California gional Jility Phono srnphy or Writing by Sound by Isaac Pitinan THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 'A 'N ' i *soaa /If pan DALLAS, ?.^ = = PHONOGRAPHY, WRITING BY SOUND; BEING A NATURAL METHOD OF WRITING, APPLICABLE TO ALL LANGUAGES, AND A COMPLETE SYSTEM if I . PITMAN, 5, Ndsm Plact, Bath. Entered at Stationers' Hall. LONDON : SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS, . 15, PATERNOSTER ROW. Author wiih a postage stamp It will 'be re- turned correct- ed, with obser- ferences to the Rules for writ- ing. In a short time, the use of lines may be discon- tinued. 1840. Jll ----- --j. Price M. The Examples and Exercises engraved on wood by J.L Whiting, 10, Lower Camden-n'.ace, Bath. JOHN AND JAMES KEKNE, PRINTERS, BATH. IXTRO. 1, 2. INTRODUCTION. 1. Communications between man and man, were at first confined to spoken language, and things and ideas were associated with certain sounds, (afterwards called words,} which, when uttered, served to represent whatever was iu the mind of the speaker, as if he were exhibiting the very subject of his thoughts. These vocal_representa- tions of ideas, when arranged poetically, or combined to express any valued truths, it was most desirable to pre- serve : and soon, not only were ideas associated with sounds, (a certain sound calling up a certain form or idea, and the form or idea when presented, suggesting its par- ticular sound,) but a sign was also attached to each object or idea, which, when presented to the eye, at any time, would immediately recal the reality, of which it was an understood symbol. 2. Such was the origin of written language. These visible signs, invented at an early age, were, as might be expected, but imperfectly adapted to express the spoken language ; they were complicated and uncouth : but, this was not felt as an evil, when so few could avail themselves of their use, and so little was written ; and the difficulty of making any alterations CONVENTIONAL, has ever since prevented more than a very partial and uncer- tain improvement. It is, of course, Utopian, to hope to change the printed medium of intercourse of the millions who speak the English language ; but, it is not extrava- gant or hopeless, to attempt to find a substitute for the complicated system of writing which we at present employ. We must indeed continue to use it for many 448611 INTRO. 35. purposes ; but, for all ordinary correspondence, or anno- tations, why are not the written signs as simple as the spoken sounds ? Why is a long series of arbitrary marks employed, to represent what the voice utters at a single effort? Why do we continue to use a mode of writing, which, by its complexity, obliges the readiest hand to waste, at least, Jive hours out of every six, that are spent in intercourse with an absent friend, through the medium of written correspondence ? 3. A system of writing, really and entirely practical, yet, beyond all belief, simple and easy, is here presented ; which, to the surprise and delight of the author, (who discovered its principles some years ago,) has been gra- dually unfolding its beauties to his research, until he is able to present it, seemingly perfect, and harmonious in all its parts. The system offers a method of really exhibit- ing speech on paper, by signs as simple and intelligible as the sounds they represent. 4. It is a fact but little known, that there are in the English language, not more than six essentially different simple sounds, usually called vowels, which are combined into the required number of words, by not more than fourteen simple articulations, or consonants. This divi- sion into sounds and articulations, it may be remarked, is a natural one, and exists in all languages. As an illustra- tion, pronounce the letter e four times, thus e,e,e,e, rather rapidly ; nothing intelligible is produced. Now articulate,* or joint them with certain other letters, (usually called consonants,} thus, ce, ve, le, te, and a well known word (civility) will strike the ear. 5. The great and desirable object which the author believes he has accomplished, is this ; the construction of a simple and easily formed sign for every sound and ar- ticulation, and one that readily adapts