thr.—­Thrash, thresh, thrift, throb, thrush, thrust, throng, three, thrive, thrice, throat, throne, throve, thrill, thrum.

thw.—­Thwack, thwart.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.

Errors to be Corrected.

To teachers.—­In the following exercises, the more common errors in articulation and pronunciation are denoted.  The letters in italics are not silent letters, but are thus marked to point them out as the representatives of sounds which are apt to be defectively articulated, omitted, or incorrectly sounded.

A

Incorrect   Correct       Incorrect       Correct
Fa-t        fa-tal        Sep-er-ate      sep-a-rate
reel        re-al         temp-per-unce   tem-per-ance
ras-cul     ras-cal       up-pear         ap-pear
crit-ic-ul  crit-ic-al    tem-per-it      tem-per-ate
test’ment   tes-ta-ment   mod-er-it       med-er-ate
firm’ment   fir-ma-ment   in-ti-mit       int-ti-mate

E

Incorrect   Correct       Incorrect       Correct
Ev’ry       ev-er-y       sev’ral         sev-er-al
b’lief      be-lief       prov-i-dunce    prov-i-dence
pr’vail     pre-vail      ev-i-dunce      ev-i-dence
r’tain      re-tain       si-lunt         si-lent
trav’ler    trav-el-er    mon-u-munt      mon-u-ment
flut’ring   flut-ter-ing  con-ti-nunt     con-ti-nent
tel’scope   tel-e-scope   con-fi-dunt     con-fi-dent

I

Incorrect   Correct       Incorrect       Correct
D’rect      di-rect       rad’cal         rad-i-cal
d’spose     dis-pose      sal’vate        sal-i-vate
van’ty      van-i-ty      can’bal         can-ni-bal
ven-t’late  ven-ti-late   mount’n         moun-tain
ju-b’lee    ju-bi-lee     fount’n         foun-tain
rid-cule    rid-i-cule    vill’ny         vil-lain-y

O

Incorrect   Correct       Incorrect       Correct
Des’late    des-o-late    rhet-er-ic      rhet-o-tic
hist’ry     his-to-ry     in-ser-lent     in-so-lent
mem’ry      mem-o-ry      croc-ud-ile     croc-o-dile
col’ny      col-o-ny      com-prum-ise    com-pro-mise
ag’ny       ag-o-ny       anch-ur-ite     an-cho-rite
balc’ny     bal-co-ny     cor-per-al      cor-po-ral
ob-s’lete   ob-so-lete    ob-luq-quy      ob-lo-quy
wil-ler     wil-low       or-ther-dox     or-tho-dox
wid-der     wid-ow        cun-di-tion     con-di-tion
pil-ler     pil-low       pus-i-tion      po-si-tion
mead-er     mead-ow       tug-eth-er      to-geth-er
fel-ler     fel-low       put-a-ter       po-ta-to
win-der     win-dow       tub-ac-cur      to-bac-co

U

The most common mistake in the sound of u occurs in words of the following kind:  as, crea-ter or crea-choor, for crea-ture; nat-er or na- choor for na-ture, etc.