a> ask In ‘bar’, BrE say a> back, hat

ɑː ar> bar bɑː a

au> aunt AmE and some
ear> heart BrE say bɑr æ
u> bus e> leg a> any
ʌ o> come Ɛ ea>bread ai> said
ie> friend
e
ir> bird ‘r’ is always i> bike igh> high
əː or>work present. ʌɪ ie> die uy> buy
ur> turn AmE, Scots and y> dry
ɜː our> journey
ear> early
Irish pronounce
it. BrE do not.
resp. aɪ
er> service
a> away weak, unstressed ow> cow
ə e> system sound. aʊ ou> loud
or> doctor man>man, mæn
ar> sugar postman>pəʊs(t)
u> saturday mən
ee> see a> age
iː ea> sea i eɪ ai> rain
ie> field (Am.E) ay> day
e> these ey> grey
ey> key y> happy ea> break
i> police ee> coffee eigh> weight
eo> people
i> dinner air> fair
ɪ u> busy ɛː are> care
y> system ear> wear
ɛə ere> where
aer> aeroplane
eə
a> ball oor> floor ear> ear
ɔː al> talk ore> before ɪə eer> beer
au> autumn our> four ere> here
aw> saw
augh> daughter In ‘four’ AmE,
ough> thought Scots and Irish
ar> quarter say fɔr
or> born BrE say fɔː
o> box Only BrE, AmE oi> point
ɒ a> want use ɑ ɔɪ oy> boy
oo> too wo> two o> no
uː ou> group ui> fruit əʊ ow> know
ue> blue oa> boat
oe> toe
u> full u> cure, pure
ʊ oo> book ʊə
ou> would
o> woman