Rule 14.
Final e in words of more than one syllable is silent.—gentle, Nellie.
Rule 15.
Effect of r upon vowels.
| er̃ | ir̃ | or̃ | ur̃ | |||
| her | bird | work | urn | |||
| fern | sir | word | turn | |||
| term | stir | worm | hurt | |||
| herd | girl | world | purr | |||
| jerk | first | worst | burn | |||
| ever | chirp | worth | churn | |||
| serve | whirl | worse | burst | |||
| perch | thirst | worship | church | |||
| kernel | fir | worthy | curve | |||
| verse | firm | worry | curb | |||
| verb | third | fur | ||||
| germ | birth | blur | ||||
| herb | birch | curd | ||||
| stern | thirty | curl |
OTHER EQUIVALENTS
| a=e | ȃ=ȇ | |||||
| they | eight | care | heir | |||
| obey | weight | bare | their | |||
| prey | freight | fare | there | |||
| weigh | neigh | hair | where | |||
| sleigh | veins | fair | stair | |||
| reign | whey | chair | pear | |||
| skein | rein | pair | ||||
| a=ŏ | a=ȏ | au=aw=ou | ||||||||
| what | not | call | nor | haul | ought | |||||
| was | odd | raw | for | fault | bought | |||||
| watch | cot | want | corn | cause | sought | |||||
| wasp | got | walk | cord | pause | caw | |||||
| wash | hop | salt | short | caught | saw | |||||
| drop | dog | hall | storm | naught | paw | |||||
| spot | fog | draw | horse | naughty | draw | |||||
| talk | morn | thought | thaw | |||||||
| ou=ow | ew̅=ū | |||||
| our | how | dew | due | |||
| out | now | few | hue | |||
| hour | cow | mew | blue | |||
| flour | bow | new | June | |||
| trout | plow | Jew | tune | |||
| shout | owl | pew | plume | |||
| mouth | growl | hue | pure | |||
| sound | brown | glue | flute | |||
| mouse | crowd | |||||
| ground | flower | |||||
| house | drown | |||||