A Manual of Phonography, or Writing by Sound: A Natural Method of Writing by Signs That Represent the Sounds of Language, and Adapted to the English ... of Phonetic Short Hand (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Pitman, Isaac

9780332158167: A Manual of Phonography, or Writing by Sound: A Natural Method of Writing by Signs That Represent the Sounds of Language, and Adapted to the English ... of Phonetic Short Hand (Classic Reprint)

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14. The vowel sounds 4, 5, 6, 7, are represented by the sign in three positions, upon precisely the same principle; but in order to make it represent four sounds, it is placed at nearly a right angle with the consonant, for 4, 5, 7, and parallel to the consonant, for 6; thus paw, burr, _l] coat, c - i crew.

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