Pronounce the following: Spasm, rhythm, phan´tasm, bap´tism, pa´triotism, elm, film, overwhelm´, worm.
8. Do not give the drawling sound ăōō for ou (i. e. äōō); as căōō for cow, hăōōs for house.
Pronounce the following: How, now, ground, sound, bound, found, town, gown, pound, confound´, around´, astound´.
9. Do not sound sh before r like s; as srub for shrub, srink for shrink.
Pronounce the following: Shred, shrine, shriek, shroud, shriv´el, shrunk´en.
10. Do not sound wh like w; as wen for when, wat for what.
Pronounce the following: Where, wheat, wharf, whale, whine, white, whim´per, whis´per, whip´ping, whit´tle.
11. Do not omit to give the sound of r after a vowel in the same syllable, as in arm, form, etc., not ahm, fawum, etc.
Pronounce the following: Dark, hark, start, chart, are, tar, remark´, course, for, nor, door, floor, lord, hon´or, do´nor, short, support´, report´, pa´per, or´der, horse, purse, warm, alarm´ing, return´ing, reform´ing.
12. Do not add the sound of r to a final vowel or dipthong; as lawr for law, ide´ar for ide´a.