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Excerpt from The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Meaning of About 28, 000 Words and Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-Speaking Peoples Old new old an an an an O a aslnmonarch, breakfast, final. Cl 1, y as in pine, eye, ply, d s as in arm, aims, calm, father. On ou, ow as in out, thou, ow g a as in ask, chant, dance, fast. Oi oi, oy as in oil, boy, avoid, joint. G as in at, add, man, random. In a asin few, adduce, duty, mate. A a, a in 0 as in duration. Mulatto a a as in alloy, mm' man. In k n k h asiin future, lectured: n'a'zre. E asin sunset excuse, f c e, e as ncat, scept c In. [9 g as istle, e 3? Ch ch asinchurc chair, matc chip. Q 5 as in moment, a scnce, co onsl. Owz u kw as in yacen, quite, qua ity. Gr ér, lr,flras in ever, fern, fir, bur. 411 (t m 88 in he, the; 110004 i 6 e, a as in they, rein, fate, ale, aid. F f 3 infancy, 3 fl? PM 0. 5 a, g asinusage, preface, ultimate. 2 (hard) 5 as in go, n, ame, dog. 1 I, y as in an, a, divide, rm, pity. H as in ab oh. Oog (scotch). F i, s as in machine, meet, as, bier. 80h (german). 1 e as in react, remain, create. PW (wh) pw. 5 in why, when, where. O o as in obe eulogy theory. J J' g o o asin no, g 6 note', blow, over. Ns us as in sing. Longmnaueflnno e 6, a as in not, d, what, comma. N 88 1 ink, bank, auction. E o, a as in nor, abhor, ought, walk. 11 as in hon (frenc -'r 9 0 as in actor, idiom atom. Sh e, h s h as in sip, celll, icity, express. V s s asnse, case, m ne. 3 313133 3: {lg ffiléfilfetm', $733: t th t? H as in thin, worth, breath, pith. Ll as in measure, injure, nature. Ii 0 88 1 dune U ii, 6 as in but, tub, under, nation. I. Z, 5 as in zone, is, lives, music. 6 d as in burn, cur, curl, hurt. Zh zh, s asin azure, treasure, ambrosia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.