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PHONETICS

Vowels
// or // - bad or bed
// or /i:/ - fit or feet
// or // - dog or law
// or /u:/ - good or school
//(schwa) or //(wedge) people or love
// or // - tamer or work
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Diphthongs
// - lie, dry, kind
// - now, cow, loud
/e/ - stay, ray, they
/ju/ - new, universe, dew
// - boy, coin, toy
/o/ - soul, coat, low
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Triphthongs
// - liar, fire
// - power, towel
/e/ - layer, player
/ju/ - newer, fewer
// - lawyer, sawyer
/o/ - lower, mower
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Semi-vowels
/w/ - week, sweet
/j/ - yellow, yes
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Consonants
/b/ - ball, web, ebb
/d/ - doll, add
/f/ - fall, photo, enough, leaf, off
/g/ - girl, dog
/gz/ - example
/h/ - hotel, who
// - visual, beige, equation, seizure
/d/ - justice, gesture, joy, edge
/k/ - car, key, unique, sick, stomach
/ks/ - box, excuse
/kw/ - queen
/l/ - lip, bell
/m/ - money, thumb
/n/ - need, knife
// - sync, thank, thing, minx
/p/ - peak, hip
/r/ - rat, wrong, door
/s/ - song, nice, psycho, pass
/t/ - true, hot
/v/ - voice, love
/z/ - xylophone, zebra, rose, buzz
// - show, wish
/t/ - chair, bitch, nature
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Theta and Eth
// - thorn, cathedral, both
// - that, weather, breathe
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