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Th has two sounds; whispered, as in think, both; and vocal, as in thou, this. When vocal, the th is marked thus, (ŧh), as in thou.
C has the sound of sk before a, o, u, and r; as in scale, scoff, sculpture, scroll; and the sound of s alone before e, i, and y; as, scene, scepter, science, Scythian.
ACCENT.
Accent is the forcible stress or effort of voice on a syllable, distinguish- ing it from others sin the same word, by a greater distinctness of sound.
The accented syllable is designated by bold font.
The general principal by which accent is regulated, is, that the stress of voice falls on that syllable of a word, which renders the articulations most easy to the speaker, and most agreeable to the hearer. But this rule has the accent of most words been imperceptibly established by a long and universal consent.
When a word consists of three or more syllables, ease of speaking re- quires usually a secondary accent, of less forcible utterance than the prima- ry; but clearly distinguishable from the pronunciation of unaccented sylla- bles; as in su-per-flu-it-y, lit-er-ar-y. The strongest accent is on the un-
derlined font.
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