itself to every com- bination required, and which is never used to represent more than that one sound or articulation. This is the secret of easy and sure transference of the spoken to the written word. Here all ambiguity ends, all difficulty of reading what has been written vanishes ; and to any person whose desire may be awakened to learn the few marks or signs by which the sounds and articulations are represented, * From urticulus (Lat.), a little joint. INTRO. (>!). the following brief observations, illustrative of PRINCI- PLES, and entering a little into practice, will prove an easy guide, either to read or write the system in an exceedingly short space of time. 6. It may be well to remind the reader, although the fact is so obvious, that, swiftness in performing writing of any kind, can be attained only by practice. 7. In the formation of the present system, the organs of speech have been carefully and minutely studied, and it has been deemed expedient to arrange the vowels and articulations, not alphabetically, but according to their natural order. Thus, the letter p stands first ; it is the least complicated of all articulations, formed, as it is, by the very edges of the lips, and requiring the assistance, neither of the teeth, the tongue, nor the palate, in its production. Next in order stands b, then t, d, &c. The rest follow in a perfectly natural arrangement, as will be perceived upon making a few trials. 8. It has been found that the articulations of our language do not consist of a long series of different formations, but that only about half the number are essen- tially varied, and that the remainder are merely the flat- tened sounds of the others ; thus, p and b ; t and d ; f and v, &c., are precisely the same articulations, modified by being sharpened or flattened in utterance. If we fol- lowed nature, our signs to represent these, would equally correspond; in PHONOGRAPHY they do : p is \ b is X t is I d is I fis^ v is ^_ &c. j and thus, not only is the memory not burdened with a multitude of signs, but the mind perceives that a thin stroke harmo- nizes with a thin articulation, and a thick stroke with a thick articulation, and the hand feels the consistency of writing j for pat, and N for pad, also of ^ for fat, and V for vat, &c. 9. It has also been found that these simple arti- culations which have been adverted to, such as p, b; t, d ; &c., are, in a vast number of words, indissolubly united with the two letters I and r into a kind of double letter, pronounced, however, by a single effort ; as, for instance, the words place and praise (in which p is in one case joined with I, in the other with r) are not pro- nounced "pelace," "peraise," but the p & I, and p & r, INTRO. 10 13. become actually one, by a trill of the tongue against the palate, while the lips are producing the p. These two letters also coalesce into a single utterance in the last syl- lable of the words temple, people, paper, cooper, &c. 10. The natural way of expressing these combinations in writing, would undoubtedly be, to effect some marked and uniform modification of the simple letters, which should yet leave their characteristic forms untouched ; this has been accomplished in the system ; and in con- sistent and beautiful simplicity, the letter p \ whcnjoined with I, becomes 'x pl> t I with I becomes f tl; d I with Us f dl; and so on with all the rest. In like manner, when combined withr, the hook added to the simple letter, is just put on its other side, and p \ with r becomes ^\ pr ; b \ withr is *\ br; t I withr is 1 tr; d I withr is! dr;&cc. 11. It has been further ascertained, (and the reader's careful attention is craved,) that, not only do the various articulations combine, as just described, with I and r, but that these two letters also coalesce with the others in the opposite direction ; thus, I and p, in utterance, become one in help, pulp, fyc. ; I and d are one in field, bold, fyc. ; r and p become one in sharp, harp, $c. ; r and b in garb, barb, tyc.', and the Phonographic signs for the simple articulations, are again used to represent these, as before, only subject to an analogous modification, (one most easy to remember and write) and p \ when Ip is \o d I when Id