; 1 ] ; , 1 1 1 1 1 ' Fr.N-KTies.—At a rec jnl teachers' meet iug a profetsor made some very interesting remarks upon phonetic spelling. As sn example of one of the coming possibilities in orthography, u word from the.professor a vocabulary may be given. To use bis own language : —-“Will you pronounce for me the following word;—“Ghougbphtheightteau?” No, yon can not answer. Well, it spells potato. Do you see 7 No ? Then I’ll prove it to you. “Gh” stands for “p,” as you’ll find from Urn list letters in “hiccough.” “Oagh” stands for “o,” as in “dough,” “Phth - stands for “t,” as in “phthisis.” “High” stands for “a,” as in “neighbor.” “Tte” stands for “t,” as in “gaxette,” nod “eau” stands for “o,” as in “beau.” And so from that Jumble of letters you ml earth the simple “potato.” —Phonetic Journal.
