(pronounced _ang-gle, ang-kle, sing-gle_).
Ph has the sound of _f,_ as in prophet.
Th has two sounds, a hard sound as in _the, than, bathe, scythe,_ etc.,
and a soft sound as in _thin, kith, bath, Smith,_ etc. Contrast
_breathe_ and _breath, lath_ and _lathe_; and _bath_ and _baths,
lath_ and _laths,_ etc.
S has two sounds, one its own sound, as in _sin, kiss, fist_ (the same as
_c_ in _lace, rice,_ etc.), and the sound of _z,_ as in _rise_ (contrast
with _rice_), _is, baths, men's,_ etc.
X has two common sounds, one that of _ks_ as in _box, six,_ etc., and the
other the sound of _gs,_ as in _exact, exaggerate_ (by the way, the first
_g_ in this word is silent). At the beginning of a word _x_ has the sound
of _z_ as in _Xerxes_.
Ch has three sounds, as heard first in _child,_ second in _machine,_ and
third in _character_. The first is peculiar to itself, the second is that
of _sh,_ and the third that of _k_.
The sound of _sh_ is variously represented:
by _sh{,}_ as in _share, shift, shirt,_ etc.
by _ti,_ as in _condition, mention, sanction,_ etc.
by _si,_ as in _tension, suspension, extension,_ etc.
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