CHAPTER IX. 47 4 Q. How is ch sounded in French words ? A. ch in French words sounds like sh, as chevalier, machine, capuchin, chagrin. 5 Q. How is g sounded in proper names, and foreign words? A. g k,eeps its hard sound in most proper names and foreign words before e and i, as Geba, Gilboa, Gilbert, Gelderland, JRhegium; except some few, as Geofry, George, Gyles, Egypt, änd all Frenchwords, where 'tis sounded soft. 6 Q. Is h sounded in foreign words ? A. It is usually sounded as ip English ; but the sound of it quite lost in these following proper names, Dorothy, Esther, Anthony, Thomas, Arthur, John, Humphry, or Humphrey, and at the end of words after a vowel, as Messiah, Jeremiah, Shiloh. 7 Q. Wherein doth t change its English sound ? A. ti in Greek and Hebrew proper names keeps its own natural sound, Pelatiah, Phaltiel, Adramittium, 3,-c. In Latin words 'tis sounded like sh, as Gratian, Portius, as it is ip the English. CISAP. IX. Of the Soundof Vowels in Foreign Words. I QUESTION. IS a sounded in all foreign words ? Answer. The sound of a is almost lost in Bilboa, Guineq, Pharaoh, Israel, and some others. 2 Q. Is e at the end of a foreign word pronounced ? A. Yes ; always in Hebrew words, as Jesse, Mamie; in Greek, as an epitome, a catastrophe, Candace, Phebe.; and in Latin as a simile, prcrmunire: except where the termination or end of the word is made English, as Eve, Tyre, Crete, Kenite, Israelite, ode, scheme, dialogue, ..53-c. which the English learner can know only by custom. 3 Q. How are the diphthongs sounded in foreign words ? A. The learned languages, as Latin, Greek, arid Hebrew, have but few diphthongs incomparison of English ; therefore in words that are borrowed thence, two distinct vowels generally make two distinct syllables ; as the Latin, de-ist, po-et, cre-ate, co-operate, Je-su-it: the Greek, Ide-a, oce-an, Archetaus, acche-us, Co-os; the Hebrew, Kadesh-barne-a, Ephra -im, Abi-ezer, Zo-ar, and Gibe-on. 4 Q. How is double a, or double e sounded in foreign words ? A. We meet with these chiefly in Hebrew names, and they are sounded for the most part like single a, or single e; as Isaact Canaan, Baluam, Baal, Beershebah, and Beel-zebub.
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