is I also, b \ when rb is"\ t I when rt is J &c. &c. 12. A word as to the vowels, or sounds of the language. There are in the English spoken language about forty sounds, reckoning both the simple and compound, but there is not any such amount of signs to be learned; a serious difficulty would indeed exist if there were. By the discovery of their real affinities, they admit of a most simple arrangement. The vowels, like the articulations, separate into two great classes ; those having a full sound, and those having a sharpened pronunciation. If the word feet be distinctly pronounced, and then imme- diately the -word Jit, it will be perceived, that the vowel in fit, is actually nothing but the sharpened sound of that in feet. 13. The following list exhibits all the pure vowel INTHO. 14 16. sounds. Pronounce them aloud in natural gradation, and mark them carefully. 1. e. 2. a. 3. ah. 4. au. 5.o. 6. oo. Se Note * Each of these vowels has also a sharp sound, thus No.l. the vowel in feet when short, is heard in fit. 2 mate met. 3 path pat. 4 law lot. 5 note nut. 6 fool full. They are numbered for ease of reference. 14. A little attention to what follows, will insure the right understanding of the principle upon which the short-hand signs for these vowels are arranged. A line of writing occupies a certain width of space upon the paper, determined by the length of the ascending letters : that is, the letters /, d, A, &c. In Phonography, of course, the same fact is obvious ; and this is taken advantage of, to make a simple change in the position of the vowel-sign answer all the purposes of a multitude of different cha- racters. For instance, the sign for the vowel sounds, 1, 2, 3, is a full point, placed before or after the articu- lating letter, as may be. If it be required to write the name of our common afternoon beverage, the articu- lation t I is used, with the vowel sound No. 1, thus 1 It will be perceived that the vowel sign is at the upper part of the t : the same sign represents No. 2, if placed against the middle of the t, thus 1" giving the sound of the river Tay in Scotland : and it stands for No. 3, if against the lower part of the t, thus I. tah ; a child's way of saying " thank you." 15. The sharpened sounds of these three vowels oc- cupy the same positions ; but, as in strict consistency with their character they should be, they are made^ne points instead of full ones, thus I 1' I. 16. The vowel sounds, 4, 5, and 6, are represented by the simple sign x and the position of each one is de- * To these, add as a seventh pure vowel, the sound uh, heard in the French le, ne, See., and the list includes all the single vowels that are to be found in any language. See Note 5, p. 22. INTRO. 17 20. termined by the same plan as before. No. 4, used after t, is I s pronounced taw ; the 5th K toe; and the 6th L too. Then come the sharpened forms of these three, which are exactly similar, but thin, thus \" \- L 17. From these six pure and simple vowels, a double series of compound o :es is produced. They are usually expressed by prefixing the letters y and TV to the simple vowels, e, o, $~c. ; thus e becomes ye and we ; o becomes yo and wo. &c. &c. The y and w here really coalesce with the vowel that follows them, and a single sign should represent them. Phonography, from its own resources, and without the least change of principle, meets the demand, and points out a just and simple mode of writing these compound, yet perfectly united vowels : it represents the y compounds by a small curve, thus ~ for Nos. 1, 2, 3 ; and thus ~ for Nos. 4, 5, 6: and the w compounds by the same sign, but placed thus < and > A preceding explanation of the position of the simple vowels, applies equally to these ; and adapts them, small as is their number, to every varied requirement. 18. As a system of SHORT HAND, Phonography takes the first place : its signs are simpler and briefer than those of any other system by at least two fifths. For instance, by Taylor's System, the word "print" is written /"-"] in Phonography '\ the word "sprinkled" is, by Taylor, written \/^-^~ all. awe, ought 4. 5 of, not 5. 5 \ O, oh ! wrote ^ 5. ii \ cup ~ r \ rut S\ 6. oo j to, who, whom 6. 