h after r has no sound or use; as in rheum,
rhyme; pronounced reum, ryme.
h should be sounded in the middle of words; as in
forehead, abhor, behold, exhaust,
inhabit, unhorse.
H should always be sounded except in the following
words:—heir, herb, honest, honour, hospital, hostler, hour, humour,
and humble, and all their derivatives,—such as humorously, derived
from humour.
k and g are silent before n; as know, gnaw;
pronounced no, naw.
w before r is silent; as in wring, wreath;
pronounced ring, reath.
b after m is silent; as in dumb, numb; pronounced
dum, num.
L before k is silent; as in balk, walk, talk;
pronounced bauk, wauk, tauk.
ph has the sound of f; as in philosophy;
pronounced filosofy.
ng has two sounds, one as in anger, the other as in
fin-ger.
nafter m, and closing a syllable, is silent; as in
hymn, condemn.