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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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28. _Is there any Phonetic Alphabet of the English Language?_
There have been several published, but they are not in general use.

29. _How many letters in the English Phonetic Alphabet?_
Forty-three.

30. _What is the name of a Letter?_
The appellation by which it is known.

31. _What is the difference between a Letter and its Name?_
The letter is the character, and the name is its appellation.

32. _What Letters name themselves?_
The vowels A, E, I, O, and U.

33. _How are the Letters divided?_
Into Vowels and Consonants.

34. _What are Vowels?_
Those letters which represent only pure tones.

35. _Name all the Vowels._
A, E, I, O, U, and in some situations W and Y.

36. _What is a Consonant?_
A letter that represents an interruption of sound or breath.

37. _Why called Consonants?_
Because they cannot be used alone in a word, but must be connected
with a Vowel.
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