q'ABLE X%. 9i Penny or pence, and words joined with it, are thus con- tracted ; Pen'uth for penny-worth ; tup-pence for twopence ; thrippence''for three-pence; ftp-pence for five-pence ha'penny halfpenny ; ha'p'uth for halfpennyworth. Some of these words are now and then spelled partly as they are pronounced ; but'tis only or chiefly in pleasant and familiar writing, as take e'm, han't, won't. There are many other contractions in speech used in the English tongue, which wouldbe too tedious tò describe : I have given these few only as a pattern, that the child may learn how_ to spell others of the like nature, by pronouncing each word dis- tinct and apart. There are also some other corrupt pronunciations of Latin words, or terms of art in use among the vulgar, as iciprizys for nisi prius ; sessarero for certiorari; suppiney for sub pcena; hippo for hypochondriacal ; and other words that are shorteu'd in speech, as pozz for positively ; plenipo for plenipotentiary, &c. which I cannot much approve, tho' some polite persons have used them, and thereby confirm the ignorance and ill custom of the unlearned part of mankind, without anynecessity. Here I would have it observed also, that all the three fore. going tables, namely, the eighth, ninth, and tenth, were not written so much with a design to teach how to read, as how to write : not.to tell how such -words ought to be pronounced, be- cause some of those pronunciations are corrupt and too vulgar ; but the design is rather to show how those words ought to be spelled, which have obtained by custom so different a pronuncia- tion. TABLE XI.-A Table of Abbreviations and Contractions, wherein one, or two, or three Letters, standfor one or snore Words. A. or An. Answer D. Duke A. B. or B. A. Bachelor of arts Dr. Doctor Abp. Archbishop D, D. Doctor in Divinity A. D. Anno Domini or in the Do. Ditto, the same year of our Lord E.. Earl A. M. or M. A. Master of arts E. g, or ex: gr. exempli gratin, B. Book or for example B. A. Bachelor of arts F. .1R. S Fellow of the royal Bp. Bishop society B. V. M. Blessed Virgin Mary Ruble. Honourable B. Brother Id. idem, the same C. C. C. Corpus Christi college Ibid. ibidem, in the same place Cent. Galata an hundred I. M. S. Jesus hominum salva- C. S. Castos sigilli, keeper of tor, or Jesus the Saviour of the seal men. VOL. Vt.
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