INITIAL HOOKS 3

R AND L HOOKS TO CURVED STROKES

Curved strokes can only have the hook on the inside, so different size hooks are used to add the sounds of R and L.

Strokes Ess, Zee, Ell, Ar do not take an initial hook.

Small hook is used for R:
 

offer afraid ever every average

favour author other either usher fisher/fissure blusher

closure exposure treasure measure leisure

plumber creamer warmer rumour hammer

honour inner spanner cleaner trainer

greener manner liner ordinary

Circle S is written inside the hook, smaller and slightly squashed:
 

safer suffer saver sever

summer simmer sooner designer

Large hook is used for L:

A hook cannot be written outside a curve, therefore the L Hook is written larger instead:
 

fly flow flap flood flake

flame floor flora flat float

baffle muffle arrival travel

panel channel final original

The L hook is used when the vowel before the L sound is an unstressed slurred vowel (the schwa). Full strokes are used when the vowel is stressed and clear, to enable the vowel sign to be inserted:

evil avail, trifle awful awfully, tunnel denial

If the L Hook cannot be written, full strokes are used:
 

pummel trammel runnel

Circle S is written inside the hook:
 

soufflé civil civilise

Stee Loop is not used inside any hook:

stiff stiffer stammer stifle

stun stunner stain stainer Stanley

Full strokes are generally used for names, so that all the vowels can be shown:
 

Bethel Athol Seville but Ethel
 

Halving

The D sound is spoken last:

offered suffered severed favoured authored

measured simmered hammered bannered manner honoured

tunnelled channelled funnelled travelled

Distinguishing Outlines

flour flower

Short Forms
 

nor near owner more/remark-ed Mr/mere

short sure pleasure over however

Derivatives

nearer nearly nearest nearby nearing neared
 

merely merest overall overly overcome* overcame

* "overcoming" is given in Lesson 47

shortest shortly surely surest surety unsure*

* The short form retains its position

pleasurable displeasure, re-mark in full

Contractions
 

everything remarkable-y mortgage-d extraordinary*

* Optional Contraction

Phrases

in our, more or less (omission phrase)

SUMMARY

• On curves, small hook used for R, large hook for L: afraid flood

• Also used if there is an indeterminate vowel between: offer evil

• Circle S is written inside a hook: suffer

• Stee Loop is not written inside a hook

EXTRA VOCABULARY

cipher decipher signer sinner humour

humoured rumoured banner browner

tanner dinner dishonoured enclosure foreclosure

disclosure treasury treasurer erasure

flaw flee/flea flees/fleas/fleece flabby

flying fling fledge flag flare/flair

flail Fletcher afflict flight fleet flout flouted

travelling traveller vinyl camel

piffle duffel masterful athletic but athlete

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