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

S4 phonetic text is written in blue

the S-Sound and the Z-Sound
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The Y-Sound
ðə wai sau‛nd

y
ye‛lou
uk us yellow
yes
uk us yes
ye‛l
uk us yell
yaŋ
uk us young


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The W-Sound
ðə dab‛lyuu sau‛nd

w

wai‛n
uk us
wine
woo‛l
uk
wall
wait
uk us white
w‛rk
us
work



accented syllables are in bold text

the H-Sound and the Eng-Sound
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