INITIAL HOOKS 2

L HOOK TO STRAIGHT STROKES

An anticlockwise hook at the beginning of a straight stroke adds the L sound after the sound of the stroke. A first place vowel is written outside the hook:

play playing plays/place/plaice please apply reply

plop plot plough ploughed plead pluck

plug pledge plum blow blue bliss

blot blog bleak blame problem bling
 

class clap club cloud clutch

clear include including class glitch glad

When the hooked K and G strokes are written on the line, the hook is started from above the line:

clay closed claim glow gleam

(B) It is also used when there is an indeterminate slurred vowel (the schwa) between the two sounds:
 

apple topple ample sample example

able enable bubble table trouble
 

double rubble marble battle bottle
 

cattle cudgel tackle tinkle local

wriggle haggle giggle uncle

angle single jungle mingle

The hooked form is not used if there is an accented vowel:

rebel* rebel** label libel libellous

* Noun    ** Verb

(C) Adding S to the L Hook

Circle S is written small and somewhat squashed, just inside the hook. The S is spoken first. There can be a vowel between the S and the sounds of the hooked stroke, or all three can be spoken together:

No vowel immediately after the S:
 

splay display splice splash splat split
 

exclaim exclude exclusive disclose

Vowel immediately after the S:
 

supply supple possible settle settled subtle saddle
 

satchel cycle sickle bicycle cyclist

Note these derivatives keep their original form:

 sick sickly sickliness sicklist

(D) The following combinations needs the S to be elongated and the hook opened out:
 

explode explosive explore explicit exploit

Compare the normal circle in these: expedite expose accept
 

visible invisible advisable divisible fusible recycle

Where a medial L Hook is not possible, full stroke L is used:
 

musical risible crucible

admissible submersible unsettle unsettled

A Stee Loop or Sway Circle cannot be combined with the L Hook, therefore full strokes must be used:
 

staple stapler stapled stipple stable

stubble stickle stickler swaddle
 

(E) Distinguishing Outlines
 

avail available, value valuable

These should always have a vowel written in:

knees nose, ankle knuckle

foot feet, tooth teeth

In the following, the nouns/adjectives use a stroke L, and the verbs use an L Hook. This provides distinctive outlines and easy derivatives, and enables the more distinct vowels of the nouns to be written in:

Nouns/adjectives: medal medallist, mettle/metal metallic metalled
 

Verbs: meddle meddled meddling meddler meddlesome

muddle muddled muddling

(F) Short Forms
 

people, belief-believe-d, build-ing, tell, till*

* The short form "till" is only used for the adverb, and has the same meaning as "until". The short form is not used for the noun or verb: a shop till, to till the soil.
 

told, deliver-ed-y, child largely

call, called, equal-ly, equalled/cold, school schooled
 

Contractions

neglect-ed
 

(G) Derivatives

Reminder from Lesson 13: Dot Ing is used after a short form when the last consonant of the word is not represented in the outline, even though stroke Ing would join clearly. This prevents it looking like a normal full outline for some other word:

believing telling delivering deliverer deliverable

childish childishly childlike calling equalling schooling

neglecting neglectful neglectfully electrical

(H) Phrases
 

at all, by all, I believe, able to*

* Same as the short form "build/building"

Omission phrases
 

as much as possible, as early as possible, as far as possible, as soon as possible
 

SUMMARY

• Anticlockwise hook on straight strokes adds L sound: play

• L Hook also used if there is an indeterminate vowel between: apple

• Write Circle small inside the hook: splay, supple

• Stee and Sway cannot be combined with L hook

EXTRA VOCABULARY

please ploughing/plowing plight blade

placed plaster blast blaster

plotting plod splotch blob employ imply

cluster reclaim glut gleaming glory

strangle bangle dangle jingle wrangle

rankle triangle waggle niggle snuggle

grapple cripple triple bauble nibble

rabble parable garble soluble

tackle trample dimple amble thimble

tumble ramble grumble mumble nimble

physical classical popsicle nonsensical

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