Anonymous, Grammar manuscript 1, page 3, pre-1830

Anonymous, Grammar manuscript 1, page 3 W. when a consonant has nearly the sound of oo; as water resembles the sound of ooater, but that it has a stronger and quick sound that oo and has a formation essentially different, will appear to any person who pronounces with attention the words wo, woo, beware, and who reflects that it will not admit of the article an before it which oo, would admit. In some words it is not sound =ded as in answer, sword, wholesome,: it is always silent before r; as in wrap, wreck, wrinkle, wrist, wrong, wry, byway, &C. W before h is pronounced as it it were after the h; as, why, hwy, when, hwen, what, hwat W is often joined to o at the end of a syllable without effecting the sound of that vowel; as in crow, blow, grow know, now, flow, &C. When W is is a vowel and is distinguished in the pronunciation it has exactly the same sound as u would have in the same situation: as, drew, crew, view, now, sawyer, vowels, oulaw; [outlaw] X has three sounds viz. It sounds like z at the beginning of proper names of Greek original; as in Xanthus, Xenophon, Xerxes It has a sharp sound like ks, when it ends a syll able with the accent upon it, exit, exercise, excel lance as when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant; excuse, extent, expense X has generally a flat sound like a gz, when the accent is not on it and the following, syllable begins with a vowel; as, exert, exist, example; pronounced egxert, egzist, egzample Y . when a consonant, has nearly the sound of ee ee; as youth, york, resembles the sounds of eeouth, eeork, but that this is not its exact sound will be clearly perceived by pronouncing the words ye, yes, new year, in which its just and proper sound is ascertained. It not only requires a stronger exertion of the organs of speech to pronounce it than is required to pronounce ee; but its formation is essentially different. It will not admit of an before it as ee will on the following example , an eel. The opinions that y x w when they begin a word or syllable take exactly the sound [ ? ] Sources Various Known English grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners... Unknown Author Lindley Murray Book Titles English grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners... Publisher Dates published 1830, various Writer Anonymous Unknown Date pre-1830, as identified by Aidan Meehan Paper xcm x xcm; in in, Pen Penmanship Style File name Unknown2 18xx-001-001-001 Links to source text English grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners ... by Lindley Murray [1] [2]