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HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">when there is an e after the g you say juh(like marge) </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">when there is no e you say g guh(like goat)</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#pig" TITLE="G"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">lets do some practice word click here</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#marge_the_large_singing_pig" TITLE="G"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">lets read a poem click here</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#for_instance_finger_but_if_you_realize" TITLE="G"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">there are some cases that would be confusing if you didn't know our alphabet click here to find out  </B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="pig"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">pig</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">pigeon</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">gig</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">edge</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">fog</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">sag</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">sage</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">large</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">sing</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">singe</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#for_instance_finger_but_if_you_realize" TITLE="G"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014011111100.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">songer(click here for an explanation)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> read this poem and see what I mean</div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="marge_the_large_singing_pig"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B><B><U>MARGE THE LARGE SINGING PIG</U></B></div> <div> <B>marge</B></div> <div> <B>the large </B></div> <div> <B>singing pig</B></div> <div> <B>got a gig</B></div> <div> <B>at a lodge</B></div> <div> <B>above the garage</B></div> <div> <B>of a college</B></div> <div> <B>singing</B></div> <div> <B>a hodge podge</B></div> <div> <B>of knowledge</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>she was sage </B></div> <div> <B>as she sang</B></div> <div> <B>from the stage</B></div> <div> <B>with a twang</B></div> <div> <B>her leg on a log</B></div> <div> <B>she sang like a frog</B></div> <div> <B>when in came a fog</B></div> <div> <B>worse than a smog</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>it was hard to judge</B></div> <div> <B>the edge of the stage</B></div> <div> <B>when she felt a nudge</B></div> <div> <B>and flew into a rage</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>she tried not to budge</B></div> <div> <B>or plunge from the stage</B></div> <div> <B>but her large orange cage</B></div> <div> <B>started to nudge</B></div> <div> <B>her toward the edge </B></div> <div> <B>of the ledge of the stage</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>as she fell from the log</B></div> <div> <B>she tried to snag</B></div> <div> <B>her cage through the fog</B></div> <div> <B>she felt the stage sag</B></div> <div> <B>and lunged for her bag</B></div> <div> <B>but  she slipped </B></div> <div> <B>off the ledge</B></div> <div> <B>of the lodge garage</B></div> <div> <B>and plunged in a rage</B></div> <div> <B>with her large orange cage</B></div> <div> <B>from the edge of the stage</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A NAME="for_instance_finger_but_if_you_realize"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>For instance finger- but if you realize that this is really a three letter word containing f ing er then you know that it does not have and e in the word.  er is a letter of its own. it is not an e</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">finger  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>this is a three letter word  </B></FONT><B>  f   ing   er  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">singer(no e) so you say guh</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">singing(no e) so you say guh</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ringer</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ringing</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>