. S. A. THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. KEY TO PRONUNCIATION For a full explanation of the various sounds indicated, see the KEY TO PRONUNCIATION in Vol. I. 66 66 quiescent. old, sober. ""obey, sobriety. 66 orb, nor. ""odd, forest, not. atom, carol. oi " oil, boil. do" "food, fool, and as u in rude, rule. ou ""house, mouse. ū 66 66 use, mule. ""unite. 66 66 Spanish Almodovar, pulgada, where it is nearly like th in English then. go, get. ""German Landtag = ch in Ger. ach, etc. j in Spanish Jijona, g in Spanish gila; like English h in hue, but stronger. hw" wh in which. TH then, this. zh "" z in azure, and s in pleasure. An apostrophe ['] is sometimes used as in ta'b'l (table), kǎz"m (chasm), to indicate the elision of a vowel or its reduction to a mere murmur. For foreign sounds, the nearest English equivalent is generally used. In any case where a special symbol, as G, H, K, N, is used, those unfamiliar with the foreign sound indicated may substitute the English sound ordinarily indicated by the letter. For a full description of all such sounds, see the article on PRONUNCIATION. |