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 Similarly, the six short vowel-sounds are brought to mind when we repeat the words:—


 * “That bell is not much good.”

In our key-words the following symbols shall be used to represent those sounds:—

It is useful to note that the sound (No. 6) of oo in poor is the same as the sound of u in rule; while the sound (No. 11) of u in up, us, is the same as that of o in son, done. It will be noticed that the same numbers are attached to the same sounds in both tables.

There is in Irish, as in English, a vowel sound usually termed “obscure.” In the word “tolerable” the a is