55 - put, should DOUBLE VOWELS. ye 1 ye, year, years yi * ya \ 1 Yate "I ye " yet, yesterday yah \ i Yahoo ~X ya - yarn O yau yawn c_^ y 1 beyond y / yolk _2- yu " young, younger u you, your-s, new yoo ~ Is ' we : we, between Wl I s with, will wa c way, away, where we c were, when wah J j * wS, c 3 quack c wau water w5 was, what wo woe, swore ^ wu 3 one, worth ) woo woo, swoon o_3 woo 5 would ae 4 aye oi 1 (au e) voice a oo J T thine ^s, ou A (5oo)how,our-s I V (ae) I, by, thy, oe * fthou ah oo V * OO > * TREBLE VOWELS. c Note 1. The twenty- r Note 2. The . Short ya e . four vowels with an- wae # Hand letter < 1 placed j gular marks, may be to each vowel, serves yiioo c pronounced either long * or short; the difference wa 65 P merely to show the * position of the vowel. yi u in length being ex- pressed in writiug by Wl why, while, wine a hfavy or light stroke. yahoo jj They are all written ^ long here, except f and wahoo t marked thus * repre. yoi ou, which are always 4 pronounced short in woi sent foreign and pro- | j vmcial sounds. English. The true long yow n * vowel, is heard in the wou wound (^J -,c yoe 1 $ of may. thus, o4 woe 1 Note 4.Brackels made %. thus carry the words 1 ^-x also in the Greek to the line above, and yo oo * 3: ^ word xai - &c. wo oo J jjf. thus to that below. CONSONANTS. SINGLE and DOUBLE CONSONANTS. P. \ up, upon Ge ... give, given: go, e P t \ except -^ (aslBjiw.) gave, together P' 1 \ principS [^ament egd ._ GOD : good pir N particular, parli- fJT- 1 : glorirv, glad Be \ be, been, but, OPjl* : great, grapfy ebd \ fbefore, bility gm ^ begin-ning: fail % publish [breadth again, against b.r % re-member, bread, eF V for, if, off, for*; Te i out, time eft v> : after, swift ^ til r till, tell, little f,l <^ full, fully, follow tr i truth, trans fr ^ from, frequent tin > : ten, town fin ^ often : De i day, do, done, V, '^ have, ever, over disco^ dom eVd V believed *\^ dl r deliver-y Vil ^ evil, volume dr 1 dear, Dr. vir s e-very [advantage dm ) : down, hidden > vm A eveHi )ie : heaven, CH. /' which, each eTH ( thought, hath eCht / scratched p-^ th,l s Bethel \ ch.l X 1 children th,r 5 through chsr / nature, natural THe ( that, them, they chm j Christian c-^ till C [gathered) Je / JESUS, general thir J their, gather *) ejd / zcaged y .s o saw, society: so, jil / individual (for gene- ral nse.) us, self, &c. 'j"- j, r / Jerusalem (for parti. culur use. ') establish, celestial, Rule 16. j' n J virgin \^> system, scription Ke king: come, could Ze o h-is : h-as, whose ekt object: s^ect, ) it is, Israel kil c^ call : calculatf,;,, SH J shall, she, ship k-r c CHRIST : care, eSht .J wished me : may, am, eld I hold, old, world Wl$f/7lr"' l?l%(tlf/1 fYtPt^tl ekh / milch N ^ on, any: no, own, elth c health inco- unco? elth c although ent o want, into: went, eM u Walsh C unto, int'n, ant'. if c r ^ [ boiler N^" ( already ^ feeler V end e nch c kind: h ^nd, under, stanch ? [*&*&, .r y elm r* ALMIGHTY : e nj r strange ]' eln ^ stolen r_y nil ^ external "^ aR / i/ are, or, her-e. mr ^ nor, honor-able : ,rp \ carp x^ (reco eNG ^, Engll^ thing : a rb \ arbitrary language Tthank art j art, heart, short engk K> distinct, think : a rd j word, heard, ac- engg w single: ang^' arch c/ ^cording, ward He "^ he,him,had,^ood Jj / discharged JL C& e ;^ tThe thick guttural, or rough aspirate, luard in German * Hebrew, Welsh, &c.] and strength; skr scripture and scriptural. 11 LIST. A LIST OF THE PREFIXES, AFFIXES, AND A, ah! . Be,been \ do, done 1 full-y . V also. . /^ buy, by enthusias| n J good . - inco . ^ ALMIGHTY Calcula,7 on especial C graph" - ind't . . ( although C calculated ^ establish ) great . - indi',. . < already f call . . c_ et cetera Had. . > int" n . . c am . . ^ called eye-.,, . s hand . c into . . c amid . i can . . ^ ever. . w harm . ^ is ... o amidst i car y . . c every . ^ harmec * Israel . ) an, and . cared . c- evil . . ^ has . . it ... an"" . ^ carried c ewe. . A hath . ( it is . ) *y V . ant ' c celestial eye . . have . ^ Jerusalem / *i n v children / Five . v^ he. . . "^ JESUS / till V . . arbitrary N CHHIST follow ^ health kind . are . . I/ circum followed t hear . I/ King . arm . . /-* come . for . . V- heard . J knew . ^ armed ^ concerning s_^ ford, fore v^ heart . J know . ^, art . . J could . form . ^ heaven ^ Language as ... o Day. . 