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  • <a> is not ʌ
  • <ai>
  • <al>
  • <au>
  • <bt>
  • <cc>
  • <ch> = k
  • <ch> = ʃ
  • <ea> = e
  • <eak>
  • <ear> = ɜː
  • <ease>
  • <ei> = eɪ
  • <eigh>
  • <eo>
  • <g> = ʒ
  • <gain>
  • <ge> and <gi>
  • <gn>
  • <i> = iː
  • <mb>
  • <ng>
  • <ng> again
  • <o> = uː
  • <on> = ʌn
  • <ood>
  • <ose>
  • <ost>
  • <ou> = uː
  • <ou> = ʌ
  • <ough>
  • <ound>
  • <oup>
  • <our> = ɜː
  • <ove> = ʌv
  • <ove> does not = ʌv
  • <qu> = k
  • <s> = ʒ
  • <ss>
  • <th> = t
  • <ui>
  • <w(h)a> and <qua(w)>
  • <wor> = wɜː
  • Initial <th> = ð
  • Silent <h>
  • Silent <s>
  • Silent <w>
• Stress
  • -aire
  • -eer
  • -esque
  • -ette
  • -ic and -ical
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  • -oo
  • -oon
  • -proof
  • -worthy
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  • Transcription 1
• Vowels
  • No schwa!
  • Vowel alternation: aɪ ~ ɪ
  • Vowel alternation: eɪ ~ æ
  • Vowel alternation: iː ~ e
  • Vowel alternation: əʊ ~ ɒ
  • ə elision in the first syllable
• Word endings
  • -(m)ony = (m)əni
  • -(n)gue
  • -ac
  • -ade
  • -age = ɑːʒ
  • -ance
  • -ane
  • -ary and -ory
  • -ate
  • -chief
  • -cious
  • -eous
  • -et
  • -ex(e)
  • -ful(ly)
  • -gm
  • -i = aɪ
  • -ice
  • -ine
  • -ious
  • -ique
  • -ite = ɪt
  • -less
  • -ment
  • -mn
  • -ngle
  • -nomy & -tomy
  • -olic
  • -on
  • -oose
  • -oric(al)
  • -our
  • -our = aʊə
  • -path
  • -pathy
  • -re
  • -sis
  • -sten & -stle
  • -ture
  • -ward(s)
  • Non-silent <e>