hey are heard in
the south; and the long quality which a Scotchman is apt to give to
the vowels that ought to be essentially short, must he clipped. In
fact, aural observation and lingual exercise are the only sure means
to the end; so that a Scotchman going to a well for a bucket of water,
and finding a countryman bathing therein, would not exclaim, "Hey,
Colin, dinna ye ken the water's for drink, and nae for bathin'?"

195. Of Provincial Brogues

it is scarcely necessary to say much, as the foregoing advice applies
to them. One militiaman exclaimed to another, "Jim, you hain't in
step" "Bain't I?" exclaimed the other; "well, change yourn!" Whoever
desires knowledge must strive for it. It must not be dispensed with
after the fashion of Tummus and Jim, who held the following dialogue
upon a vital question:--_Tummus_. "I zay, Jim, be you a
purtectionist?" _Jim_. "E'as I be." _Tummus_. "Wall, I zay, Jim, what
_be_ purtection?" _Jim_. "Loa'r, Tummus, doan't 'ee knaw?" _Tummus_.
"Naw, I doan't." _Jim_. "Wall, I doan't knaw as can tell 'ee, Tummus,
_vur I doan't exakerly knaw mysel'!_"

196. Rules of Pronunciation.

i. C before _a, o_, and _u_, and in some other situations, is a
close articulation, like _k_. Before _e, i_, and _y, c_ is precisely
equivalent to _s_ in _same, this_; as in _cedar, civil, cypress,
capacity_.

ii. E final indicates that the preceding vowel is long; as in hate,
mete, sire, robe, lyre, abate, recede, invite, remote, intrude.

iii. E final indicates that _c_ preceding has the sound of _s_; as
in _lace, lance;_ and that _g_ preceding has the sound of _j_, as in
_charge, page, challenge_.

iv. E final, in proper English words, never forms a syllable, and in
the most-used words, in the terminating unaccented syllable it is
silent. Thus, _motive, genuine, examine, granite_, are pronounced
_motiv, genuin, examin, granit_.

v. E final, in a few words of foreign origin, forms a syllable; as
_syncope, simile_.

vi. E final is silent after _l_ in the following
terminations,--_ble, cle, dle, fle, gle, kle, ple, tle, zle;_ as in
_able, manacle, cradle, ruffle, mangle, wrinkle, supple, rattle,
puzzle_, which are pronounced _a'bl, mana'cl, cra'dl, ruf'fl man'gl,
wrin'kl, sup'pl, puz'zl_.

vii. E is usually silent in the termination _en_; as in _token,
broken;_ pronounced _tokn