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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue



the Thorn-Sound and the Eth-Sound
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The F-Sound
ðiiy ef sau‛nd

f
fre‛ndz
uk us friends
fi‛n
uk us fin
fiʃ
uk us fish
faiv
uk us five


The V-Sound
ðə vii sau‛nd

v

vaaz
uk
vase
vai‛n
 uk us
vine
hæv
uk us
have
verii
 uk us
very



accented syllables are in bold text

the S-Sound and the Z-Sound
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