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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Ash-Sound
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The Short-Schwa Sound
ðə ʃoot sʃwaa sau‛nd

ə
sou
uk us
soda
benee
us
banana
benaa
uk
banana
əmerikə
uk us
America


The Long-Schwa Sound

ðə loŋ sʃwaa sau‛nd

əə

bəəd
uk
bird
ʃeet
uk
shirt
gee‛l
uk
girl
wəəd
uk
word



accented syllables are in bold text

the EI-Sound and the OU-Sound
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