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Before e and i the sound is uncertain

G before e is soft, as geaw, and derivatives froenerally before er at the ends of words, as finger

G is n

G before i is hard, as give, except in giant, gigantick, gibbet, gibe, giblets, Giles, gill, gilliflower, gin, ginger, gingle, to whichof a word has the sound of the hard g, as ghostly; in the h, right, sought, spoken tho', rite, soute

It has often at the end the sound of f, as laugh; whence laughter retains the sah, slough

It is not to be doubted, but that in the original pronunciation gh has the force of a consonant deeply guttural, which is still continued a the Scotch

G is used before h, l, and r

H

H is a note of aspiration, and shows that the following voweleins any but the first syllable, in which it is always sounded with a full breath, except in heir, herb, hostler, honour, humble, honest, huins middle or final syllables in words compounded, as blockhead; or derived from the Latin, as comprehend

J

J consonant sounds unifor, and is therefore a letter useless, except in etyy, as ejaculation, jester, jocund, juice

K

K has the sound of hard c, and is used before e and i, where, according to English analogy, c would be soft, as kept, king, skirt, skeptick, for so it should be written, not sceptick, because sc is sounded like s, as in scene

It is used before n, as knell, knot, but totally loses its sound in modern pronunciation

K is never doubled; but c is used before it to shorten the vowel by a double consonant, as cockle, pickle

L

L has in English the saes

The custom is to double the l at the end of inally written kille, wille, fulle; and when the e first grew silent, and was afterward o to the analogy of our language, to the foregoing vowel

L, is sometimes mute, as in calf, half, halves, calves, could, would, should, psaluttural sounds, so of words, as hlaf, a loaf, or bread; hlaford, a lord; but this pronunciation is now disused

Le at the end of words is pronounced like a weak el, in which the e is almost mute, as table, shuttle

M

M has always the same sound, as murmur, monumental