Patent Document ID: 6126447
Application ID: 08986604

Base Claim:
1. A phonetics method of the American English language comprising the English alphabet: a) enhancing single letters and letter groupings representing each vowel sound with a color whose name has assonance to that vowel; the color set being: tan for /ah/ called short `a` red for /eh/ called short `e` pink for /ih/ called short `i` blond for /aw/ called short `o` plum for /uh/ called short `u` gray for /ay/ called long `a` green for /ee/ called long `e` lime for diphthong /i/ called long `i` orange for /oh/ called long `o` blue for /oo/ called long `u` brook (an aquamarine color) for diphthong /oo/ called short `oo` brown for diphthong /ou/ turquoise for diphthong /oi/ purple for the schwa in /er/, and purple for the schwa in /ul/; b) indicating a vowel sound preceded by an unwritten /w/ or /y/ by a single slanted colored letter or slanted colored letter group. c) providing a thin font to all silent letters, including purple schwa letters, and d) modifying black letters representing uncommon consonant sounds with slanted letters, whereby said method aids reading and pronunciation.

---

Claim 3:
3. The phonetics method of claim 1 wherein uncommon consonant sounds for single letters and letter pairs are indicated by slanted black single letters and slanted black letter pairs in foreign words adopted into the English vocabulary.