the word phthisic.

123. _What is a regular Triphthong?_
A vowel trigraph in which all three of the vowels are sounded.

124. _Give an example._
Quoit.

ORTHOEPY.

1. _What is Orthoepy?_
That science which treats of the elementary sounds and the
pronunciation of words.

2. _What is Phonology?_
The science of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in
speech.

3. _What is an Elementary sound?_
One that cannot be divided so as to be represented by two or more
letters.

4. _What is Sound?_
A sensation produced on the auditory nerve by the rapid vibratory
motion of any elastic substance.

5. _What is the least number of vibrations that will produce an
audible sound?_
Sixteen per second.

6. _What is the greatest number that can be heard?_
About forty thousand per second.

7. _What is Voice?_
Sound produced by the vocal chords.

8. _What is an Articulate sound?_
One made by the organs of speech and used in language.

9. _What is a Vocal sound?_
One that is modified but not obstructed by the articulatory organs.

10. _What is a simple Vocal sound?_
One made without any change in the position of the articulatory
organs during its emission.

11. _What is a Coalescent?_
An articulate sound that always precedes and unites with a vocal.

12. _What is a Guttural sound?_
One that is modified by the soft palate.

13. _What are Unarticulate sounds?_
The sounds of the vowels.

14. _How many Elementary sounds do the vowels represent?_
Fifteen.

15. _How many do the Consonants represent?_
Eighteen.

16. _How many do the Combinations represent?_
Seven.

17. _How many do the Diphthongs represent?_
Only one, as oi and oy only repeat sounds already represented by a
and i.

18. _How many sounds has A?_
Five.

19. _What are they?_
Long, Short, Medial, Flat, and Broad.

20. _How many sounds has E?_
Two.

21. _What are they?_
Long and Short.

22. _How many sounds has I?_
Two.

23. _What are they?_
Long and Short.

24. _How many sounds has O?_
Three.

25. _What are they?_
Long, Short, and Slender.

26. _How many sounds has U?_
Three.

27. _What are they?_
Long, Short, and Medial.

28. _How many sounds has B?_
One; as heard in the word babe.

29. _How many sounds has C?_
None