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History Vocabulary. A Guide to Pronunciation. The sound of schwa. Please note that schwa (shWAH) is the most common vowel sound in English. It occurs in many of the words in this slideshow. For a guide to this sound and some audio examples, please go to this BBC site: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History Vocabulary
A Guide to Pronunciation
The sound of schwaschwa
Please note that schwa (shWAH) is the most common vowel sound in English. It occurs in many of the words in this slideshow.For a guide to this sound and some audio examples, please go to this BBC site:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/
schwa
In this slideshow, the vowel sound schwa is shown by an asterisk (*) and underlined.
Word Stress & Vowels
The stressed (highest and loudest) syllable in each word is CAPITALIZEDCAPITALIZED.
Vowel sounds are colour-coded and matched to a list of the same sounds in other common words.
Austro-Serbian War
OOSSSStro-sEERRbeeyun*•boss•loss•go•sir•see
Balkan Wars
bALLALLkun*•tall•wall•fall
Berlin Blockade
berLINLIN blockADEADE•her•tin•shock•maid
Bosnian Crisis
bOOZZneeyun* kRRIIsiss
•see•cry•miss
Cuban Missile Crisis
kYOOYOObun* mIISSSSile krIIsiss•queue•cue•cry•high•this•hiss
Franco-Prussian War
frAANNko-pRRUUSHSHun*•tank•go•brush•rush
Great Depression
grate du*pRREESHSHu*n
•eight•fresh
Gulf War
gULLULLf•seagull•hull
Iraq War
eerARARk•be•tea•park•shark
Korean War
kerRREEEEun*•her•fur•be•tea
Moroccan Crisis/Crises
marOOCKCKun* krIIsiss/krIIsees•shock•mock•cry•High•miss•please•sneeze
Munich Agreement
mYOOYOOnick•you•two•sick
Paris Peace Conference
pAAriss•pad•pat•kiss
Sarajevo
saraYYAYAYvo•sat•mat•day•hey•know•soNotice that the “j” is pronounced as a “y” and that the “e” is pronounced as an “a”.
Vietnam
veeyu*tnARARm•be•tea•farm
Alliance System
aLLIEIEyunss•my•high•once
Allied Powers
AlAleyed•Allan•pal•shall•pie•my
Appeasement
aPPEEZEEEZEmu*nt•please•freeze
armaments
ARARmu*mu*nts
atomic
u*TTOOMMick
•from•bomb
Axis Powers
AKKAKKsiss
•pack•back•miss•hiss
Baltic states
bAALLLLtick
•all•fall•sick
Capitalism
kAAPPitu*lizu*m
•cap•map
Capitalist Bloc
kAAPPitu*list block
•cap•map •shock•rock
casualties
kAZHAZHyu*lteez
colonial rivalry
ku*lOOWNWNneeu*l rEYEEYEvu*lree•flown•shown•known•be•tea•eye•my
Communism
kOOMMyoonizu*m
•Tom•from•you•is•his
concentration camps
konsu*ntRRAYAYshu*n kamps
•on•day•lamp
conscription
ku*nskRRIIPPshu*n
•ship•flip
decolonization
deekolu*neyezAYAYshu*n•be•tea•doll•high•day
diplomatic
diplu*mATATick
•ship•fat•sick
Domino Effect
dOOMMinno u*fEECKTCKT
•Tom•win•know•insect
Dreadnoughts
dRREEDDnorts
•red•bread•sort•taught
Fascism
fASHASHizu*m
•fashion•bash•is•his
Fascist Party
fASHASHu*st
•passion•fashion
Fuhrer
• fYOOYOOru*h
• you
genocide
jENENu*side
•Ben•when•tide•sighed
Gestapo
gu*stARARpo
•are•far•no•so
Holocaust
hOOLLu*korst
•holiday•cord
ideology
eyedeeOOLLu*jee
•my•be•holiday
independence
indu*pEENNdu*nss
•pin•Ben
Chamberlain
chAAMEMEbu*lu*n
•came•same
Churchill
chEERRRRchill
•search•fill
Clemenceau
klEEMMu*nso
•them•no
Dwight D. Eisenhower
dwhIte dee EYEEYEzu*nhowah
•fight•see•why•cow•up
Gorbachev
gOORRbu*chov
•for•of
Hideki Tojo
hIIDDu*keye tOOjo
•did•my•so
Adolf Hitler
AYAYdolf hIITTlah
•say•golf•sit•up
kamikaze
kamu*kARARzee
•ham•far•see
Kaiser Wilhelm II
kEYEEYEzu* VVIILLhelm the second
•my•will•elder
This is a German name so the “w” is pronounced as a “v”.
