English spellings/Catalogs/Retro H

silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h

can be several à’s: '''àh

mostly schwa -'''ah

'''Jéddah

cf. Marìa - '''Marîah

'''parîah

'''blàh

'''ayatóllah

Gôa rhymes with '''Nôah

'''hurràh

'''Ûtàh

'''Jehôvah

'''êach

'''blêach

'''pêach

'''impêach

'''rêach

AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge '''spínach

sand bêach = tree '''bêech

'''besêech

* ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch - '''téch

'''whích

-k '''Zûrich

cf. same sound in Åldwých: -'''wích

and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge '''sándwich

* Woòlidge '''Woòlwich

* Dúllidge '''Dúlwich

* Brómmidge '''Brómwich

* Grénnidge '''Gréenwich

* Hárrídge '''Hárwich

* Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge - '''Nórwich

-wítch '''Ípswich

-wítch '''Drŏitwich

-wítch '''Nántwich

'''squélch

Wales Wélsh = person Wélch

'''fílch

'''zílch

'''drénch

'''sténch

'''wénch

'''ínch

'''wínch

'''cónch

'''búnch

'''húnch

'''púnch

'''lýnch -ch

cf. easy sínch, ch sound; down, wash sínk = together '''sýnch

-dóck '''Mürdoch

'''smoôch

'''àrch

'''sëarch

'''làrch

-k '''pâtriàrch

BrE -ək '''mónarch

'''kítsch

'''pùtsch

'''bátch

'''cátch

'''hátch

'''nátch

'''ẁatch

'''étch

'''fétch

'''kétch

'''ítch

'''dítch

'''hítch

'''glítch

'''pítch

'''stítch

cf. Åldwých - what whích BrE = wizard '''wítch

'''twítch

'''bótch

'''hótchpotch

'''Dútch

'''múch

-k '''eûnuch

'''còuch

'''gròuch

'''toúch

'''vòuch

'''súch

cf. place names in -wích - '''Åldwých

-d '''Rìyadh

ð éth or '''édh

* ây '''èh

mostly silent -'''gh

no nây = horse '''nèigh

kill slây = ride '''slèigh

cf. convèy, purvèy - '''invèigh

how wây = heavy '''wèigh

greeting hî = up '''hîgh

cf. voiced th in thŷ: vowel sound identical - unvoiced th in '''thîgh

person Nŷe = near '''nîgh

* sŷe '''sîgh

* Éddinbrə '''Édinburgh

* Frâzerbrə '''Frâserburgh * Pítsbürg '''Píttsburgh

BrE *làf AmE *láf '''lāugh

-òw '''bòugh

-ô '''thôugh

-ôw '''fûrlôugh

* slòu - England Slòugh = swamp '''slòugh

* slúff skin '''sloúgh

frill, bird, fish, card rúff = tumble, approximate '''roúgh

* Brúff '''Bròugh

cf. Kentucky Míddlesborough or -boro; *Míddlzbrə England '''Míddlesbrough

-û - throw threŵ = preposition '''throûgh

AmE = búrrow ground - BrE *búrrə '''bòrough

* Lúfbrə '''Loúghborough

* Scàrbrə '''Scàrborough

cf. *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough; Kentucky (or -boro) Míddlesborough

BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw '''thòrough

-óff '''trôugh

-úff '''toúgh

-úff '''enoúgh

letter Ô = exclamation '''ôh

-f -'''ph

'''Rálph

'''oòmph

'''trîumph

'''lýmph

'''nýmph

'''mŏrph

'''glýph

AmE -r, BrE silent -'''rrh

'''catàrrh

'''mÿrrh

'''ásh

'''básh

'''cásh

'''dásh

'''gásh

'''hásh

'''flásh

'''slásh

'''smásh

'''rásh

'''crásh

'''thrásh

'''stásh

'''qùash

'''ẁash

'''Bangladésh

'''mésh

'''frésh

'''thrésh

'''réddish

'''chîldish

'''bánish

'''Dânish

'''Spánish

'''vánish

end fínish = Finland '''Fínnish

'''astónish

'''gàrnish

'''tàrnish

'''vàrnish

'''Cŏrnish

'''bürnish

'''fürnish

'''púnish

'''wísh

'''fíftyish

person '''Wålsh

-sh - person Wélch = Wales '''Wélsh

'''cósh

'''dósh

'''nósh

'''whoòsh

'''pósh

'''tósh

'''bùsh

'''lúsh

'''blúsh

'''flúsh

'''plúsh

'''pùsh

'''rúsh

'''thrúsh

mostly unvoiced -'''th

'''déath

'''hêath

'''bréath

'''wrêath

'''ôath

'''pāth

-drət + unvoiced th - '''húndredth

'''shibbóleth

-êath '''Kêith

voiced th - '''wíth

'''héalth

'''stéalth

'''wéalth

'''plínth

'''nînth

'''bôth

'''dòth

'''lôth

'''slôth

'''ëarth

'''dëarth

'''heàrth

'''bïrth

'''gïrth

'''héncefŏrth

'''Fïrth of Fŏrth

'''gô fŏrth

'''nŏrth

'''wörth

4th '''fŏurth

'''sleûth

cf. verbs in -the: noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced: '''mòuth

ou as schwa, th unvoiced -'''mouth

-məth '''Bŏurnemouth

-məth '''Pŏrtsmouth

-məth '''Plýmouth

'''trûth

'''síxth

voiced th - casual blîthe = persons Blŷthe = '''Blŷth

voiced th - persons Smŷthe = '''Smŷth

schwa: BrE er = AmE '''uh