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McGuffey, W. H.

"McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book"


30. Sound of U before r in such words as urge, marked u.
urge jour'ney spurn ur'gen cy
burn stur'geon nurse curl'i ness
spur church'man curst jour'nal ist
curb bur'gess burst hurt'ful ness

31. Regular Long Sound of Y, as in fly, marked y.
ap ply' ty'rant pyre dy'nas ty
de ny' hy'dra type an'ti type
re ly' ty'phus fyke a sy'lum
re ply' ty'ro chyme hy e'na

Lesson 52.
32. Regular Short Sound of Y, as in hymn, marked y.
pyx sys'tem lymph sym'me try
cyst syn'tax nymph syn'co pe
tymp phys'ic tryst syn'dic ate
Styx lyr'ic rynd syn op'sis

33. The sound of oi or oy (unmarked), as heard in oil, oyster.
oint re coil' spoil en joy'ment
voice re joice' moist dis joint'ed
troy de stroy' broil em ploy'ment
poise em ploy' choice ap point'ment

Lesson 53.
34. The sound of ow (unmarked), as heard in owl. When the ow is sounded as
in blown, the o is marked long (blown).
howl al low' crowd flow'er y
gown en dow' prowl pow'er ful
cowl vow'el scowl em bow'el
down row'el brown en dow'ment

35. The diphthong ou has two leading sounds: that of ow in words derived
from the Anglo-Saxon, as in out; and that of oo in words derived from the
French, as in soup.
sour found'ling fount an nounce'ment
pout ground'less mount un found'ed
soup rou lette' croup crou'pi er
roup group'ing wound trou'ba dour

Lesson 54.


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