When two
_a_'s come together in different syllables, the first _a_ will usually
have the Italian sound unless it is accented, as in _Ja-a`k'-o-bah_.
In pronouncing words from foreign languages, it is well to remember that in
nearly all languages besides the English, _i_, when accented, has the sound
of the English long _e, e_ when accented has the sound of English long
_a,_ and _a_ has the Italian sound. The English long sounds are seldom
or never represented in foreign words by the corresponding letters.
The sound of English long _i_ is represented by a combination of letters,
usually, such as _ei_.
We may also remember that in Teutonic languages _g_ is usually hard even
before _e, i,_ and _y,_ but in Romance languages, or languages derived
from the Latin, these vowels make the _g_ and _c_ soft.
_Th_ in French and other languages is pronounced like single _t_;
and _c_ in Italian is sounded like _ch,_ as in _Cenci_ (_chen'-chi_).
Cultured Pronunciation.
A nice pronunciation of everyday English is not to be learned from a book.
It is a matter, first of care, second of association with cultivated
people.
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