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• oi: lxry, boil.
• ou: flow, soul, stone.
• u: full, PUt, good.
• uu~ uw: truth, rue, fool.
• : up, come, father, here.
• oe: her, turn, heard.
CONSONANTS.
• c: church, catch. • dh: then, with. • j:judge,gentle. • q: sing, ftnger. • sh: fISh.
• th: think.
• x: six, wrecks. • y:young.
- . zh: roqqe, pleasure.
PlmNETic vALuES of '~ETERic' vowEL cOMbiNATioNS
Most combinations ofvowel symbols in the present 'heteric' spell- ing have more than one phonetic value in any given accent of En- glish. Some have numerous possible sound values. Following is the list of combinations of vowels:
• a: [ei] in hating, [a:] in father, [0:] in water, [e] in many, [ce] in hat, [0] in want, [] in brilliant, [e] in various, [i] in village
• ae: [i:] in minutiae, [e] in aerial, [ei] in Israel