ALPHABETICAL CURIOSITIES.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2936, 13 July 1878, Page 4

ALPHABETICAL CURIOSITIES.

The protean nature of the vowel sounds is familiar to all. A few amusing examples will show that the consonants are ■ nearly as bad; * ' B makes road broad, turns the ear >to a bear, and: Tom into a tomb. : 0 makes limb climb, hanged changed, ■a" lever, clever, and transports a lover to Jclover. ■•■■■ ■■:,;'- ::■;.'.:;; „V. •■ ',' D turns a bear to a beard, a crow a crowd, and makes anger danger. F turns lower regions into flower regions. ! H changes eight into height, i X makes now know. L transforms a pear into a pearl. M turns own into mown. N turns a line into linen, a crow to a crown, and makes one none. P metamorphises lumber to plumber. Q, of itself hath no significance.; '■ "".S turns even to seven, makes hove to shove* and the word a sword, a pear a spear, makes laughter slaughter, and curiously changes having a hoe to shaving a shoe. v ■:'- T makes a bough bought, turns hereto there, alters one to tone, and transforms the phrase "allow his own" to " tallow his towli." } W. does well, e.g;, hose are whose, are becomes ware, on won, omen women, so sow, vie view, it makes arm warm, and turns hat into—what? V turns fur into fury, a man many, to to a toy, a rub to a ruby, ours to yours, and a lad to a lady.