we: ha`d a: ni:s, wawrm she`d ne:r the: gro:v.
Note. In Webster's dictionary letters which are unmarked have an
obscure sound often not unlike uh, or are silent, and letters printed
in italics are nearly elided, so very slight is the sound they have if
it can be said to exist at all. In the illustration above, all very
obscure sounds have been replaced by the apostrophe, while no distinction
has been made between short vowels in accented and unaccented syllables.
Studies from the Dictionary.
The following are taken from Webster's Dictionary:
Ab-do`m'-i-nou`s: The _a_ in _ab_ is only a little shorter than _a_ in
_at,_ and the _i_ is short being unaccented, while the _o_ is silent,
the syllable having the sound nus as indicated by the mark over the _u_.
Le`ss'_e_n, (le`s'n), le`s's_o_n, (le`s'sn), le`ss'er, le`s'sor: Each of
these words has two distinct syllables, though there is no recognizable
vowel sound in the last syllables of the first two. This eliding of the
vowel is shown by printing the _e_ and the _o_ of the final syllables
in italics. In the last two words the vowels of the final syllables are
not marked, but have nearly the sound they would have if marked in the
usual way for _e_ and _o_ before _r_.
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