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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Esh-Sound and the Ezh-Sound
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The T-Esh Sound
ðə tii eʃ sau‛nd


tʃeriz
uk us cherries
tʃiiz
uk us cheese
tʃei‛ndʒ
uk us change
tʃ‛rtʃ
us
church


The D-Ezh Sound

ðə dii eʒ sau‛nd


dʒiip
uk us
jeep
dʒouk
uk us joke
dʒuus
uk us juice
dʒuu‛l
uk us jewel



accented syllables are in bold text

the Thorn-Sound and the Eth-Sound
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