Elocution Simplified / With an Appendix on Lisping, Stammering, Stuttering, and Other Defects of Speech.

by Walter K. Fobes

Note.—Use only sounds represented by Italicized letters in the words and letters below.

1. Elementary Sounds.
2. Syllables.
3. Words.
4. Phrases.
5. Sentences.

Long Vowels. 1. meet. 3¹. may. 5. air. 6. her. 8. ah. 10. awe. 12¹⁴. oh. 12. ore. 14. woo.

Short Vowels. 2. it. 4. met. 5. at. 7. Cuba. 9. up. 11. on. 13. foot.

Diphthongs. 8¹. pie. 11¹. oil. 8¹⁴. out. y14. you.

Glides. 1.—14.-r.

Articulations. Lips—p, b, m-wh, w. Lips and Teeth—f, v. Teeth and Tongue—th (thin), th (then). Tip of Tongue—t, d, n-l-r-ch, j-s, z-sh, zh. Tongue—y. Back of Tongue—k, g, ng. Whispered Vowel—h.

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