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T’OM’IS SP’ENS

F’or a P’ol‘it’ik’al P’amfl’et ’entitld

“Dhě Rěstorr ǒv Sosiěte tw ǐts nǎteǔrǎl Stat,”

’On Ma 27th, 1801,

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W’ESTM’INSTR H’O’OL,

B’EFOR

L’ORD K’ENE’UN ǎnd a Spěshǎl Jwre.

“A fǒrbǐdn Ritǐng ǐz thǒǒt tw be a sěrtn Spǎrk ǒv Trwth dhǎt fliz ǔp ǐn dhě Fas ǒv dhěm hw sek tw trěd ǐt ǒwt.” Mǐltǔn

* * ’Az nerle dhě hol ǒv dhǐs ǒfěnsǐv Bwk wǐdh sutǎbl Rěmǎrks wǒz rěd tw dhě Jwre dhě hol ǒv ǐt dharfǒr ǐz reprǐntěd herǐn, ǎz a Wǎrnǐng tw pwr Old ‘Inglǎnd. “’And ǒǒl dhě Pepl shǎl her ǎnd fer ǎnd dw no mor prězǔmptuǔsle.”

And the Vision of all is become unto you as the Words of a Book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed: And the Book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

(But) in that Day, shall the Deaf hear the Words of the Book, and the Eyes of the Blind shall see out of Obscurity, and out of Darkness. Isaiah 29.

LONDON:

Printed by A. Seale, Tottenham Court Road, for T.Spence

1803

DH’E SP’ENSE’AN ’ALF’IB’ET.

		Sǒwnděd ǒr namd.	’Egzǎmplz.	[Modern IPA]
A	a	a	Ba na ma la sa	[eɪ]
’A	ǎ	ǎ	Băd nǎg mǎd lǎd sǎd	[æ]
B	b	ǐb ǒr bǐ	Ba be bi bo bu	[b]
D	d	ǐd ǒr dǐ	Da de di do du	[d]
E	e	e	De le se ke me	[i]
’E	ě	ě	Děn lěg sěl kěn měn	[e]
F	f	ǐf ǒr fǐ	Fa fe fi fo fu	[f]
G	g	ǐg ǒr gǐ	Ga ge gi go gu	[g]
H	h	hǎ	Ha he hi ho hu	[h]
’I	ǐ	î	Hǐp nǐp rǐp sǐp lǐp	[ɪ]
K	k	ǐk ǒr kǐ	Ka ke ki ko ku	[k]
L	l	ǐl ǒr lǐ	La le li lo lu	[l]
M	m	ǐm ǒr mǐ	Ma me mi mo mu	[m]
N	n	ǐn ǒr nǐ	Na ne ni no nu	[n]
O	o	o	No ro so go ho	[oʊ]
’O	ǒ	ǒ	Nǒt rǒt sǒt gǒt hǒt	[ɒ]
P	p	ǐp ǒr pǐ	Pa pe pi po pu	[p]
R	r	ǐr ǒr rǐ	Ra re ri ro ru	[r]
S	s	ǐs ǒr sǐ	Sa se si so su	[s]
T	t	ǐt ǒr tǐ	Ta te ti to tu	[t]
’U	ǔ	ǔ	Tǔn rǔn sǔn fǔn gǔn	[ʌ]
V	v	ǐv ǒr vǐ	Va ve vi vo vu	[v]
W	w	w	Dw tw hw we wa	[uː]
Sh	sh	ǐsh ǒr shǐ	Sha she shi sho shu	[ʃ]
Zh	zh	ǐzh ǒr zhǐ	Zha zhe zhi zho zhu	[ʒ]
Th	th	ǐth ǒr thǐ	Thǐk thǐn thǎnk thrǒng	[θ]
Dh	dh	ǐdh ǒr dhǐ	Dho dhěn dhǐs dha	[ð]
I	i	ǎe	Kind mind bi dhi	[aɪ]
J	j	ǐdzh ǒr dzhǐ	Jǒn jǔg jǐg jw jǒe	[dʒ]
U	u	ew	Du fu pu su vu	[iu:]

NB. Dhě Jǔnkshǔnz ǒv Sh, zh, th, ǎnd dh ar pǔt ǐn dhě ’Alfĭbět bekǒǒz dha ar běst lěrnd ǎz sǐngl Kǎrǎktrz.

[ 4 ] Dho I, J, ǎnd U ar nǒt Lětrz ǎnd ma be dǔn wǐdhǒwt, eět fǒr dhě Sak ǒv Brěvǐte dha ar ǎněkst tw dhě ’Alfǐbět ǎz beǐng kǒnveneěnt ǎnd usfǔl Kǒntrǎkshǔnz.

Dhǔs ǐz lad dhě Fǒwndashǔn fǒr dhě most sěrtn ǎnd ǎkurat ’Orthǒgrǎfe. ’And ǐt ǐz no Wǔndr dhě Spěnsoneǎnz (ǒv Fare Lǎnd) ar so siěntǐfǐk a Pepl ǐn ěvre Thǐng, beǐng uzd, ǎz dha ar, tw sǔtsh Kǒnsǐstěnse ǎnd Hǎrmǔne frǒm dhar Tshild-hwd.Spělǐng ǐz dhar Spǒrt ǎz swn ǎzdha kǎn spek ǎnd a něvr klǒeǐng Dělit ǎz lǒng âz dha lǐv. Skwlz ar ǔnněsǐsǎre fǒr dhê tetshǐng ǒv Redǐng sǔtsh Lǔksǔre ǎtěndz dhě ’Instrǔkshǔn ǒv Tshǐldrn ǎnd Fǒrǐnrz.

Dhě Děrǐvashǔnz ǒv Wǔrdz dha lev tw Dǐkshǔnǎrez hwǐtsh dha thǐnk kǎn dhar be takn Kar ǒv bětr dhǎn bi ǎne ’Inkǔmbrǎns ǒv dhar ’Otthǒgrage. Dha něvr gǐv ûp Kǒnsǐstěnse fǒr dhě Sak ǒv plezǐng dhě I; dha no dhǎt ǐt swn fǎmǐleǎrizěz ǐtsêlf tw lwk wǐdh Kǒmplasěnse ǒn hwǒtěvr dh Mind ǎprwvz.

Dho ǐn Prǐntǐng dha ar, ǎz dha ǒǒt tw be, strǐkyle ěgzǎkt, eět dha ar sǔtsh gwd Skǒlrz dhǎt ǐn ritǐng dha dha ǒfn ǒmǐt dhě ’Aksěnts, ěspěshǎle ǐn a Hǔre. ’Inded dha kǎn be sǔplid ǎt ǎne futǔr ’Opǔrtunǐte, ǐf thǒǒt rěkwǐzǐt.

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