Magazine, Or Animadversions On the English Spelling (1703)
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As likewise w[h]y some consonants take exception at some vowels; or somevowels at t[h]em, t[h]at t[h]ey change t[h]eir meaning? as c and g, sometimes before e and i, and t before ion sometimes. 8thly, W[h]y not always wit[h]out exeption: If t[h]ere be a supernaturalcause (for we are sure t[h]eir is no natural one) for t[h]ese t[h]ings, t[h]ey will declare it, if not; t[h]ere must needs be a preternaturalwon. O, is us’d accordingly, as most, dost, lost, tost. 3dly and 4thly, As some, come, [h]om...e, done, gone; short a in Joan, Joanne, Joakim, a and o part. Also l makes o long, as roll, poll, not extoll, and w[h]y not ot[h]ervowels too. O, for oe, as mot[h]er, among, from. O, for u, as brot[h]er, come, some, word, world, wont, t[h]e verb;anot[h]er, good, blood, not yonder. O, for a, nort[h]erly, as paredg, [h]arses, carn, amang. U is us’d promiscuously, as appears in the vowels afore going, but notso frequently as the rest, as [h]ugh long, hug short; [h]uge, voluble, superfluous after b and g, as build, guard, not regard, q being call’dcu, needs it not; guide, not gilbert.
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