Chapter 140

words:--heir, herb, honest, honour, hospital, hostler, hour, humour, and humble, and all their derivatives,--such as humorously, derived from humour.

xvii. K and G are silent before _n_; as _know, gnaw;_ pronounced _no, naw._

xviii. W before _r_ is silent; as in _wring, wreath;_ pronounced _ring, reath._

xix. B after _m_ is silent; as in _dumb, numb;_ pronounced _dum, num._

xx. L before _k_ is silent; as in _balk, walk, talk;_ pronounced _bauk, wauk, tauk._

xxi. PH has the sound of _f;_ as in _philosophy;_ pronounced _filosofy._

xxii. NG has two sounds, one as in _anger_, the other as in _fin-ger._ **

xxiii. N after _m_, and closing a syllable, is silent; as in _hymn, condemn._

xxiv. P before _s_ and _t_ is mute; as in _psalm, pseudo, ptarmigan;_ pronounced _sarm, sudo, tarmigan._