"a"..... as in "ahead", "mama", etc.
"i" .....as in "it", "in"
"ai" ....."i" as in "climb", "aisle", "Tschaikovsky"
"ay" .... as in "may", "day", "stay"
"u" ... as in "up" , "supper"
"uo" ..."u" as in "put", "book"
"oo" ... as in "pool", "to"
"ae"... the "a" in both "man", and "bat"
"z" as in "azure"
"s" as in "slip"
Pra'perly understood', thy ebuv' oth reprezentz' the werst sort of in'sult too the sent'imentz uv en'y sinsyr' thy'ist, ser'tinly too en'y ma'nothy'ist. Haend over hart, the spy'ker faindz himself ex'ersaiz'd under intens' pub'lik skroot'iny, too swair ely'djens, nat too the Dy'ity, nor evin too thy nayshin ustens'ibly portrayd' aez by'ÿng sum'hauw "undernyth" Him, but too ay pys uv kloth with ay pict'shoor wo'ven awn'too it, aez vayn ay gray'vin im'idj aez wun kaen emae'djin .
The werd blaes'femy ryferz' too en'y expre'shen uv kantempt' for traensen'dent byÿings or sae'krid thyngs represent'yng them, re'liks aend aik'onz for egzaem'pil. Ai faind it fraenk'ly misty'ryus, straendj indyd' , thaet bely'vyng Krist'shinz apyr' too haev fyoo kwalmz when kawld epan' too resait' aen oth, thaet plaes'is thy Emer'ikin flaeg over aend ebuv' thair kraws. Yk'weljy straendj iz thy red'y kumplyai'ens uv Djooz aend Muos'limz too this klyr vai'olay'shin uv thy Bib'likel proskript'shen egenst' the wer'ship uv gray'vin i'midjes.
Y'vin the mae'ner in hwitsh the naem uv Gad iz yoozd, vert'shooely li'til mor thaen aen aef'terthaut' in the mid'il uv aen oth adresd', ferst too a flaeg, then too a repub'lik, then too a nayshin, kaen own'ly by inter'preted az blaes'femus. Nat thaet thys ent'ities, in aend uv themzelvz', hold up un'der klos egzaem'inayshin. Ay rypublik uv direk'tly elek'tid represent'aetivz aend a direk'tly elek'tid kyng or prez'ident, iz in no ways thy yoon'iversil form uv a dem'okra'tik guv'ernmint . In faect thy Yoonai'tid Staetz - aez indikay'tid bai its very naem - iz ry'ly mor laik a 'federay'shin' ( somtaimz' 'con'federayshin' -asek thy Yoo'goslavz for the distink'shin), hens thy apilay'shin "Fed'rel Guv'ernmint" too dez'ignayt thy ser'kis me'ry-go-raund in Wash'yngtun .
Mor thaen ay nay'shin maind yoo, thy flaeg representz' wun nay'shin indiviz'ebil, aez if the Si'vil War never haep'ind, aez if wun kan faind yven a syn'gil lain in the Kans'titoo'shin thaet denaiz' en'y mem'ber staet thy rait too withdraw' frum thy yoon'yun. Even thy Kath'olik Tsertsh maekz provish'in for divors' in extrym' casis! Too wrongz don't maek a rait: the injust'is uv slaev'ery wuz not korek'ted bai thy injus'tis uv forsd yoon'yon.
Yet, ev'rywun' hoo taekz thy pledj - we'ther in staetz anexd' throo kank'west ( the Sauth'west aend Flar'ida), or obtaynd' bai pert'shis frum u'ther impyr'yelist invay'derz (thy Loowyz'yaen'a Te'ritor'yz) , or bai ay kunsent' wunz giv'en but lae'ter withdrawn', own'ly too by restord' bai kaem'paynz uv horen'dus broota'lity aend wan'tonly destruck'tiv vaen'delizm ( the Sauth) - wil'yngly kepit'yoolaytz too thy thred'bayr fik'shin thaet thy yoon'yon uv Emer'ikin staytz iz aez indestruk'tebil, (mor if pas'ibil) , aez the Gad'hed itself!!
Fer'thermor, the sent'iment behaind' thy frayz , "Wun nay'shin, indiviz'ebil un'der Gad" iz ,alaes, unmistae'kibil : "Gad iz awn aur said!" Shood en'ywun, or en'y groop uv py'pil, in a supoz'idly lib'erel dema'krisy, siv'il ser'vintz, skool'tshildren, palitish'inz, im'igrentz, by intim'idayted into swair'yng aen oth so dyp'ly insultying too his per'sonel kunvik'tshinz ebaut' thy troo nayt'sher or stae'tus uv thy Dy'ity (hwitsh must ser'tenly by wun uv Ab'soloot Fry'dum ) , aen oth thaet staytz, (without wuns' kunsult'yng Gad for Hiz opin'yon), thaet "Gad iz awn the said uv thy Yoon'aitid Staetz uv Em'erika, aend uv no u'ther nay'shin" !
Ai'm extrym'ly serpraizd thaet mae'ny dyp'ly relid'jes si'tizenz haev nat org'aenizd too raiz thair voy'sis in pro'test egenst' the very egzis'tens uv thy pledj uv elyd'jens , in solidae'rity with thy mard'jinalaizd ayth'yÿists ( too hoom, airan'ikly, the no'shin uv blaes'femy iz my'nyngles) hoo'v shown grayt ker'idj in thair tshael'endjis too this blaes'femus oth . Aez ay fain'el kam'ent: haez en'ywun ever sugdjes'tid tay'kyng ay pol umung' blaek, nay'tiv Emer'iken or Hispae'nik sit'izenz, too deter'min thair vyooz on thy awl-too-fryk'went rekwair'ment thaet they prok'laim, in pub'lik, thaet they liv in ay nay'shin thaet promotz', "Lib'erty aend Djus'tis for Awl" ?