1 formed ^ help. . X little . T assure J dear. . 1 forth . \ helped N> LORD r assurec delivejj r four. . ^ her, here S ly, ley r V at. . . delivered r fourth J high . Mad . aught, aw difficult I frequen ex him . . "> made . i away . c disco* . ^ frequented ^ his . . O magn" s-^ aye . . 1 < 'distinct from . ^ hold. . I may. . <- 12 LIST. ARBITRARY WORDS, ARRANGED m A.B.C. OKDEB. me . . '-^ over . ^ 'signi . till . . r which. / meat, meet i owe. . v single o tilled . r while . L. member X own. . ^ six. . . time . 1 who. . * ment . ^~x Parliament N so . . . o to, too \ whom . S mercy ^ particular % society o together __ whose O L. mere . perfect _ sow, (to town . ) why. . mid . . 1 princip, a e ' s scatter seed! o trans . 1 will. . C might . r principled ^ special c truth . 1 wine . L C mine . public ^ spirit . \ two . . \ with . more . ^ published ^ spiritual . x Up. . S woe . . J morning put . . > stamp. 4+ upon . \ won. . 5 Mr. . ^ Heal . I/ strength 1 us. . . o woo. . 5 multi . ,-. reco'l v/ strong 1 usual . r wood . 5 my . . remember ^ subject unco" . S-" word . J Natur a e , / remembered ^ sure. . 3 unto . C worded J new. . rule. . c/ system ) under. ( worthy ) no. . . ^ ruled . t/ Tell. . r Very . ^ world . I nine. . Saw. . O ten . . ) voice . A work . r> nor . . ^^ say . . V thank . M volume nought C scriptur^, o- the, thee ware . c Ye, yea V O, oh ! \ sea, see * their . J ward . J year-s object self . . them . ( warded J yesterday - of. . . s seven . ^ there . 3 was . . 3 yet . . vy off . . ^ sew (wi[L they . ( water . t yew, you rt *"S V often . a iieedle) . thine . way. . < young * old . . I shall . J thing . we . . * your-s - on . . share . J think . weigh c &c. . . O one . . i shared J thou . A went . C Note. When two words are or . . . >/ ship . . J thought ( were . c nit in one line, as buy, by, the - \ -ame character ought . shire . J three . c what . serves for both. G~ represents our-s . A short . J through 2 when . c %ive and given : car" signifies out . . 1 . should \ thy . . V where. 4 care &carry,& so of the rest. 13 JOINING TABLB, &c. JOINING TABLE. B T j K V Th s Zh L R M N H Pt \ 1 / <. ( o) J r / r\ v_/ >y \ P \ 1 \ k } > \_ V > \0 V V V \^ V. S \ D 1 > L L I I J V [/ k L s I 1 CH / < -\ ^ / Z / 2 r/ A A -T -/ -^ -w ~ F ^ > v_ V 1 C Vj w vr V/ ^ V_, s S \ f /> Q c 2) 5 r 4 / / /" /^ A /^ M r\ 2\ n 7 a 3 /T> 9 ^r ^/ 0^ ^ 23 5s N \_v ^\ "i y ^v ^ vj ^ v/ ^/ ^> ^ ^ J B S between. \ S > \- \ > 5 ^ V Y V V X V T 5 t > ]_ E f 5 J t V K L E K t J < r / ^ C I < / / + X C / K -\ -r ^ n -i -r 3 v - -^ - ( ^*/ - \ \ > 5 V X V \ X V V "S V. S V V D CH 5 k / L L U I I t^ I !h k \ L L < < f 7 / Z ^ ( { 6 / ^ /^ ( *^/ / G ~\ -\ "T -i ^n ^ c~ -v x ~^\ -/ i -^ -I i: F |\ 5 s S SI ^_ ^ ^v V S ^ S W> \ S \ N p i -1 e_ a 11 t > ^ rj ffN ^ ^ "i L R M A A A ~A rl /i r " /^ ^~ ^~ ^ rx r^ c r 1 s f /^ /^ A /^ 2> A <~\ 1 2! ^v T ^ 'S ^ ^ ^ /^v- N A -A -f M v^ A ^ ^y M s M ^ B X V > ^ V V vJ\ \ I \ V \ v>. U N V L V T 4 k i { "T \ j- L U ^ k \- I I L J ^ < ^\ E. c_ X /=- J . T ^ A -^ -^ -f / ^ ^ ^ -f -*, L I /r S~b f ? f o /f S x^ N ^ ^\ ^ ^ ^ ^C. v5~ ^. ^ ^\ ^ H> <5^ ^ ^- 2 Liquids : eL /""" aR i/ 3 Nasals: eM - . eN ^-^ eNG ^-^ 2 Aspirates : He i tl)e ^\ 23 Total. TRSBLE CONSONANTS. T or _D is added to a hooked character (as rk 2 /r "^ &c.,) by making it half length, (as rkt -, frd ^ ) : thus, marked ^-^ preferred N^ When one of these hooked letters stands for an arbitrary word that is a verb, (as, for instance, br \ which represents re- member,') the Treble Consonant represents the past tense: thus, brd <\ stands for remembered; kid c ~ for called; krd ^- carried ; Ipt \, helped, &c. SeeAlph. List. 15 INSTRUCTIONS. PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMENCING THE STUDY OF SHORT HAND. FIRST learn the short hand letters. The six single vowels, both long and short, and the two sets of double vowels, commencing with y and w, may be learned from the " Introduction," No. 13 to 16, or from the List of Vowels, p. 9. Of the double vowels with angular marks, and the treble vowels; only_/?re will be wanted, namely, t v oi ou A wi L wou -\ The single consonants may be learned with the greatest ease