Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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(^64) Spoken English II



  • oi: lxry, boil.

  • ou: flow, soul, stone.

  • u: full, PUt, good.

  • uu~ uw: truth, rue, fool.

  • : up, come, father, here.

  • oe: her, turn, heard.


CONSONANTS.



  • c: church, catch.

  • dh: then, with.

  • j: judge, gentle.

  • q: sing, ftnger.

  • sh: fISh.

  • th: think.

  • x: six, wrecks.

  • y:young.
    -. zh: roqqe, pleasure.


PlmNETic vALuES of '~ETERic' vowEL cOMbiNATioNS
Most combinations of vowel symbols in the present 'heteric' spell-
ing have more than one phonetic value in any given accent of En-
glish. Some have numerous possible sound values. Following is
the list of combinations of vowels:



  • a: [ei] in hating, [a:] in father, [0:] in water, [e] in many, [ce]
    in hat, [0] in want, [] in brilliant, [e] in various, [i] in village

  • ae: [i:] in minutiae, [e] in aerial, [ei] in Israel

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