Literatura

-------------------- AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION ----------------------


Single Vowel Sounds

the, a, seven, letter, calendar, an, and, but, madam, normal, ocean, Arab, comedy, couragious, nation, woman, around, controversy, circuitous, to, at, from, for*

bird, heard, herd, work, world, were, curl, urge, girl, early, firm, circuit

beat, seat, sheet, receive, brief, pier, fear,seizure, obscene, here, hear, beer, serene, prenatal, breathe, the (before vowels), leisure, we, he, she

bit, kit, mint, hill, hymn, women, it, which, av(e)rage, cyclical, bicycle, pretty, forage, pigeon, lettuce, busy, business, build, Jesus's, mountain, waited, beloved

bet, let, set, weather, whether, when, pleasure, measure, friend, breath, ahead, instead, feather, realm

air, where,wear, there, their, they're, various, pear, welfare, fair, aware, hair, care, scare, scarce, square

bat, cat, hat, add, madam, and (strong form), back, have, can, can't, ask

bad, mad, sad, glad, man, ma'am, land, fast, last, rather, class, half, halve

father, palm, balm, calm

cart, heart, arm, radar, hard, charm, guard

but (strong form), putt, cup, some, mother, come, other, above,shovel, love, enough, tough ('gh' = 'f')

should, put, good, would, could, wood, wool, woman, wolf

shoe, to ('strong' form), two, too, true, food, wooed, lieutenant, chew, cruise, new, knew, flu, you, who, whose, sue, through, poor, moor, tour, sure, dour

cot, hot, dog, got, God, on, from (final), what, walk, controversy, caught, bought, taught, ought

clause, auto, call, all, claw, prawn,paw, raw, awe

more, mourn, tore, door, four, sore, roar, pour, pore




Two Vowel Souns

coat, boat, cold, home, comb, though, thorough, stole, bowl, old, roll, toe, no, go, slow

pianist, Korea, subsidiary, area, diarrhoea, caribbean, miscellaneous, superior, Aegean, behemoth, theological

fume, cute, you, newt, new, knew (variant of "nu"), huge, pure, therapeutic, Cuba, nuisance,beautiful, queue

face, raise, amazing, straight, hate, baby, blasé, bouquet, gaelic, feign, paper, later, neighbor, gauge, potato, tomato, gray, they

fine, behind, child, line, kind, mind, silent, giro, guide, guy, eye, I, my, light, paradigm, sigh, island, aisle, psyche

foul, about, flower, house, out, how, now, allow, plough, route, ouch!

foil, boy, toil, voice, Reuters, enjoytruer, sewer, bluer, doer, dual, jewel

one, wonder, worry, once

piano, theatrical, Seattle, meander






















Three Vowel Sounds +

Diana, dialysis, "my acne", diaspora

hire, higher, liar, fire, buyer, diagram, "Why are we here?", hierarchy, admire

shower, hour, power, sour, "how are the boys?"

mayor, mayonnaise, player, play a song

slower,mower, Goa, "go a mile", "sew a shirt"

fewer, cure, liqueur, "I knew a man"

pronunciation, affiliation, asphyxiate, liaison

stereo, Romeo, radio, rodeo, Ethiopia

query, queer, weir, we're, weary

enquire, choir, "Why are we here?", wire

oasis, inchoate, Croatia
























Voiced and Voiceless

bull/pull, big/pig, bin/pin, bowl/polegold/cold, good/could, goat/coat, gate/Kate

die/tie, down/town, dime/time, dim/Tim

van/fan, vine/fine, view/few, very/ferry

gin/chin, jug/chug, Jane/chain, Jill/chill, Jew/chew, danger/'doncha' = 'don't you'¹

these/this, as/mass, has/hassle, puzzle/pestle

the/thing, thou/thousand (voiced: this, those, them; voiceless: think, through, thorn)

Asia, leisure, measure, seizure, treasure,pleasure

lagged/lacked, halved/laughed, nabbed/napped

activity, battle, better, little, British, butter, beautiful, dirty, thirty, forty*


¹ The sound is “tche” Other examples of this sound:
'woncha' = "won't you", cantcha = can't you, picture, miniature, feature, signature























Other Sounds

middle, puddle, little, it'll ("lateral plosion")...