CURIOSITIES OF ENGLISH.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2974, 27 August 1878, Page 2

CURIOSITIES OF ENGLISH.

The following are a few amusing examples of the " curiosities, of English," as respects the change of sound produced by different consonants: B makes the road broad, turns the ear to bear, and Tom into a tomb. C makes limb climb, hanged changed, a lever, clever, and transports a loyer to clover. D turns a bear to beard, a crow to crowd, and makes anger danger, F turns lower regions to flower re* 1 gions. i G changes son to. a song and makes , one gone. H changes eight into height. X makes now know and eyed keyed. / L transforms pear into a pearl. N turns a line into linen, a crow to a crown, and makes one none. P metamorphoses lumber into plumber. S turns even to seven, makes have shave, and word a sword, pear a-spear; makes slaughter of laughter, and curiously changes having a hoe to shaving a shoe. T makes a bough bought, turns here into there, alters one to tone, changes other to tother, and transforms the phrase " allow his own " to " tallow this town."

W does well; e.g., hose are whose, are becomes ware, on won, omen women, so sow, yie view;.it makes, an arm warm, and turns a bat into—what ? V turns fur into fury, a man to many, to to toy, rub to ruby, ours to yours, a> lad to a lady.