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§ 13, nr. 3.
Improper and Cwasi Diftoyz.
fer bot u and w, but we hav rez’n tm cta't de egzistens ov a jenuin iv in
WelJ. cle Frencj, bin qr constantli uzip improper ^-diftopz, elwaz fjnd
de gratest dificulti in pronsnsip w ; ^r we iz tm dem az grat a stum-
blip-bloc, az dar ue {oui) iz tm us. It iz sertenli dlfieult, at tjmz, tm
distipgwij de wec’nd leter, Iqc l], nj, bwen presedip a vsel, from de cores-
pondip unwec’nd leter, prssedip an improper diftop ; fer, az de wecnip ov
a leter consists in flatnip de tup and razip it tm de palet, at de sam tpn
dat de uder configqrajunz qr asumd, de onli diferens consists in de simul-
taneiti ov dis efurt for wecnip leterz, and its sucsefun, in de cas ov a foloip
t ; hens, hwen de sucsejun iz veri rapid, de distipcjun iz elmost inapre-
Jiab’l. ber dis rez’n, we supoz, it iz custumeri, in PoliJ, tm drop de metre
ov wTecnip, over a consonant, and substitut an (i) befor a foloip vsel.
R similer plan iz adopted in Ilujan, hwar eq U3ual improper diftop iz
acbmodated wid a distipet sjn, and hwar dar iz elso a spi for wecnip.
3is Eujan sjn ov wecnip iz onli uzd hwen no vsel foloz ; and de improper
diftop gal sjnz ctr emplad in el uder casez.
In de IpgliJ fonetic alfabet, we empla wun improper diftop sjn, ?/; but
on ac^nt ov de grat dificulti in distipgwifip dcuretli betwen de ssndz,
(tm), (im); y(im),ym; (ha-), (im-); y(tm-),ym-, and determinip wid sertenti
hwiq ov dez 4 descripjunz ov ssnd iz uzd in eni giv’n cas, we prdcticali
aid el 8 casez tm be reprezénted bj de sam sjn, %, indiferentli ; dus,
{beauty, presume ; yew, youib ; accurate,) ctr rit’n bqti, prezipn; ?/, yt; acq-
ret ; eldo dar strict pronunsiajunz ma, perhaps, be properli reprezénted b|
b(im)ti, pri-z(im)m, y(iui), yuit, ac(ha-)ret, hwar we hav uzd de parentesis
tm indicat dat mi, im, ets., onli ferm wun silab’l, dat iz, reali diftonj^z.
We hav uder improper diftopz in IpgliJ, but nun ov so muq impertans.
4. Cwasi Diftoyz. *
Eni wun ov de vselz ma be mad, bj a veri ezi transi/un, tm fel iniui
de indistipet murmur, bj simpli letip de wse 1 configurajun drop intm de
natural pozijun. In dis cas, wt Jed reprezént de secund element bj de
metre ov murmur (5 ), in preferens tm uzip de orijinal v^el caracter e, on
aednt ov de Jortnes and indistipetnes ov de ton. We cel de rezults cwasi
diftoyz.' cTa ctr qsfli herd in provinjed speq, az “ bot saidz uûë rod, dum
tyerdf fer bot sidz ov de rod, dm de ycird. But da ma be herd befor de
gutural xq, ev’n in poljt IpgliJ uterans ov de sst ov Ipgland ; er, ruder, e
ma be herd instéd ov exq er er. Az (5 ) iz ov de sam natur az a gutural
vsel, it iz, ov cors, omlted qfter de gutural vselz q, o, liwjl ( ’ ), er è alon,
iz of’n substituted fer* “ 'xq, 'xqf er er, ur. 3ez qr ©1 folts ov pronun-
siajun, and darfor qr disregarded in fonetic printip. If a vsel foloz, de