FIRE ENGINES, Motor Fire Engines FIRE ENGINES, Motor Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Truck FIRE PROTECTION, Water Towers and Fire Boat FIRE PROTECTION, High Pressure Hose Companies FISHING BIRDS FLATFISH AND FLOUNDERS FLORENCE FLOUR FLOUR FLOWERS FLYCATCHERS, Typical 28 42 58 72 152 212 348 366 522 523 572 580 581 600 601 634 668 700 722 723 726 744 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION For a full explanation of the various sounds indicated, see the KEY TO PRONUNCIATION in Vol. I. arm, father. am, at. Spanish Almodovar, pulgada, where it is nearly like th in English then. go, get. ""German Landtag = ch in Ger. ach, etc. ant, and final a in America, armada, etc. H j in Spanish Jijona, g in Spanish gila; like a final, regal, pleasant. English h in hue, but stronger. hw" wh in which. Arensberg, Mecklenburg, etc. "in sinker, longer. all, fall. ch in German ich, Albrecht = g in German "" ill, fit. ""old, sober. "" orb, nor. ""odd, forest, not. 66 66 atom, carol. oil, boil. oo" "food, fool, and as u in rude, rule. Ou house, mouse. use, mule. "unite. 66 66 cut, but. ""full, put, or as oo in foot, book. urn, burn. yet, yield. Spanish Habana, Córdoba, where it is like sh" "shine, shut. th" " thrust, thin. then, this. zh " z in azure, and s in pleasure. An apostrophe ['] is sometimes used as in tā'b'l (table), kǎz”m (chasm), to indicate the elision of a vowel or its reduction to a mere murmur. For foreign sounds, the nearest English equivalent is generally used. In any case where a special symbol, as G, H, K, N, is used, those unfamiliar with the foreign sound indicated may substitute the English sound ordinarily indicated by the letter. For a full description of all such sounds, see the article on PRONUNCIATION. |