 English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades of vowels and diphthongs. The result was perfectly satisfactory ; that is, Mr. Bell wrote down my queer and purposely exaggerated pronunciations and mispronunciations,...  Nature - Sida 162redigerad av - 1878Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1864 - 744 sidor
...sounds overlooked in some or all alphabets with which I was acquainted." And this is the verdict : " The result was perfectly satisfactory, — that is,...and mispronunciations and delicate distinctions in si>ch a manner that his sons, not having heard them, so uttered them as to surprise me by the extremely... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1865 - 72 sidor
...overlooked in some or all alphabets with which I was acquainted !' And this is the verdict : — ' The result was perfectly satisfactory ; that is, Mr...me by the extremely correct echo of my own voice. I have made it my business for twenty-one years to study alphabetical systems. I do not know one which... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1865 - 72 sidor
...some Cockney-English, with an * This has now been done. (March 1865.) 27 introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades of vowels and diphthongs. The sudden changes and the confusion would utterly prevent any one from guessing by the context, and the... | |
 | 1866 - 840 sidor
...sons being sent away, he re-wrote the word from my dictation ; and then the sons read it correctly. " The result was perfectly satisfactory, — that is, Mr. Bell wrote down my queer and purposely-exaggerated pronunciations and mispronunciations, and delicate distinctions, in such a manner... | |
 | 1866 - 802 sidor
...me (German), ri« (French). Some Arabic, some Cockney-English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades of vowels and diphthongs. The sudden changes and the confusion would utterly prevent any one from guessing by the context, and the... | |
 | 1866 - 506 sidor
...wit (German), rie (French). Some Arabic, some Cockney-English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades of vowels and diphthongs. The sudden changes and the confusion would utterly prevent any one from guessing hy the context, and the... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1867 - 174 sidor
...wit (German) ; vie (French). Some Arabic, some Cockney-English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades...satisfactory ; — that is, Mr Bell wrote down my queer and purposely-exaggerated pronunciations and mispronunciations, and delicate distinctions, in such a manner... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1867 - 174 sidor
...wie (German) ; vie (Frcndi). Some Arabic, some Cockney-English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades...vowels and diphthongs. * * * The result was perfectly satisfactory;—that is, Mr Bell wrote down my queer and purposely-exaggerated pronunciations and mispronunciations,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1890 - 468 sidor
...and German and French words ; some Arabic, some Cockney English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades...and delicate distinctions, in such a manner that his son, not having heard them, so uttered them as to surprise me by the extremely correct echo of my own... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1890 - 468 sidor
...and German and French words ; some Arabic, some Cockney English, with an introduced Arabic guttural, some mispronounced Spanish, and a variety of shades...and delicate distinctions, in such a manner that his son, not having heard them, so uttered them asto surprise me by the extremely correct echo of my own... | |
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