The Sounds of English

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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Short-E and the Long-E

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The Short-I Sound
ðə ʃoot ai sau‛nd

i
ʃip	uk	ship
tʃik	uk	chick
bi‛n	uk	bin
hi‛l	uk	hill

The Long-I Sound

ðii loŋ ai sau‛nd

ii
ʃiip	uk	sheep
tʃiik	uk	cheek
bii‛n	uk	been
hii‛l	uk	heel

accented syllables are in bold text

the Short-O and the Long-O

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