I has a sound long, as fīne; and short as fĭn.

That is eminently observable in i, which may be likewise remarkable in
other letters, that the short sound is not the long sound contracted,
but a sound wholly different.

The long sound in monosyllables is always marked by the e final, as thÄ­n,
thīne.

I is often sounded before r, as a short u; as flirt, first, shirt.

It forms a diphthong only with e, as field, shield, which is sounded as the
double ee; except friend, which is sounded as frĕnd.

I is joined with eu in lieu, and ew in view; which triphthongs are
sounded as the open u.

O.

O is long, as bōne, ōbedient, corrōding; or short, as blŏck, knŏck,
ŏblique, lŏll.

Women is pronounced wimen.

The short o has sometimes the sound of close u, as son, come.

O coalesces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach: oa has the
sound of o long.

O is united to e in some words derived from Greek, as œconomy; but as