Wednesday, March 23, 2016

ai … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … said
ai … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … aisle
ai … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … maid
ai … ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ … [æ] … plaid
ci … ‘ch’ as in ‘char’ … [ʧ] … ancient
ci … ‘sh’ as in ‘ship’ … [ʃ] … special
ei … ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ … [i] … receive
ei … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … veil
eig … ‘uh’ as in ‘supply’ … [ə] … foreign (can also be reduced ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ … [ɪ])
eig … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … reign
eigh … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … weigh
eigh … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … height
i … ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ … [ɪ] … him
i … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … time
i … ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ … [i] … police
i … ‘uh’ as in ‘supply’ … [ə] … possible
i … ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ … [æ] … timbre
i … ‘y’ as in ‘yes’ … [j] … senior
ie … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … friend
ie … ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ … [i] … grieve
ie … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … lie
igh … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … sigh
i[r] … ‘ur’ as in ‘bird’ … [ɜ] … bird
oi … ‘oy’ as in ‘toy’ … [ɔɪ] … moist
oi … ‘w’ as in ‘will’ … [w] with ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … choir
ui … ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ … [ɪ] … build
ui … ‘oo’ as in ‘boo’ … [u] … juice
sci … ‘sh’ as in ‘ship’ … [ʃ] … conscience
si … ‘dj’ as in ‘measure’ … [ʒ] … vision
ti … ‘sh’ as in ‘ship’ … [ʃ] … motion
ti … ‘ch’ as in ‘char’ … [ʧ] … mention
J
dj … ‘j’ as in ‘jar’ … [ʤ] … adjective
j … ‘j’ as in ‘jar’ … [ʤ] … joy
j … ‘y’ as in ‘yes’ … [j] … fjord
j … ‘h’ as in ‘hi’ … [h] … junta
A
a … ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ … [æ] … exact
a … ‘ah’ as in ‘father’ … [α] … father
a …’aw’ as in ‘law’ … [ɔ] … fall
a … ‘uh’ as in ‘supply’ … [ə] … about
a … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … base, able
a … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … share
a … ‘ih’ as in ‘sit’ … [ɪ] … private
aa … ‘ah’ as in ‘father’ … [α] … bazaar, aardvark
ai … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … said
ai … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … aisle
ai … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … maid
ai … ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ … [æ] … plaid
au …’aw’ as in ‘law’ … [ɔ] … cause
au … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … gauge
au … ‘aa’ as in ‘bat’ … [æ] … aunt
au … ‘oh’ as in ‘no’ … [oʊ] … chauffeur
ay … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … says
ay … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … pay
ay … ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ … [i] … quay
aye … ‘ai’ as in ‘buy’ … [aɪ] … aye
augh … ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ … [ɔ] … daughter
aw … ‘aw’ as in ‘law’ … [ɔ] … shawl
ea … ‘ee’ as in ‘she’ … [i] … heat
ea … ‘uh’ as in ‘supply’ … [ə] … ocean
ea … ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ … [ε] … head
ea … ‘ah’ as in ‘father’ … [α] … heart
ea … ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ … [eɪ] … great
eau … ‘ew’ as in ‘few’ … [ju] … beauty
eau … ‘oh’ as in ‘no’ … [oʊ] … beau
ea[r] … ‘ur’ as in ‘bird’ … [ɜ] … learn
oa … ‘oh’ as in ‘no’ … [oʊ] … oat
Vowels
Diphthongs
Consonants