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 * 1) Do not sound the italicised letters.
 * 2) Wherever an apostrophe occurs, put in a strong aspirate.
 * 3) Ow is to be pronounced throughout as in how; never as in low, which sound would be expressed by lo.
 * 4) G is always hard; ch must be pronounced as in church.
 * All other vowels and consonants, separate or combined, to be pronounced strictly according to the requirements of the English alphabet.