Lesson 57
42. X has three sounds: its regular sharp sound (unmarked) like ks, as in expect, and its soft or flat sound like gz, as in exist, marked x;. At the beginning of words x has the sound of z as in xebec (ze’bec).
ex’it ex pan’sive’ ex tra’ne ous ex cel’ ex’pi ate ex te’ri or ex alt’ ex am’ple ex ec’u tive’ ex empt’ ex ult’ant ex or’di um
43. Q is followed in all cases by u, and has usually the sound of kw, as in queen; but in a few words derived from the French, qu is sounded like k, as in coquette.
quack queer’ly quoit qui e’tus queen quo’rum quote quo ta’tion plaque piqu’ant bisque co quet’tish clique’ co quet’ torque piqu’an cy