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Transcription Exercises
Celebrity Names
Using the transcription provided, spell out each name using regular English orthography.
1. [jeri saynfeld/ 9. famald Swartsonege!
Jenny Seinfield
Amold
Schwarzenegger
2. /piwi harmon! 10. /denas 34 menos!
PeeWee Herman Dennis the Menace
3. /prms éarlz/ 11, Moeri seendarz/
Prince Charles Barry Sanders
4, (aeki Eeen/ 12, /mantgamri bornz/
Jackie Chan Montgomery Benz
5, [ranald makdanald/ 13, /sadam husen/
Ronald McDonald
Saddam
Hussein
6. Jopra winfti/ 14, /denzel wa’mytan/
Oprah Winfrey Denzel Washington
7. Matrel spriwel’ 15, /yufin rabonson/
Latrell Sprewell Eugene Robinson
8. Jpudon hed watson! 16. /8i artast forma-li non az prins/
Puddnhead Wilson The artist formerly known
as prince30/Revevant Linguistics
Lines from Songs
‘Transcribe each of the following lines using the phonetic symbols in this chapter. Treat each word as if
it were in isolation (that i, transcribe each word individually)
1. “Lean't get no satisfaction”
ar ke:nt get nav ,seeus'ferkjon
2. “As a matter of fact I like beer”
‘ez 9 ‘meetor py fekt a laik bia
3. “T'm just a sucker with no self esteem”
aim dgast 2 sake wid noo self stim
4, “Ply me to the moon and let me play among the stars”
flar mi tu: 89 mum end let mi: pler 9'may 8a sta:z
5. “My baby takes the mong train”
‘mat ‘beibi terks 8a ‘mo:nm trem
6. “And she’s buying a stairway to heaven”
send Ji: 1 ‘batm 9 ‘steower tu: ‘heya
7. “Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?”
keen wi; fo'get o'baut do Oiyz at sed wen ai woe drank
8. “Lump lingered last in line for brains and the one she got was kinda rotten and insane”
amp ‘Linged la:st mn lam fo: bremz send 89 wan fi: got woz
‘kamda ‘rotn end m’'sem
9. “Conjunction junction what's your function?”
kon dgankfon ‘dgankfon wots jo: “anna
10. “You've got to change your evil ways, baby”
{ju got tu: eins jor “sv wer, “bexbi
11, “Wel
you can do side bends or sit ups, but please don’t lose that butt”
wel, ju: ken du: sard bendz-o: sit aps, bat plz daont luz daet bat
12. “Should I stay or should I go now?” fod ar ster»: fod ar gow nao?32) Reuzvanr Linavisrics
Joke #2:
7 8a tako bel Sawawa a doberman end a buldog ar m a dogi bar haevuy a kul wan
wen a god lukiy fimel kali kamz ap tu dem and sez :
huweva" ken se live end Giz m a sentans ken tek mi hom.
so 6a dobaman sez.: ay lav live: end &iz,
a kaliz rispans 1z : dats nat gud onaf.
so da buldag sez : ay het live: end tiz.
tu dis da kali sez.: dacts nat kriyetav.
faynoli da tako bel Cowawa sez.: liv olon.....6iz mayn. /
A Taco bell chihuahua a Doberman and a bulldog are in a dogie bar having a
cool one when a cool Tooking Female comes up to them and says;
Finally the taco bell dog says : leave her alone cheese