Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary

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by  Jones Daniel.

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the pe
a: father 9: hird
D hot a china, cathedral
o: saw
Diphthongs
ei day id here
ou go 19 hdcp-pier
ai fly £9 there
au how f09 iour
oi hoy U9 gourd
toi going U9 inflMence
tui ruin tea they're
fo9 Samoa
When a letter is printed in italics in a phonetic transcription, it
means that the sound is sometimes pronounced and sometimes
omitted (see Explanations IV, p. xx).
^Aspronouncedbysomeofthosewhodonotsound therinthisword: thus
« 'ouva'^estimeit)).

KEY-WORDS
FOR ENGLISH PHONETIC SYMBOLS
Key-words are not required for the following consonant-letters,
since they have their customary English sounds
:
p, b, t, d, k, m, n, 1, r, f, v, s, z, h, w.
Below are key-words for the remaining English sounds, including
the affricate consonants and the diphthongs. The sounds marked f
occur only as variants of other pronunciations.
It is to be understood that the key-words illustrate the sounds in
question when pronounced by many, but not necessarily by all, of
the people referred to in § 3 of the Introduction.
Consonants
g ^ive J sAip
t^ overestimate ^ '^ measure
tj cAin t9 Auge
d3 yam jx \och
tn] comfort 3/es
j
long tunng//ing
\
thin n buttoning
b then fr tempo^'ary
Vowels
i: see \o molest
i it u pwt
e get u: too
se cat A wp
a: father 9: bzVd
hot 8 china, cathedral
o: saw
Diphthongs
ei day ia here
ou go 19 happier
ai Ay S9 there
au how fo9 four
oi boy U9 gOM^'d
toi going U9 inflwence
fui ruin te9 they're
fo9 Samoa
When a letter is printed in italics in a phonetic transcription, it
means that the. sound is sometimes pronounced and sometimes
omitted (see Explanations IV, p. xx).
^Aspronouncedbysomeofthosewhodonotsound therinthisword: thus
« 'ouva'-'estimeit)).

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TONGUE-POSITIONS OF VOWELS
Back
A. Diagrammatic representation of approximate tongue-positions of average
English Vowels compared with those ofCardinalVowels. (The dots indicate
roughlythe positions ofthehighest point ofthe tongue.)
CardinalVowels smalldots.
English Vowels large dots.
(Itistobeassumedthattherearesmalldotsaswellaslargeonesatthepoints
« e» and «a»)
B. Tongue-positions of C. Tongue-positions of
Front Cardinal Vowels Back Cardinal Vowels
phNoottoeg.raTphhesp(orseiptrioodnuscefodricnatrhdeinfarlon«tii,spa,ieace»taonmdy«buo»okareThceopPireodnufnrcoimatXio-nraoyf
English, third and subsequenteditions). The positions forcardinal «e, e, o»
and«o» are drawn approximately.
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