 | Otto Jespersen - English language - 1909 - 512 pages
...these cases. 10.63. Nares, in 1784, speaks of the sound as "open a" and says that "it is the sound proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given...French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances," while the "broad a" in all, water, author, etc., is identified with "the legitimate sound... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - English language - 1922 - 514 pages
...10.63. Nares, in 1784, speaks of the sound as "open a" and says that "it is the sound proper to that t vowel in Italian, and frequently given to it in French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances," while the "broad a" in all, water, author, etc., is identified with "the legitimate sound... | |
 | Joan C. Beal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 258 pages
...A': 'A frequently has a sound which by many writers has been called its open sound. It is the sound proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given...French, as in the termination -age, and in many other instances. In the old orthography of our language, it was often represented by au; as in daunce, graunt,... | |
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A frequently has a found which by many writers has been called its open found. It is the found proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given to it in French, as in the termination -age, -and in many other inftances. In the old orthography of our... 