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Vowels

Long Vowels

sheep

farm

coo

horse

bird

Short Vowels

ship head

hat above

foot mother (US)

sock (UK) worm (US)

cup

Consonants

Voiced

book

day

give

very

the

zoo

vision

jump

look

run

Voiceless

pen

town

cat

fish

think

say

she

cheese

yes

we

moon

name

sing

Diphthongs

day

eye

boy

mouth

nose (UK)

nose (US)

ear (UK)

hair (UK)

pure (UK)

Other Symbols

hand

croissant (UK)

happy

butter (US)

influenza

little

, , can be pronounced either: or , etc.:

= or

linking r is pronounced only before a vowel in British English:

: four : four apples

main stress expectation

secondary stress retell

syllable division system