Division of Words - Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick William Hamilton
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ô as in ôrb
[=u] as in [=u]se [Iu] as in [Iu]nite [)u] as in [)u]p [u:] as in r[u:]de [u=] as in f[u=]ll û as in ûrn In addition to these there are diphthongs, combinations of vowel sounds pronounced as one syllable, such as _ou_ as in _out_ _oi_ as in _oil_ There are also a number of digraphs or combinations of vowels or consonants which have but one sound, such as _ai_ as in _rain_ _eo_ as in _people_ _ou_ as in _soup_ _ou_ as in _soul_ _ph_ as in _phalanx_ _ch_ as in _chorus_ or _chair_ _C_ has two sounds, hard before _a_, _o_, and _u_, as in _cat_, _cot_, and _cut_, and soft before _e_, _i_, and _y_, as in _cell_, _city_, and _cycle_. _G_ has two sounds, hard before _a_, _o_, and _u_, as in _gate_, _gone_, |
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