OXFORD UNIVERSITY PHONETIC ALPHABET & PICTOGRAPHS
VOWEL SOUNDS
112
*2 *13
3*14
4
15
*5 16
617
*7
18
819
920
10 21
*11
*SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS: 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14.
The Sound, Pictures and Spelling of American English – A-ATC Language Services Rev 27/4/12 Michael L. Farrington
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grand prix
tourist
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plur
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you're
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entre-
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fish
pre
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we're
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amir
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computer
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slow
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VOICED/UNVOICED CONSONANTS & MINIMAL PAIRS
23 35
25
37
38
27
39
40
29
41
42
31
43
assure/azure
33
22
NO
VOICE
parrot
shopping
pet/bet
lap/lab
prayed/braid
rapid/rabid
pack/back
pin/bin
push/bush
pat/bat
pore/bore
punch/bunch
pole/bowl
ripped/ribbed
34
NO
VOICE
thumb
breath/breathe
theme/them
thistle/this
teeth/teethe
thigh/thy
cloth/clothe
bag
rabb
it
moth
er
“Elizabeth's birthday's
on th
e third Thursday of
th
is month.”
24
NO
VOICE
keys
c
ourt
luck
y
sch
ool
qu
it
back/bag
flack/flag
clean/glean
clad/glad
coast/ghost
bicker/bigger
cane/gain
come/gum
curl/girl
came/game
cot/got
cut/gut
36
NO
VOICE
chess
watch
pictu
re
don't you
chest/jest
larch/large
lunch/lunge
chunk/junk
char/jar
cheer/jeer
choker/joker
girl
lugg
age
j
azz
manager
bridge
graduate
did you
26
NO
VOICE
flower
affection
ph
oto
belief/believe
off/of
fine/vine
half/halve
face/vase
ferry/very
luff/love
safe/save
few/view
file/vile
life/live
wife's/wives
leg
yell
ow
v
ase
of
right
marr
ied
wr
ong
28
NO
VOICE
tie
att
ract
time/dime
taller/dollar
tame/dame
team/deem
tear/dear
but/bud
tip/dip
ten/den
try/dry
got/god
wet/wed
tune/dune
witch
wh
ite
o
nce
qu
een
d
og
midd
le
y
acht
university
argue
iro
n
30
NO
VOICE
snake
assistant
twice
c
ity
psychology
sue/zoo
Lacey/lazy
Miss/Ms
this/these
sip/zip
loose/lose
rice/rise
cease/sees
pestle/puzzle
hassle/has
mass/as
hiss/his
monkey
summ
er
lamb
zebra
loves
n
ose
funn
y
kn
ow
32
NO
VOICE
shower
stati
on
speci
al
s
ure
ch
ef
tensi
on
menti
on
anxi
ous
44
NASAL
singer
thin
k
television
pleas
ure
beige
garage
azure
As
ia
equation
45
NO
VOICE
house
wh
o
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.