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THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.
Chap. X.
THE DESERÉT ALPHABET. | |||||
VOCAL SOUNDS. | 𐐘 . . Ga 𐐙 . . F 𐐚 . . V 𐐛 . . Eth 𐐜 . . The 𐐝 . . S 𐐞 . . Z 𐐟 . . Esh 𐐠 . . Zhe 𐐡 . . Ur 𐐢 . . L 𐐣 . . M 𐐤 . . N 𐐥 . . Eng |
The sounds of the letters 𐐆, 𐐇, 𐐈, 𐐉, 𐐊, 𐐋 are heard in the words 𐐕, 𐐘, 𐐛, 𐐜, 𐐟, are heard in the words 𐐡 is like ir in st-ir; are is made by the combination of 𐐈𐐡; 𐐥 is heard in l-eng-th. Learn this Alphabet and appreciate its advantages. | |||
Long. 𐐁 . . A 𐐂 . . Ah 𐐃 . . Aw 𐐄 . . O 𐐅 . . Oo |
Double. 𐐍 . . Ow 𐐎 . . Woo 𐐏 . . Ye Aspirate. | ||||
Articulate 𐐒 . . B 𐐓 . . T 𐐔 . . D 𐐕 . . Che 𐐖 . . G 𐐗 . . K | |||||
Short. | |||||
𐐆 𐐇 𐐈 𐐉 𐐊 𐐋 |
This column of letters are the short sounds of the above. |
The lady's "wicked Welshman"—I suppose she remembered the well-known line anent the sons of the Cymri—
"Taffy is a Welshman, Taffy is a thief"—
is no Cambrian, but an aborigine of Leek, Staffordshire, England, and was from 1888 to 1848 an excise officer in her majesty's In-