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Eha MängelTallinn University Language Centre

Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u)

Long vowels: i:, ɑ:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ:

Diphthongs: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə)

Consonants (voiceless): k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ, ʧ

(voiced): g, b, d, z, ʒ, v, ð, ʤ j, w, m, n, ŋ, l, r, h

Transcription signs

1 No connection between the signs

2 No capital signs

3 No double consonants

Three NOs

The ghost of ancient sights haunts the lonely stroller

ðə gəʊst əv eɪnʃənt saɪts hɔ:nts ðə ləʊnli strəʊlə

Vowels /ɪ/ women /wɪmɪn/ busy /bɪzi/ /e/ bury /beri/ says/said /sez/ /sed/

Often occurring mistakes

breath /breθ/ BUT: to breathe /bri:ð/ leisure /leʒə/ US /li:ʒə/ jeopardy /ʤepədi/ heifer /hefə/

/ʌ/ blood / flood /blʌd/ /flʌd/ onion /ʌnjən/ among /ə’mʌŋ/ ton / won /tʌn/ /wʌn/ southern /sʌð(ə)n/

twopence /tʌpən(t)s/ threepence /θrʌpən(t)s/ / ɑ: / clerk /klɑ:k/ sergeant /sɑ:ʤənt/ aunt /ɑ:nt/

/ɒ/ knowledge /nɒlɪʤ/ /nɒləʤ/ bureaucracy /bjʊə’rɒkrəsi/ swan /swɒn/ Swan swam over the sea- Swim swan, swim; Swan swam back again- Well swum swan. yacht /jɒt/

/ɔ:/ poor, sure,tour /pɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ /tɔ:/ Baltic /bɔ:ltɪk/ chalk, talk, walk /ʧɔ:k/ /tɔ:k/ /wɔ:k/ autumn /ɔ:təm/ sward /sɔ:d/

/u:/ tomb, womb /tu:m/ /wu:m/ blue, glue /blu:/ /glu:/ suit, juice, cruise, bruise /su:t/ /ʤu:s/ /kru:z/ /bru:z/

/ɜ:/ journey /ʤɜ:ni/ colonel /kɜ:nəl/

/eə/ and /ɪə/ hair - here, hear dare - dear,deer bear - beer chair - cheer air - ear Clare- clear fair - fear stare- steer rare - rear spare - spear pear - pier rarely - really

Diphthongs

Silent letters /p/ and /b/ cupboard, comb, bomb, climb, doubt, debt /kʌbəd//kəʊm//kəʊm//klаɪm//dаʊt//det/ psychology, psalm, pseudo, psychi/psycho /sаɪ’kɒləʤi/ /sɑ:m/ /sju:dəʊ/ /saɪki/saɪkəʊ/ /t/ and /d/ castle, hasten, Christmas, mustn’t,

handsome /kɑ:sl/ /heɪsn/ /krɪsməs/ /mʌsnt//hænsəm/

Consonants

/h/ honour, heir, exhaust, exhibit, vehicle /ɒnɪst//eə//ɪg’zɔ:st//ɪg’zɪbɪt//vi:əkl//vɪəkl/

/l/ salmon /sæmən/

CHIN GIN RICH RIDGECHEER JEER SEARCH SURGECHOKE JOKE H AGECHAIN JANE LARCH LARGE

Look out! He’s choking/joking.The audience cheered/jeered at her speech.It’s not a little fir tree, It’s a larch/large tree.What happened to your chin/gin

/ʧ/ or /ʤ/

Ian /i:ən/ Sean /ʃɔ:n/ Seamus /ʃeməs/ Sinead /ʃɪ’neɪd/ Scylla /sɪlə/

First names

Scythia /sɪðiə/ Deirdre /dɪədri/ Isla /аɪlə/

Cholomondeley /ʧʌmli/ Colquhoun /kə’hu:n/ Dalziel /di:’el/ or /dælzi:l/ Featherstonehawe /fænʃɔ:/ or /feðəst(ə)nhɔ:/ Quesnel /keɪn(ə)l/

Family names

Marylabone /mɑ:lɪbə(ʊ)n/ or /mær(ə)ləbən/ Grosvenor /grəʊvnə/ Alnwick /ænɪk/ Leicester /lestə/ Gloucester /glɒstə/

Placenames

Worcester /wʊstə/ Cirencester /sɪsɪtə/ or /saɪər(ə)nsestə/ Woolfardisworthy /wʊlz(ə)ri/ or /fʊlfɑ:dɪswɜ:ði/ Tucson /tu:sɒn/ Arkansas /ɑ:kənsɔ:/ BUT: river /ɑ:’kænzəs/

Vowel diagraphs In strong syllables AE (BrE) E (in US) aesthetic esthetic i:s’θetɪk es’θetɪk Caesar si:zə si:zə When followed by /r/ aeroplane eərəpleɪn erəpleɪn

How to pronounce certain letter combinations

gynaecology gynecology gaɪnə’kɒləʤi gaɪnə’kɑ:ləʤi Transcribe the following words: aether/(US)ether, aery, aestival/(US)estival i:θə eəri/eri/eɪəri i:s’tаɪvəl/ ‘estəvəl

In weak syllables

Oedipus, oesophagus, oecumenic i:dɪpəs/edɪpəs, i:’sɒfəgəs/ɪ’sɑ:fəgəs,

i:kjʊ’menɪk/ ekjə’menɪk

OE in US also E

Ɵæŋk ju: !