go gay gate globe dog bag garden glass gentle cage general forge geese gather wagon glove gem game George forget germ Gill Grace grain

Note effect of final e on hard g.

rag        rage       sag        sage
wag        wage       stag       stage

Rule 12.

I before gh—­i is long and gh silent—­ni_gh_t.

light right fight night bright fright sight high slight might thigh flight tight sigh plight

Rule 13.

Final y in words of more than one syllable is short,—­cherry.

dainty pity ferry plainly city lightly rainy naughty berry daisy thirty merry daily dreary cherry

Rule 14.

Final e in words of more than one syllable is silent.—­gentl_e_,
Nelli_e_.

Rule 15.

Effect of r upon vowels.

[er] [ir] [or] [ur] her bird work urn fern sir word turn term stir worm hurt herd girl world purr jerk first worst burn ever chirp worth churn serve whirl worse burst perch thirst worship church kernel fir worthy curve verse firm worry curb verb third fur germ birth blur herb birch curd stern thirty curl

OTHER EQUIVALENTS

        a==e [(a]==[(e]

they eight care heir obey weight bare their prey freight fare there weigh neigh hair where sleigh veins fair stair reign whey chair pear skein rein pair

a==[)o] a==[(o] au==aw==ou

what    not   call    nor     haul      ought
was     odd   raw     for     fault     bought
watch   cot   want    corn    cause     sought
wasp    got   walk    cord    pause     caw
wash    hop   salt    short   caught    saw
drop    dog   hall    storm   naught    paw
spot    fog   draw    horse   naughty   draw
talk    morn    thought   thaw

ou==ow [=ew]==[=u]

our how dew due out now few hue hour cow mew blue flour bow new June trout plow Jew tune shout owl pew plume mouth growl hue pure sound brown glue flute mouse crowd ground flower house drown

      ew==[=oo]==o==[u..] o==oo==[u..]