from the Summary of them in the preceding page ; and the double consonants, (p. 10 and 11) being all formed according to fixed principles, when those under p are learned, almost all the others will be known. The pupil should next read through the following " Rules for Writing," applying them, as he proceeds, to the Examples given in each Rule. He may then commence writing, having open before him the List of Arbitrary Words, pages 12, 13. The following example will show the manner in which any sentence is to be written. " I am determined to learn Short Hand." The long vowel i v stands for the pronoun " /. " The letter m ^~^ represents " am", and it is to be put on the line, thus '^ and not at the tup, thus '"^ See Rule 23. In a short time the pu- pil will discover the reason of this rule, namely, that it gives to the horizontal and small consonants a kind of double existence, when they stand unconnected with other letters : thus, the letter kr at the top of the line, stands for CHRIST, and at the bottom c for care and carry. He will also soon find out the principle which determines whether such words shall be put at the top or bottom of the line, namely, that it de- pends on the vowel sound of the word ; or, if there are several vowels, it depends on the vowel in the accented syllable. If it is a first-place or top vowel, as in CHRIST, the word is put at the top of the line ; if it is a se- cond-place or middle vowel, as a, (No. 2, long,) in care, or a third-place or bottom vowel, as a, (No. 3, short,) in carry, the short hand letter re- presenting the word is put at the bottom of the line. Our next word is " determined." It must be observed here, that there are two classes of words, generally denominated arbitrary and non- arbitrary. An arbitrary word has the privilege of being represented by a single letter, one that sounds strongly in the -word. The words that occur the most frequently in the language are chosen as arbi- traries. They will be all found in pages 9, 10, 11, placed to their re- spective letters in the short hand alphabet ; also in pages 12 and 13, ar- ranged in a, b, c, order. They should be committed to memory, which may be best done from the short hand alphabet : thus, e ' stands for " the " and " see " ; also for " thee " and "sea," because these words are pronounced like the others : a stands for " say" (see Rule 24) j ah . stands for the article "a"; and so on with all the vowels and consonants. If an arbitrary word should be written by all the letters of which it is composed, as CHRIST [kris t] ^T it would be no mistake or fault, but the student would soon find that such a method of writing is not short enough. A non-arbitrary word means one that is not to be found in the List of Arbitraries, such as " determined" ; which must be written by all the letters or sounds of which it is composed ; or, at least, as many as are necessary to be able to read it at any future time. In this word, first write d I join tr 1 thus *\ add m thus l\ and nd < thus li then you have the whole word. See the Joining Table, p. 14, 15,for ^ the method of connecting any two letters together. In this word no vowels are needed, for the sound is given with sufficient dis- tinctness by the consonants. If the pupil desires to insert them, they are e, (No. 1, long,) after d, and t, (No I, short,) after m, thus IT For placing the vowels, see Rules 6 and 7. ^ For the word " to" write the vowel oo, (No. 6, long) % For "learn" put I f~ and join rn ^> thus O The letter I may be written either upwards or downwards (Rule 18), but f~^ would not be so easy. If you wish to add the vowel, it is e, (No. 2, short,) thus C? For the method of placing the vowel, see Rule 7 a , and 10". " Short " is written by rt j " Hand " by nd c Both are arbitraries. The sentence will then stand thus v ^ Ji . G> J < RULES. 