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Special characters

A number of characters used in the notes to describe pronunciation do not

exist in ASCII. The following conventions have been used to represent them:

 

[=a] 'a' + Macron; ('a' with a horizontal line above).

[=o] 'o' + Macron; ('o' with a horizontal line above).

[=e] 'e' + Macron; ('e' with a horizontal line above).

 

[)a] 'a' with a curved line above - like horns.

[)e] 'e' with a curved line above - like horns.

 

[.a] 'a' with a single dot above

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Project Gutenberg's Evangeline, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow