XVII. The long sound of o.

Marked with a macron, thus—ō. Avoid shortening or obscuring the sound of long o as in ōld, in such words as road, coat, hōme, bōne, stōne, etc.

quĀth

beau
shōw

ōn'ly ō'ral whōl'ly close'ly

lōne'ly

won't

trō'phy

dō n't

ō'pal

gōat

ō'dor

I. WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED.

Avoid the error of saying hôrse for hoarse, fôrce for

II. WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED.

In words like the following, avoid the error of giving long o the sound of o as in ôr'der; as bôr'der for board'er, for'ger for forger, pôr'trait for pōrtrait, etc. Give o its full, long sound.

XVIII. The short sound of o.

Marked with a breve, thus―ŏ. The sound of short o, as in not, is slightly modified by the different consonants with which it is combined. In words like cough, gone, loss, etc., the sound of short o is modified so that it tends towards a sound intermediate between short o and broad a. Avoid the common error of saying dawg or dorg for dog; gawd or gord for god; also, that of gut for got, etc.

In every word give

word give o its clean-cut short sound.

XIX. Sound of o as in done.

Marked with a dot over it, thus―ỏ.

identical with short u as in sun.

This sound is

XX. Sound of o as in move.

Marked with two dots under it, thus-o. This sound is identical with that of oo in moon, and of u after r, as in rule. Avoid the provincialism of reducing the sound of o, oo, and u to that of long u or ew, thus― dew for do, trew for true, tew for to, yew for you, The sound of o, oo, or u is one

skewl for school, etc.

of the extremes of the vowel scale, made correctly by projecting the lips free from the teeth.

XXI. Sound of o as in fôr.

Marked with a circumflex, thus-ô. This sound of o is identical with broad a as in all. It occurs before r in words of one syllable; in accented syllables when not followed by another r; and also in the derivatives of such words as nôrth, nôrthern, etc. Be careful to giver its full sound.

Marked with a dot under it, thus-o. This sound is identical with that of short oo, as in book, and that of

Marked with a macron, thus-u. This is a compound sound, formed of a slight sound of y joined with oo long. After d, t, l, n, and s, it is somewhat difficult to introduce the y sound. Avoid the two extremes: (1) That of overdoing the y sound, so as to make dū'ty sound like jū'ty. (2) That of sounding u like oo long, as doo'ty for duty.

Marked with a breve, thus-ŭ. Avoid the vulgarism of saying op for up, on'der for un'der, etc. Say hŭr'ry, not hûrry; courage, not eûrage.

XXV. Sound of u as in rule.

Marked with two dots under it, thus-u. This sound of u, when it follows the consonant r, is identical with that of o as in move, and oo in moon. Rule rhymes with fool, rude with mood, true with too, you with grew.