Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard-Phonographic Dictionary Tun names of the simple-consonant strokes are - Pee, Bee, Tee, Dee, Chay, Jay, Kay, Gay, Er. Vee, Ith, Dheo (pronounced as the pronoun thee cih through out the author's system of nomenclature denoting the sound of M in M31 or breaths, while 0; denotes the sound of tie in thin): or breath), Es. Zoe, lsh (all written down ward i. Shay (sh written upward), Zhay (sh having the sound of m' in visicm), Hi (1 written timtnward), Lay (1 written upward), Ar (the curve-sign for r, which'is always written downward), Bay (the straight sign for r, which is always written upward), Em, Eu, Ing, Way, Yay, liay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.