| ā | fāde |
| ä | fär |
| å | åsk |
| a̤ | ha̤ll |
| â | hâre |
| ă | hăt |
| [.=a] | pref[.=a]ce |
| a (no mark) | final |
| ē | ēve |
| [.=e] | d[.=e]pend |
| ĕ | bĕt |
| ẽ | hẽr |
| e | recent |
| ī | glīde |
| [.=i] | [.=i]dea |
| ĭ | ĭt |
| ō | gō |
| [.=o] | [.=o]bey |
| ô | absôrb |
| ŏ | hŏt |
| ū | blūe |
| [.=u] | [.=u]nite |
| û | sûrge |
| ŭ | bŭt |
| o̅o̅ | o̅o̅ze |
| o͝o | bo͝ok |
Transcriber’s Note: [.=a] etc were printed as the letter with a macron above and a dot above that. These particular diacriticals are not used on any of the following pages, so the decision was taken not to attempt to represent them in any other way, because there are no corresponding precomposed characters in Unicode and font support for combining marks is often poor.
The Vowel Sound as in “Awe”
Note: Tongue sags low and should not move; contact[5] is just a little over half way back of the middle of the mouth; mouth wide; lips well rounded.
- alder—a̤l´der, not ăl´der.
- almost—a̤l´most, not a̤l´must.
- also—a̤l´so, not ŏl´so.
- always—a̤l´wāz, not a̤l´wuz.
- auction—a̤k´shun, not ŏk´shun.
- audience—a̤´dĭ-ens, not ŏ´jens.
- cauliflower—ka̤´li-flow-er, not kŏ´li-flour.
- caldron—ka̤l´drun, not kŏ´drun.
- Chaucer—Cha̤u´ser, not Chŏw´ser.
- Chicago—Shi-ca̤´gō, not Shi-kŏ´gō.
- cornet—kôr´net, not kôr-net´.
- exorbitant—egz-ôr´bi-tant.
- falcon—fô´kn, not fŏl´kun.
- for—fôr, not fur.
- ordeal—ôr´dēl, not ôr-dēl´.
- ordinary—ôr´dĭn-ā-rĭ.
The Vowel Sound as in “Star”
Note: Tongue sags and is widened; contact is low and in center; mouth open wide; lips relaxed almost normally.
- arctic—ärk´tĭk, not är´tĭk.
- arduous—är´dū-ŭs.
- armistice—är´mĭs-tĭs, not är-mĭs´tĭs.
- bazar—ba-zär´.
- encore—än-kor´, not ĕn´kor.
- en route—än ro̅o̅t´, not ĕn rout.
- far—fär, not fŭr.
- father—fä´thẽr.
- soprano—sō-prä´nō, not sō-prăn´ŏ.
- staunch—stänch, not stănch.
- taunt—tänt, not tănt.
- tzar—zär.
- tarlatan—tär´la-tan, not tarl´tan.
- Parsifal—pär´sif-äl.
- partisan—pär´ti-zăn.
- particularly—pär-tik´yū-lẽr-lĭ.