Enigmas of The English Alphabet

<p>This book provides an easy-to-understand guide to the peculiarities of English Pronunciation and Spelling. It was created for students of English as a Second Language.</p><p></p><p>It represents each different vocalic sound in the word itself by using a few diacritic symbols. This approach helps to understand the sound of a word directly as it is written and avoids the need to learn it separately using a completely different set of symbols such as the International Phonetic Alphabet which contains more than 150 characters.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Ī know nôthing in thë world that has as mûch pôwer as ā word. Sômëtīmes Ī wrīte õne and lŏŏk at it ûntil it shīnes.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>- Emily Dickinson </em></strong></p>