o | old | o | the first Vowel naturally, and deepest sound; requires only to open the Mouth, and breathe |
thro’ it. |
[] | John, Folly | the next, requiring the Mouth open’d a little more or hollower. |
a | man, can | a | the next, a little more. |
e | mane, lane | e | the next, requires the Tongue to be a little more elevated |
i | een, seen | i | still a little more, |
u | tool, fool | u | the next, requires the Lips to be gather’d up, leaving a small Opening. |
[; ] | um, un, as in umbrage, unto, &c. | the next, a very short Vowel, the Sound of which we should express in our present Letters |
thus, uh, a short and not very strong Aspiration. |
h | hunter, happy, high | huh | a stronger or more forcible Aspiration. |
g | give, gather | gi | the first Consonant, being form’d by the Root of the Tongue, this is the present hard g. |
k | keep, kick | ki | a kindred Sound, a little more acute, to be us’d instead of the hard c. |
[] | sh, ship, wish | ish | a new Letter, wanted in our Language, our sh, separately taken, not being proper Elements |
of the Sound. |
[] | ng, ing, reaping, among | ing | a new Letter, wanted for the same Reason; these are form’d back in the Mouth. |
n | end | en | form’d more forward in the Mouth, the Tip of the Tongue to the Roof of the Mouth. |
r | art | ar | the same, the Tip of the Tongue a little loose or separate from the Roof of the Mouth. |
t | teeth | ti | the Tip of the Tongue more forward, touching and then leaving the Roof. |
d | deed | di | the same, touching a little fuller. |
l | ell, tell | el | the same touching just about the Gums of the upper Teeth. |
[] | th, think | e | the Tongue under and a little behind the upper Teeth, touching them nearly but so as to |
let the Breath pass between. |
[; ] | dh, thy | e | the same a little fuller. |
s | essence | es | this Sound is form’d by the Breath passing between the moist End of the Tongue and the |
upper Teeth. |
z | ez, wages | ez | the same a little denser and duller. |
f | effect | ef | form’d by the lower Lip against the upper Teeth. |
v | ever | ev | the same fuller and duller. |
b | bees | bi | the lips put full together and open’d as the Air passes out. |
p | peep | pi | the same but a thinner Sound. |
m | ember | em | the closing of the Lips, while the e is sounding. |