Wh (sounded hw) has a sign appropriated to it by which it is uniformly represented. Ha-Wa would not be an exact equivalent, if their use was convenient. Qu is represented by Ka-Wa; but it should be noticed that the u does not have the exact sound of wa. It has the sound heard in dwell, twit, thwack, etc., in which the w is represented in the same way; namely, by wa.

Remark.

We have noticed in this chapter only such features of the short-hand orthography as are phonetic or purely phonographic. We reserve for a future chapter, where it will be better understood, such deviations from phonetic accuracy as are deemed essential to facility in tachygraphy.

We need add but one general direction to the student. Having become perfectly familiar with the alphabetic signs as representatives of elementary sounds, pronounce the word to be written slowly and clearly, and give each sound its appropriate sign, and you will spell correctly.