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And it is for this purpose chiefly, that the scheme is laid before the readers of the Repository, who will find it nn easy matter
to adapt the same to an approved set of short hand characters.*—Without any relation to the stenographic art, this system
ot spelling may for the present be adopted as an agreeable entertainment in familiar correspondence and private matters
Yather than extensive use, although it must be admitted that much might be said in favour of it as a reformation of the
English language. Until it shall become generally adopted, the writer of these hasty remarks is willing that it should be
received as a new dialect, upon which he bestows the name of Sonoskrit.
A Table of all the distinct Sounds in the English. Language.
^ x a e ci i o o u a
aiv uh a/i' ch ay ih - ee oh auh ooh eu
yes ye yield . yacht you
^ yes yi yild yot yA
2 'zag zephyr zany zin zeal zone zeugma
j zag zefxr zeni zin zil zon zugma
1 saw atm sat set slate sit sleet slope soft drew few
sb sxn sat set 3lct sit slit slop soft dru fA
raw run rat red raze rip reel rote rock root
tb rxn rat red rez rip ril rot rok rut
j law lump lass let lace lip leaf lonely lost loop lieu
lc lxmp las let les lip ltf lonli lost lup 1a
jaw majesty jamb treasure jail seizure joan lodge jury
dju macyxsd djam trejxr djel sijxr djon ^jvr^
shawl shut shall shell shade ship shield shone short shoot
uicl uixt wall xuel uicd uiip uuld won wort tuut
vaunt verse vast vex vain victim veer vote vox uvula
vent vxrs vast veks ven viktim vir vot voks Avula
1 fall fun fast fret fame lit feet foam fog fool fume
fcl fxn fast fret fem fit fit fom fog ful tAm
thus that then this these those thou
1 sxs sat sen sis 3iz aoz sow
} thaw third thank thread thane thin theme throat throng threw
qn qxrd qaak qred qcn qin qim qrot qroa qru
want worry wax well wane win weal won’t wot wool
j'' went wxrri waks wel wen win wil won’t v/at wui
) wharf whirl whack when whale which wheat what
jerf *xrl jak jen tel jitui lit pt
maw muff mass met mate miss mien more moss moon musre
me mxff mas met met mis min mor mos mun tnas
] naught nut nap neck name nip niece no nob noon news
j n net nxt nap nek ncm nip nis no nob nun i>as
tongs tongues hang length ink longer
1 tuaz txaz hua leaq iak laager
gall gun gap get game gift geese go gone groom gules
f* gel gxn gap get gem gift g*s S° g3n grum gAle&
j, call come calm came kiss cream core cost cool cure
v ' kxm kam kem kis krim kor kast kul kAr
r ball but bat bet blame bit breeze boat blot book beauty
j b bel bxt bat bet blcm bit br:z bot blat buk bAti
1 „all puff pan pet plane pill peal pole pot pool puny
IP pul pxf pan pet plcn pil pd P®1 P3t Pul P*™
r, daub dull dark debt dale did dream drone dot doom due
{ d dcb dxl dark d .t del did drim dron dat dum dA
i uik tun tan ten tame tin team tone trot took tune
tBk txa tan ten tem tin t.m ton trat tuk tAn
h dl hut hat hen hate hit heel home hot hook hugh
h Jlel hxt bat her. het hit hil hom hat buk ha