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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Short-Schwa and the Long-Schwa
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The EI-Sound
ðiiy ii·ai sau‛nd

ei
sbeid
uk us
spade
eidʒ
uk us age
eit
uk us eight
trei‛n
uk us train


The OU-Sound

ðiiy ou·yuu sau‛nd

ou

bout
uk us
bout
bou‛l
uk
bowl
koat
uk us coat
fou‛n
us us phone



accented syllables are in bold text

the AI-Sound and the AU-Sound
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