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All the Sounds (phonemes) of Mainstream American and British Speech

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

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The Short-A Sound
ðii ʃoot ei sau‛nd

a
ap
uk
up
lak
uk
luck
sa‛n
uk
sun
ka'm
uk
come


The Long-A Sound

ðii loŋ ei sau‛nd

aa

paa'm
uk us
palm
daag
us
dog
daak
uk
dark
laa
us
law



accented syllables are in bold text

the Short-E and the Long-E 
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