|| ue, of the German, | the same, _short_.
|| _long_ |
|| oo, in _book_ | ou, in _could_.
|| o in _chiuso_ | the same, _short_.
aw, in _bawl_ || o, in _note_ | o, in _not_.

From these the semivowels w and y make a transition to the consonants v and
the so-called aspirate of g, respectively.

s. 126. _System of Consonants._

Liquids. Mutes. Semivowels.

|| Lene. | Aspirate. ||
|| Sharp. Flat. | Sharp. Flat. ||
|| | ||
m || p v | f v || w
n || t d | th dh || .
l || k g |[kappa] [gamma] || y
r || s z |[sigma] [zeta] || .

n is doubled in _unnatural_, _innate_, _oneness_.
l -- _soulless_, _civil-list_, _palely_.
k -- _book-case_.
t -- _seaport-town_.

It must not, however, be concealed, that, in the mouths even of correct
speakers, one of the doubled sounds is often dropped.

s. 132. _True aspirates rare._--The criticism applied to words like
_pitted_, &c., applies also to words like _Philip_, _thin_, _thine_, &c.
There is therein no sound of h. How the so-called aspirates differ from
their corresponding lenes has not yet been determined. That it is _not_ by
the addition of h is evident. Ph and th are conventional modes of spelling
simple single sounds, which might better be expressed by simple single
signs.

In our own language the _true_ aspirates, like the true reduplications, are
found only in compound words; and there they are often slurred in the
pronunciation.

We find p and h in the words _haphazard_, _upholder_.
-- b and h -- _abhorrent_, _cub-hunting_.
-- f and h -- _knife-handle_, _off hand_.
-- v and h -- _stave-head_.
-- d and h -- _adhesive_, _childhood_.
-- t and h -- _nuthook_.
-- th and h -- _withhold_.
-- k and h -- _inkhorn_, _bakehouse_.
-- g and h -- _gig-horse_.
-- s and h -- _race-horse_, _falsehood_.
-- z and h -- _exhibit_, _exhort_.
-- r and h -- _perhaps_.
-- l and h -- _wellh