. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . 28 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES. Syllable is a nice word, it sounds so muchlike syllabub! A syllable, whether it constitute a word orpart of a word, is a sound, either simple or com-pound, produced by one effort of the voice, as, O !, what, a, lark ! — Here, we, are !. rn ^^^ ORTHOGRAPHY. 29 Spelling is the art of putting together the let-ters which compose a syllable, or the syllableswhich compose a word. Comic spelling is usually the work of imagina-tion. The chief rule to be observed
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . 28 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES. Syllable is a nice word, it sounds so muchlike syllabub! A syllable, whether it constitute a word orpart of a word, is a sound, either simple or com-pound, produced by one effort of the voice, as, O !, what, a, lark ! — Here, we, are !. rn ^^^ ORTHOGRAPHY. 29 Spelling is the art of putting together the let-ters which compose a syllable, or the syllableswhich compose a word. Comic spelling is usually the work of imagina-tion. The chief rule to be observed in this kindof spelling, is, to spell every word as it is pro-nounced ; though the rule is not universally ob-served by comic spellers. The following example,for the genuineness of which we can vouch, is oneso singularly apposite, that although we have al-ready submitted a similar specimen of orthographyto the reader, we are irresistibly tempted to makea second experiment on his indulgence. Theepistolary curiosity, then, which we shall nowproceed to transcribe, was addressed by a patientto his medical adviser. « Sir, My Granmother wos very much trubeldWith the Gout and dide with it my father wosalso and dide with it when i was 14 years of agei wos in die habbet of Gettin whet feet EveryNight by pumping water out of a Celler WichCas me to have the tipes fever wich Ca
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