Searcy's Lessons in Phonography: An Exposition of the Art of Phonetic Short-Hand Writing (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The first step in the art, therefore, will be to ascertain what sounds are used in speaking the words of the lan guage, and, secondly, what characters, or letters, or draw ings have been selected to represent them.
I. The sounds used in speaking the English language are forty-three in number, of which thirty-nine are simple elementary sounds, and four are compound or diphthongal sounds, formed by the close union of certain simple sounds, which it is convenient to treat as elementary.
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