Kennedy
kEENNu*dee
•energy•see
Krushchev
• krOOOOschov
• crew• too• of
Lenin
lEENNu*n
•Ben•when
Lloyd George
lOYOYd jOOrj
•boy•for
Douglas MacArthur
dUUglu*ss mu*kAARRthu*
•mug•car
Molotov
mOOlu*tov
•doll•of
Mussolini
moozu*lEEEEnee
•too•see
Richard Nixon
rICHICHu*d nIKIKsu*n
•rich•sick
Ronald Reagan
rOONNu*ld rAYAYgu*n
•on•day
Ernst Rommel
urnst rOOmu*l
•burn•on
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
frAANNklu*n DDEELLu*no rOOOOzu*velt
•tank•tell•go•zoo•belt
Josef Stalin
jOOsu*f stARARlu*n
•no•are
Harry Truman
hAARRRRee trOOOOmu*n
•carry•tea•too
Woodrow Wilson
wOUOUldroh wILILsu*n
•could•good•go•pill
Abyssinia
abissSSIINNeeya
•at•miss•in•see•up
Albania
albAYAYneeya
•pal•day•see•up
Alsace-Lorraine
AAllsass-lu*rAIAIn
•pal•cash•pain
Austria
OOSSSStreeya
•boss•me•up
Austria-Hungary
OOSSSStreeya hUUNGNGu*ree
•boss•me•up•sung
The Balkans
the bAALLLLku*nz
•call•tall
Balkan Peninsula
bAALLLLku*n penIINNsyoola
•call•then•win•too•up
Belgium
bEELLLLju*m
•sell
Bosnia-Herzegovina
bOOZZneeya hurtsgu*vEEEEna
•see•up•shirt
Britain
brITITu*n
Bulgaria
bulgAIAIRReeya
•dull•care•fair•see•up
Carribean
karru*BBEEEEu*n
•carry•see
Cuba
• kYOOYOOba
• you• up
Czechoslovakia
cheku*slovARARkeeya
•check•slow•far•see
Estonia
eSTSTOONENEeeya
•best•lone•see•up
Europe
YOOYOOru*p
European continent
YOOYOOru*peeyu*n KKOONNtinu*nt
•you•see•on•tin
Finland
fININlu*nd
France
frAANNss (USA)•hand
frAARNRNss (UK)•arm
Geneva
ju*nEEEEva
•see•up
Germany
jERERmu*nee
•her•see
Hawaii
hu*WHYWHYee
•cry•see
Hiroshima
hirOOSHSHshu*ma
•here•gosh•up
Latvia
lAATTveeya
•sat•see•up
indemnities
inDDEEMMniteez
•win•them•hit•sneeze
Iron Curtain
eyeu*n KKUURRtu*n
•high•hurt
League of Nations
LLEEEEg ov NNAAshu*nz
•be•of•pay
Manchukuo
manCHCHOOOOkwoh
•tan•too•so
Marshall PLan
MMAARRshu*l plan
•far•fan
militarism
MMIILLLLitu*rizm
•hill
Molotov Plan
MMOOLLu*tov plan
•doll•fan
Nazi Party
NNAARTRTsee PPAARRtee
•far•see
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
NNAARTRTsee SSOOveeu*t non-aggRREESSshu*n pakt
•far•see•go•on•rest•act
NATO
NNAAYYtoh
•day•go
propaganda
propu*GGAANNda
•top•hand•up
reparations
reparRRAAYYshu*nz
•guess•up•day
sanctions
sAANKNKshu*nz
•tank
satellite states
sAATTu*lite stayts
•cat•light•mates
swastika
sWWAASSSStikka
•boss•sick•up
tension
tEENNshu*n
totalitarianism
toetalu*TTAIAIRReeyu*nizm
•go•shall•hair•see•is
trenches
tRREENCHNCHu*z
•French•bench
Treaty of Versailles
tRREEEEtee ov vairSSIGHIGH
•tree•of•hair•myThis is a French word so the final “-lles” is silent!
Triple Alliance
tRRIIPPu*l aLLIEIEyu*nss
•tip•up•my
Triple Entente
tRRIIPPu*l onTTOONNt
•tip•on
This is a French word, so the middle “e” is pronounced with an “o” sound and the final “e” is silent.
Truman Doctrine
tRROOOOmu*n DDOOKKtru*n
•true•rock
Warsaw Pact
wOOREREsore pakt
•draw•snore•war•act
Weimar Republic
vEYEEYEmar ru*PPUUBBlik
•my•car (long vowel not short)•tub•sickThis is a German word, so the letter “w” is pronounced as “v”.
Lithuania
lithooAYAYnia
•with•too•day•me•up
Manchuria
manCHCHOOOOreea
•tan•too•see•up
Nagasaki
naggaSSAARRkee
•bag•up•far •see
Normandy
nOORRmu*ndee
•for•see
Ottoman
OOTTTTa*mu*n
•hot•up
Poland
PPOOlu*nd
•go
Rhineland
rEYEEYEnland
•my•hand
Rumania
rooMMAAYYneea
•shoe•day•see•up
Russia
rUUSHSHa
•rush
Serbia
SSIIRRbeea
•her•see•up
Tunisia
tyooNNIISSSSeea
•tune•miss•see•up
Turkey
TTEERRRRkee
•her•see
Yugoslavia
yoogoSLSLAARRveea
•you•go•car•see•up