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LisT of ENGlislt SYMbols
The following table gives a complete list of the English vowel symbols, together with those consonant ones which require eluci- dation, with examples.
VowEls
• aa: papa, far, glass~ after, aunt. [Before s andfor before two (pronounced) consonants aa is sometimes shonened and some- times becomes te:gl£s) tent.]
• £: man.
• ae: aerate, bear, fare. [Always followed by.]
• ai: Isaiah, aisle, wine.
• ao: extraordinary, broad, more.
• au: Faust, now, noun.
• e: red.
• ei: they, veil, name.
• i: ill, fishes.
• ii, iy: machine, feel.
• 0 : not, cloth, cross, soft. [Often becomes ao before th) s a n d f klaoth, kraas) saoft.]
