Lesson 53
34. The sound of ow (unmarked), as heard in owl. When the ow is sounded as in blown, the o is marked long (blown).
howl al low’ crowd flow’er y gown en dow’ prowl pow’er ful cowl vow’el scowl em bow’el down row’el brown en dow’ment
35. The diphthong ou has two leading sounds: that of ow in words derived from the Anglo-Saxon, as in out; and that of oo in words derived from the French, as in soup.
sour found’ling fount an nounce’ment pout ground’less mount un found’ed soup rou lette’ croup crou’pi er roup group’ing wound trou’ba dour