 ... 5. The broad features of the system are, that vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. 6. One accent only is used — the acute — to denote the syllable on which stress is laid.  Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue - Page 101by Charles Ammi Cutter - 1891 - 140 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 916 pages
...pronunciation of the written name roust learn it on the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. (5) The broad features of the system are that vowels...— to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, « the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the replacement of this... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - 1892 - 1484 pages
...spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system arc : — (a) That vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. (h) Every letter is pronounced, and no redundant letters are introduced. When two vowels come together,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1892 - 436 pages
...the spot by a study of local accent and peculiarities. 5. The broad features of the system are : (a) That vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. (b) Every letter is pronounced, and no redundant letters are introduced. When two vowels come together... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1887 - 742 pages
...it must be at once rejected. The alphabet upon which the society has decided follows the principle that vowels are pronounced as in Italian, and consonants as in English. This does away with the ee for the sound / in ' ravine,' and with the oo for the a in 'flute.' The... | |
 | Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Canadian Institute of Surveying - 1884 - 390 pages
...accent would be so complicated as only to defeat itself 5. The broad features of the system adopted are that vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants...acute, to denote the syllable on, which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this... | |
 | American Library Association. General Meeting - 1885 - 174 pages
...English readers : thus, Calcutta, Cutch, Celebes, Mecca, etc., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word, as locally pronounced,...syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly,... | |
 | Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells - 1885 - 446 pages
...English readers : thus, Calcutta, ditch, Celebes, Mecca, etc., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word, as locally pronounced,...syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly,... | |
 | 1885 - 284 pages
...English readers : thus Calcutta, Cutch, Celebes, Mecca, etc., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word, as locally pronounced,...syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is founded, though the result, when spoken quicky,... | |
 | 1885 - 458 pages
...English readers : thus Calcutta, Cutch, Celebes, Mecca, &c., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word, as locally pronounced,...syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly,... | |
 | 1885 - 800 pages
...English readers ; thus Calcutta, Cutch,a Celebes, Mecca, etc., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word, as locally pronounced,...syllable on which stress is laid. 7. Every letter is pronounced. When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly,... | |
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