1. RULES FOR WRITING, ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES. The capital and small letters, in Rnles 1, 3, 6, &c., are put merely to divide the Rules Into 1. WRITE by SOUND : thus, friend [fr e nd] "^ George [jorj] / board [bord] j colonel [kr nl] c-^^ echo [e k o] _^_ glove [gluv] t r^_ [A.] Be exceedingly careful to observe the proper sounds of the vowels, and whether they are long or short. The six single or pure vowels, together with the two double vowels, I and u, are written in long hand by above a hundred different methods of spelling. We give here some of the anomalies of only one of the simple vowels, namely, No. 1, e; LOXG, Me <-^ feat ^~, eel C ceil C* people \ key . machine *2? siege /^ quay - Mary,^^/ SHORT, -England ;_ ^ been ^^ pin \_x bwsy \. build. "S hymn ~~V- N la, ie, and io, preceded by the accent, are pronounced ya, ye, andyu; as pon'iariT^ispariiel V_y" on' ion ^L. , U, followed by a vowel, occasionally has the power of TV ; as persuade [pr s wa d] ^f request [r e h west] ,/M anguish [a ng g wi sh] J or [a ngg nil sh] l U ht] \_ snuffed [sn lift] nauseate [n au sh e df] j^ or zh, as measure [m $ zhr~\ ^2 vision [v i zhri] ^/ and z be- comes zh : as rasure [r d zhr] ^/p h s, when it is sharp, as in next "^^ \ or g z, when it is flat, as in exert [Zgzerf] "^f or ksh, when it sounds as in axiom [akshu m] ~>k or -J^ anxious [a ngh sh u s] Q^- Wh is pronounced hw : thus, whet [A we t~\ 2. It will be observed, that the long vowels and their corresponding short sounds, are generally expressed in long hand by different letters, except No 3 : thus, 1 feet ^-j fit ^j 2 rake S~~ wreck S~~ 3 calve ~\_ cat~| 4 cawghtn cotH 8 coat"H cwt~H 6 fool^ ftdl V 3. * Every letter, whether vowel or consonant, single, double, or treble, should be pronounced at once, and have the same sound that it has in the words placed to it in the Alphabet : thus, sound au like awe, not a ti, as two letters ; a like at, without the t, and cutting the vowel off short ; not "a" as in lay, nor " short a "; w^ like we, uttered quickly ; wi like the first syllable of wiser, or the letter y, not double-you-eye ! ch / like the first syl- lable of cheater; brd \. like bird, &c. "To enable the pupil to pronounce each consonant with one effort of the organs, small vowels are placed among them ; as p'l, rk, &c. c New names are given to some of the single con- sonants to express their true sound, as z ; ze, not zed ! or to keep them in unison with the rest, as k; hey, not hay. 4. When s is added to a straight stroke, it is placed thus : sp ^ st f 3 sch / sk Q__ sr &/ ps \o ts (, chs ^ hs _o rs / When the circle is placed on the other side, r is added : thus, spr \ str \ schr J> skr a rps ^ rts j rclis y rks o The heavy strokes follow the same law ; RULES. 5 14. as sb ^ sbr <\ [sober <**. ] sd f sdr [ bs X, rbs \. js i tracts "L vesture ^> Spr \ rks D &c. (R.4.) are instead of *\ -^> 6. a When vowels come before consonants, they are placed to the left of downstrokes and upstrokes ; as aid | able K oar y b and above horizontal ones ; as eagle <__ 7. a Vowels after consonants, go to the right of down- strokes and upstrokes ; as cheese ^' fly ^ b and under horizontal ones ; as knee .^^ screw Q j sky o_ quite c ~~| 8. The places of the vowels are counted from the com- mencing point of the consonant ; thus, straw (first) T wafer (second) "*\ coo (third) f consequently, with an upstroke, a first-place vowel goes at the bottom ; as read S\ sheep ^r\ or <^ and a last-place vowel' goes at the top ; as Flora <\ b except when a word begins with hs, as husband ^ c or contains the consonants hs only ; as house *^ A d Write the 2nd per. sing, of verbs like the 3rd; as wast this will save the writing of st in this instance, both in arbitrary and other words ; as dost I deliveredst f walkest >_o turnedst U e As, in the beginning of a word, s o never precedes h ~~\ [the single consonant sh J is not meant here], and as s followed by ^/r and vr "> is of frequent occurrence, the hook may be turned into a circle on the same principle as pr *\ becomes spr o\ (Rule 4) : thus, suffer <*>\ cipher T\ SAVIOUR <*\ or j/ several <7 V f Also, when a word ends with sfr, the hook of/r may be omitted ; as decipher J^ persevere <*^ be- cause no English word terminates with the sound of h ~~\ 32. Should a first or second-place vowel come at the commencement of a word, it ought to be written, as to time, previous!}- to the consonant: thus, in pause "\o like {, west $ write the vowel first, then the consonant. 33. FIGURES. All the digits are arbitrary words : thus, O c 1,2.3(4^ 5^6 7^819 "'10) Put all other numbers in short hand words ; as 30 (. 