HAY REVISION

This revision includes outlines that were not appropriate in the earlier Hay Lesson.

(A) Upward Hay is used when joined to another stroke, alone if it has a final attachment (hook, circle or loop), or when halved:
 

Joined to another stroke: hope heavy hang hedge
 

Alone if it has a final attachment: hen half haze hose/hoes hoses host Hester

Halved: height hat hut heat hunt halved

(B) Downward Hay is used when it is the only consonant stroke, with no attachments, and the derivatives, or joined to plain horizontals K G:
 

high highly highest highway highness Highgate

hoe hoeing hie hieing
 

hack hockey hag hog

(C) If the K or G has an initial hook, upward Hay is used as it joins better:
 

hacker haggard heckle haggle

Both Upward and Downward Hay can be used medially or finally, whichever makes the best join:
 

behave boyhood abhor upheaval uphold
 

adhere adhesive cowhide keyhole log-hut

Soho Sahara Mayhew Omaha

(D) Tick Hay is the Downward Hay shortened to a tick before M, Upward L, Ar ("HoMeLieR") and also Imp and Rer:
 

home humus hemp hump
 

hall whole help hill heal
 

hire her hair hear/here

hirer hearer

If the M or Imp has an initial hook, upward Hay is used as it joins better:
 

hammer Homer hamper Humber hammered hampered

(E) Dot Hay

Dot Hay is a thin dot that is used medially where the other versions of the stroke would be awkward or impossible, or to gain a shorter outline. It is never used initially or finally. It is always written paired with the vowel that follows the H sound.

It is written on the outermost side of a dot vowel:

perhaps mishap unhappy Manhattan exhale

figurehead unhealthy uphill downhill

It is written on the beginning side of a dash vowel or diphthong sign. This is because in the spoken word the H sound comes before the vowel sound:
 

apprehend apprehension armhole manhole

mouse-hole Whitehall household leasehold

 fishhook road-hog unhurt exhume

neighbourhood childhood greenhouse townhouse storehouse

alcohol alcoholic upholster upholstery

When using Dot Hay, the vowels occurring either side of the H sound remain with their respective strokes, whether they are first, second or third place ones:

Fahrenheit freehold livelihood

sparrow-hawk greyhound

Distinguishing outlines

higher hire, dehumanise demonise

SUMMARY

• Downward Hay: Entirely alone, plus derivatives, and when makes the better join: high highly hack Mayhew

• Upward Hay: Alone but with hook, circle, loop or halved, and when makes the better join: hen haze host hat behave hacker

• Tick Hay: Before M MP L Ar Rer: home hump hill hear hearer

• Dot Hay: Where other forms are not convenient: apprehend uphill

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