...has its broad sound, both when preceded " and when followed by a broad vowel ; and in "like manner has its small sound, both when " preceded and when followed by a small M vowel. If a consonant were preceded by X ** a vowel of one quality, and followed bji " one of a different...

...followed by a broad vowel; and in like manner has its small sound (\. ÏV des handsome, pron. dheeas), both when preceded and when followed by a small vowel. If a consonant were preceded by a vowel of one quality, and followed by one of a different quality; the reader, it has been thought,...

...consonant—the J being an importation from the French. Q is a Latin redundancy, amply represented by cu, just as X can be by ecs. In regard to Orthography,...with its broad or with its small sound. Hence the rale of Gaelic Orthography, " Leathan ri leathan 'us caol ri caol"—broad to broad, and small to small;...

...consonant—the J being an importation from the French. Q is a Latin redundancy, amply represented by cu, just as X can be by ecs. In regard to Orthography,...whether the consonant should be pronounced with its bi-oad or with its small sound. Hence the rule of Gaelic Orthography, " Leathern ri leathan 'us caol...

...shown, has its broad sound, both when preceded and when followed by a broad vowel ; and in like manner has its small -sound, both when preceded and when...by a small vowel. If a consonant were preceded by a vowel of one quality, and followed by one of a different quality, the reader, it has been thought,...