A New School Dictionary of the English Language: Embracing a Carefully Prepared Vocabulary of Words in Popular Use, Together With Tables Exhibiting ... Names, Scripture Proper Names, Christ - Softcover

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The first, or long, sound of each of the vowels, marked thus, a, a, i, 6, u, is styled its alphabetic or name sound. The sound of the letter y, when used as a vowel, is the same as that of i; but as a vowel it begins no English word in common use.

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