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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Clear-N and the Dark-N
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The Clear-R Sound
ðə klii·ə aa sau‛nd

r
rei‛n
uk us
rain
red
uk us red
roud
uk us road
greip
uk us grape


The Dark-R Sound

ðə daak aa sau‛nd

‛r

he‛r
us
hair
tuu‛r
us
tour
py‛r
us
pure
led‛r
us
letter



accented syllables are in bold text

the P-Sound and the B-Sound
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