Dictionary & Phonetic Pronunciation Key

Compiled, Written and Copyright 2009 by Richard Stewart Miner (All rights reserved)

r b c (k) c (s) ch d r f g h hw r j

Pay, stay, pray, stain, claim, mane, rain, crane, ray, way, gay, stray Cat, bat, fan, pan, can, ham, cram, band, tab, crab, grass, last, stand Care, stair, dare, air, glare, mare, rare, wear, pear, fair, share Father, bother, car, art, all, call, mall, stall, fall, wall, although, also Bible, ball, bomb, bust, baby, bird, Baptist, bumblebee, basket, blow Cat, cable, camper, cutter, casket, climber, close, clothes, curtains

Ceiling, cycle, circus, cellar, science, circular, certain, cipher, cymbal

Child, charm, chutney, chalk, champion, chew, charcoal, chop, chow Deed, milled, dude, dope, did, David, dandelion, drape, scold, done See, free, eat, wheat, seat, thief, wheel, steep, creepy, sea, feel, heal Pet, set, rest, neck, bed, stellar, met, red, read, shed, pest, breast, pen Beer, fear, pier, rear, steer, clear, gear, jeer, peer, veer, weird fife, phase, rough (rf or rf), tough (tf or tf), elephant, fake, filling Gag, gap, gone, gust, graze, ghost, glimmer, gage (gj), gasp, groan Hat, hope, hail, handsome, hail, hammer, help, hire, hurry, hill-Billy Whale, which, when, why, what, while, whilst, whip, whim pie, by, cry, dry, guy, my, ride, bride, prize, child, aisle, time, crime Pit, tick, tin, kick, with, smith, pill, children, killer, blimp, kit, will, still Fire, Pyre, tire, liar, sire, buyer, dire, dryer, pliers, mire, Judge, jam, jelly, juice, gelatin, gin, Joke, jester, jumbo, jungle, Jones

Dictionary & Phonetic Pronunciation Key

Compiled, Written and Copyright 2009 by Richard Stewart Miner (All rights reserved)

k l m n ng oi oo (u) oo (uu) ou (a) p q r s sh t th th

cat, pick, bisque, acquire, quick, collage, cot, kick, strict, relic, crater lid, needle, late, list, like, loop, love, lilac, lily, lampoon, lure, lie, lustful Mister, maybe, miles, mill, mostly, mystic, mulberry, manor, mist, me Nice, none, narrow, necktie, naughty, suddenly, nestle, nun, now, not king, rang, singer, bring, thing, jingle, strong, string, long, lung, hung Cold, sew, row, tow, blow, go, roe, crow, stole, fold, mold, coat, moat Pot, hot, got, not, ball, cot, cod, dot, volley, model, cost, roster, boss caught, paw, far, hostile, bought, brought, drawn, prawn, withdraw Noise, poise, toy, boy, noise, foil, boil, ointment, oil, soil, toil, coy took, put, foot, hoof, poop, roof, look, nook, book, crook, root, cook boot, rule, tool, rude, stood, wood, good, ghoul, pull, true, grew out, about, stout, owl, towel, Sauer-kraut, around, round, brown Pan, part, placid, panicky, place, parent, paparazzi, people, pen pal, pie Queen, queer, quip, quiet, quota, status quo, quibble, quite, quilt, quill Roar, rice, rarely, really, rose, rustic, rally, rum, ruckus, rear end, rust Sauce, simple, sale, sample, sorry, silly, so, supply, store, sip, super ship, dish, Chicago, sharp, shampoo, sheep, shop, show, shallow tight, stopped, tone, taste, tone, temper, tilt, tile, trumpet, trap, trooper Thin, thimble, thankful, thirsty, throw, through, three, bath, path This, that, those, them, these, then, there, they, their, although, than

Dictionary & Phonetic Pronunciation Key

Compiled, Written and Copyright 2009 by Richard Stewart Miner (All rights reserved)

/ r/ r v w x y z zh

Use, cue, fuse, you, beauty, beautiful, few, pew, dues, nuke, volume Bus, bun, ton, fun, sun, son, gun, fumble, lumber, clumsy, summer urge, term, firm, word, herder, butter, curse, verse, reverse, curler valve, vital, voice, viceroy, victor, vampire, volleyball, very, revival, Ive With, water, welcome, waste, weary, walrus, wanted, welcome, west Ax, taxi, taxes, maximize, fax, vex, hex, multiplex, complex, ox, fox Yes, yo-yo, you, yam, yesterday, yawl, gyro, yell, yuletide, yapping, yup Zoo, zealot, zebra, xylophone, zap, zero, zirconium, zoological, zipper Measure, treasure, vision, pleasure, barrage, mirage, measurements

/ r / r

about, item, edible, gallop, circus, cult, skunk, table, mumble, edible Standard, girdle, fir, stir, term, baker, girl, twirl, hammer, user, per

Stress accent marks:

' (primary); ' (secondary), as in most Webster style dictionaries (dk'shn-r's)

Vowel Sound Phonetic symbols

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