72 ^ H 365 ( ^| . ^ V^. or, join the digits, placing a line under, to distinguish the number from a word; as 481 ^ 7246 X, 69628 ^ 184 L. When 6 is repeated, use the stroke s ; as 66 ^_ 6692 ^^ 34. STOPS. In general, omit stops, and leave spaces in- stead. On some occasions, as in poetry, &c., it may be ne- cessary to insert them; use these: comma : semico- lon : colon " period .. hyphen ... irony \ note of ex- clamation, brackets, and all other marks as usual. Ita- lic, see Ps. 91. 9. Mark the accent thus: deacon lawful ^ beware \?/ finery ^--^^ acquire / borrow S^. or before a consonant, when it is heard as thuh, thus, " the pear " ( X_/ 6. (See the two series of Double Vowels, commencing with y and w, p 9.) In Phonography is seen the true nature of w and y, when commencing a syllable : they are votcils formed so near to the region of the consonants (the tongue almost touching the roof of the mouth in y or e, and the lips almost touching each other in to or on,) that they partake of the nature of a conso- nant in allowing the article a to preceie them ; as " a yard " (e ard), ' a unit" (ynnit or ',e oonit), " a wind" (oo hid), "a work" (oo urk). If the tongue were to touch the roof of the mouth in the formation of the vowel y or t>, the consonant k would be huard : thus yard, curd, (kard). If the lips were brought close together in pronouncing the vowel w or oo, the com- mencement of the consonant p would be produced. To use the euphonic ar- ticle, an, before the long u, and say or write " an ewer" (ure or yure), " an eulogy," " an European," ' an unit,' 1 is as great an offence against propri- ety, as to say or write " an youth " (nth), ' an yoke ;" he-cause the long u is e prefixed to oo, in the same way as yo is e prefixed to o, and as e may precede any simple vowel. 7. (See the lower part of the Joining Table.) If the pupil prefer* it he may join the letters k s II thus ~^v instead of thus ~~^ as in the Table ; and so with all the following words, which may be written as here placed, if the pupil chooses to do so, rather than take the trouble to make them as in the Table, with a dot at the commencement of the hook; gospel ' \ risible -^X disperse ^^ jasper crystal v | Man- chester c^ rascal ^ subscribe ^pv description f. v Another method of joining * between a single consonant and a double one that begins with a hook, is, to separate the double consonant into its pri- mary letters : thus, unsettle ^Y instead of ~^] decimal dr^^ instead of (^-^ 8. The philosophical method of expressing the vowel sounds in long hand, which was adopted in the first edition of the Penny Plate of Phonography, is now given up, in favour of the common method. No.l . The vowels in seek, sick, were expressed by , ti now bye, 1 2 pate, pet, d,a a, 6 3 psalm, Sam A,A---- a h? ^ 4 stalk, stock a, a , . . . au, 6 5 cote, cut, 6, o . . . . o, u 6 fool, full, o, o .... 66, oo It is found to be better to accommodate the Science to the prejudices of the age, with respect to long hand orthography, than to persist in the introduc- tion of a new and consistent plan ot writing the long and abort vowels. There is a difficulty in convincing some persons that the vowel in ftek is of the same quality as that in sick, differing only in length ; and so with all the long and short vowels, as here placed ; but particularly is this difficulty felt with No. 5. They may. however, have audible proof that it is so, by pronouncing the words in the first column, quickly, and they will hear the words of the second column : also, if the words in the second column are spoken in a slow drawling lone, the words in the first column will be heard : thus, seek, quickly spoken, will become sick ; and if pel be uttered slowly, pate will be produced ; and so with all the others. ERRATUM. Page 11, erase the star (*) placed to the double consonant rsh. EXE:" ^ ( > PSALM 91. 4 -s 6 'JL O 1 ^ 8 rX^ V 15 % J " c f ^ . 16 ' c 24 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. Form L9-25OT-9,'47(j ) University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1388 Return this material to the library from which it was borrowed. 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