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(a) frequently resists aspiration after —e.g.,

(b) is generally unaspirated in (from, a child).

(c) in is silent in Munster, but lengthens the  to.

(d) in, is pronounced unaspirated (i.e., as ) in Munster.

37. When broad, has a guttural sound not heard in English. This sound is produced in the same position as (§ 35 (a)), the only difference between the two sounds is that  is voiced,  voiceless.

has the soft sound already described (§ 35 (c)). .

In all other positions slender has this soft sound when followed by a vowel, except in Munster, where  slender (medial and final) =. .

(a) In the future and the conditional of verbs of the second conjugation is usually silent—e.g., ; but the combination——is pronounced, or simply :.

(b) in  is pronounced as an ordinary.