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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the Short-O and the Long-O
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The Short-U Sound
ðə ʃoot yuu sau‛nd

u
buk
uk us
book
fut
uk us
foot
kuk
uk us
cook
ru‛m
uk
room


The Long-U Sound

ðə loŋ yuu sau‛nd

uu

ʃuu
uk us
shoe
fuud
uk us
food
ruuf
uk us
roof
ruu‛l
uk us
rule



accented syllables are in bold text

the Ash Sound
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