A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy

by James Elphinston

NOTES

[1] If not vulgarized from batteller.

[2] Ov mow dhe vowel and servile coalesce, (az in sow,) into' a dipthong, in dhe compound noun barley-mow.

[3] From dhe old barbarous French isle[^[4]], faulte, voulte, recepte, debte, doubte; parfaict, vraidict: now duly île, faute, voute, recette, dette, doute, parfait, and vraidit from verè dictum.

[4] Inglish propriety, and indeed common-sense, must also protest against two' late misnomers: Th'isleworth for Thistelworth; and dhe forrain affectacion ov St. Mary la bonne (or even borne) for Marribone.

[5] Without one particle, representing what is read.

[6] Widhout won partikel, repprezenting hwat iz red.