Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

" list of English Symbols
The vowel sounds of English all have several different
symbolisations in the present heteric orthography.

• [a:] a in father, au in aunt, ar in card, er in clerk, ear in heart,
  uar in guard


• [e] a in many, ai in said, ay in says, e in let, ea in head, eo in
  leopard, ie in friend, u in bury, ue in guess


• [i] e in pretty, ea in guineas, ee in breeches, ei in forfeit, i in
  pit, ia in marriage, ie in sieve, 0 in woman, u in busy, ui in
  build, Y in physics, ey in money


• [0] a in want, au in laurel, 0 in on, ou in cough, ow in knowl-
  edge


• [u] 0 in woman, 00 in wood, ou in would, u in bull
  
  
  • [~] a in sat, ai in plait
    · n u in humble, 0 in son, oe in does, 00 in flood, ou in double
  
  
  
  


• [i:] ae in minutiae, e in be, ea in each, eae in fleaed, ee in feet,
  ei in conceit, eo in people, ey in key, eye in keyed, oe in foetus,
  ie in grief, i in magazine, uay in quay, ui in mosquito


• [0:] a in fall, aor in extraordinary, au in haul, aw in awful or in
  fork, oa in broad, ou in ought
  
  
  • [u:] ew in brew, ewe in brewed, eu in rheumatic, 0 in do, oe in
    shoe, oeu in manoeuvre, 00 in too, ooe in wooed, ou in soup,
    u in ruling, ue in true, ui in fruit, wo in two
  
  
  
  


• [ail a in naive, ai in aisle, ei in height, ey in eying, i in bind, ie
  in die, ui in guide, uy in buy, Y in fly, ye in dye


• [au] ou in noun, ow in cow, owe in allowed


• [ei] a in mating, ai in pain, ao in gaol, au in gauging, ay in play,
  aye in played, ea in great, ei in veil, ey in they, eye in conveyed


• [oil oi in noisy, oy in boy, oye in enjoyed, uoy in buoy, uoye in
  buoyed