3/14 Otherwise, if you were to look out some of the geographical names of the old writers, you might not be able to recognize them on the modern atlas. The pronunciation of this modern geographical spelling is very simple and clear: the vowels are pronounced _a_ = ah, _e_ = eh, _i_ = ee, _o_ = o, _o_ = oh, _[-o]_ = aw, _oe_ = u in 'hurt', and _u_ = oo, as in German, Italian, or most other European languages; and the consonants as in English. JOHNSTON. JACQUES CARTIER.......................................... |