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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the OI-Sound
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The Clear-L Sound
ðə klii·ər e‛l sau‛nd

l
liif
uk us leaf
slou
uk us slow
lip
uk us lip
lai‛n
uk us line


The Dark-L Sound

ðə daak e‛l sau‛nd

l

bad‛l
us
bottle
piip‛l
uk us
people
lit‛l
uk
little
g‛r‛l
us
girl



accented syllables are in bold text

the Clear-M and the Dark-M
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