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Excerpt from Pronouncing Spelling-Book of the English Language: Mainly on the Principles of Comparison and ContrastEither short 6 prolonged before r (in England), or short a gliding into the sound of slight u before r (in the United States).This sound is a little longer and closer than its corresponding short sound, 11, as in up. 1' See Remarks in Lesson 66, page 40.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.