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GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION

NOTE.—­This Guide is given to aid the pupil in the use of the dictionary, and will be found to cover all ordinary cases.  In the diacritical marking, as in accentuation and syllabication, Webster’s International Dictionary has been taken as authority.

VOWELS

(Transcriber’s Note:  Equivalent sound shown within round brackets.)

[=a] as in gate—­g[=a]te

[^a] as in care—­c[^a]re

[)a] as in cat—­c[)a]t

[.a] as in ask—­[.a]sk

[a.] ([)o]) as in what—­wh[a.]t

[:a] as in car—­c[:a]r

[a:] as in all—­[a:]ll

ai ([^a]) as in air—­[^a]ir

ai ([=a]) as in aim—­[=a]im

au ([:a]) as in aunt—­[:a]unt

[=e] as in eve—­[=e]ve

[)e] as in end—­[)e]nd

[e] as in her—­h[e]r

[^e] as in there—­th[^e]re

[e=] ([=a]) as in they—­th[e=]y

ea ([=e]) as in ear—­[=e]ar

ei ([=e]) as in receive—­rec[=e]ive

[=i] as in ice—­[=i]ce

[)i] as in pin—­p[)i]n

[i] ([e]) as in bird—­b[i]rd

[:i] ([=e]) as in police—­pol[:i]ce

i[e=] ([=e]) as in chief—­chi[=e]f

[=o] as in old—­[=o]ld