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| '''English''' is famous, even notorious, for its varied '''spellings'''. This is a selection of commonly misspelt and/or mispronounced words, alongside regular ones for contrast. For example, *disāsterous is a common misspelling of '''disāstrous''', with the e echoing that of '''disāster'''. The asterisk indicates an incorrect spelling, the accents stress and pronunciation. A table of the accent marks can be found at the end of this article; there is also an [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] key at [[English phonemes]]. Where there is more than one accent, the first is stressed, and the same is true after a hyphen, so in the respelling *Chŷ-kóffsky, it is 'kóff' that has the main stress. | | '''[[English language|English]]''' is notorious for its many varied, inconsistent and irregular '''[[spelling]]s'''. This can be seen at its most extravagant in the field of [[English noun#Types of nouns|proper noun]]s—for example, simply adding an 'h' to 'Maria' to make it rhyme with 'pariah', or calling oneself 'Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh' while pronouncing it 'Chumley Fanshaw'. An example of a common [[misspelling]] is 'disasterous' for 'disastrous', retaining the 'e' of 'disaster'. Many words do not turn out to have the pronunciation they appear to have: 'do' and 'to' do not rhyme with 'go' and 'no', while 'seismic', instead of being 'seezmic' or 'sayzmic', or even 'sayizmic', is in fact 'size-mic'. The above grid (reproduced and explained below) provides links to three lists and a '''[[A (letter)|cluster of articles]]''' devoted to these things. |
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| Particular attention is given to homophones, words with the same pronunciation. English is rich in homophones; it also has many homonyms, words with the same spelling and pronunciation, and homographs, words with the same spelling but different pronunciation. All three can be found here. | | To show pronunciation, these articles use correct spellings with added [[Accent (pronunciation)|accent]] marks, instead of relying on the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA). In some cases incorrect respellings are placed next to the correct ones, signalled by a preceding asterisk, like '''thís''' *thíss. The accent marks show pronunciation, '''thús'''. A table of these accents (which are not part of the language<ref>A few different accents, mostly from French, sometimes crop up in English, however; see [[French words in English]].</ref>) can be found below; there is also an [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] key at [[English phonemes]]. Where there is more than one accent, the first is [[stress (linguistics)|stressed]], and the same is true after a hyphen, so in the respelling of '''Tchaikóvsky''', *Chŷ-kóffskỳ, it is 'kóff' that has the main stress. (Another way of showing new stress is with a bar: '''Tchaî'''|'''kóvsky'''.) A sentence from the preceding paragraph can thus be rewritten as follows: "An example of a common misspelling is *disāsterous for '''disāstrous''', retaining the '''E''' of '''disāster'''." Respelling may be used to exemplify an incorrect spelling, or show a correct pronunciation, or a bit of both. Unlike the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]], where there can only be one version per pronunciation, as there must be an unambiguous one-to-one correspondence, there can be many respellings: if *disāsterous for '''disāstrous''' is a common mistake, we can also represent the pronunciation as *dizāstrus or *dizāstrous or *dizāstrəss (with 'ə', a special character – the only one used – for [[schwa]]); or we can contrast [[British English]] *dizàstrus with [[American English|American]] *dizástrus. |
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| | Particular attention is given to [[homophones]], words with the same pronunciation but different meanings. English is rich in homophones, many of which are also homonyms, having also the same spelling, as, for example, '''cán''' ''able, tin'' (the italicised words suggest meanings, in this case two); while homographs are words with the same spelling whose meanings are distinguished by different pronunciations. |
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| Also of special note are words that many writers incorrectly divide. '''ôver''' and '''dûe''', for example, combine to form '''overdûe''', without a space in the middle. Such examples are included with ‘one word’ alongside them: '''alongsîde''' one word. | | Also of special note are words that many writers incorrectly divide. '''ôver''' and '''dûe''', for example, combine to form '''overdûe''', without a space in the middle. Such examples are included with ‘one word’ alongside them: '''alongsîde''' one word. |
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| The equals sign = is placed between homophones (in some cases the approximately equals sign ≈ is more appropriate). Homographs and other similar-looking words are included after 'cf.' (from Latin ''conferre'', 'compare').
| | An equals sign = is placed between homophones (in some cases the approximately equals sign ≈ is more appropriate). Homographs and other similar-looking words are included after 'cf.' (Latin ''conferre'', 'compare'). |
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| The apostrophe is an important part of spelling and so it has its own place at the end of the alphabet. An asterisk is placed before incorrect respellings, thus: *thuss. Words in ''italics'' are used to suggest meanings, in the case of similar words. The word ''person'' (or ''persons'' after more than one) implies either a personal or family name. Such words are included because they often contrast with the spellings of homophones, for example a bank '''clerk''' might be named '''Clàrk''' or '''Clàrke''', but most probably not 'Clerk' (which is pronounced identically in [[British English|BrE]]). It may, of course, also be a commercial or place name, as this is a matter regarding individuals: the fact that one is more likely to meet a person, most probably male, called '''Maurice Mórris''' than one called '''Mórris Maurice''', both words and hence both names being pronounced the same in BrE ('''Maurìce''' in [[American English|AmE]]), is about as relevant as the fact that one is unlikely to meet a person called either.
| | Some words from other languages, in most cases French, may sometimes appear in English with accents from those languages. Here, such spellings are shown using bold italics: '''touchè''' may be written with a French accent: '''''touché''''' *tooshây. |
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| | The [[apostrophe]] is an important part of spelling and so it is treated as a letter, with its own place at the end of the alphabet. |
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| ==Alphabetical list==
| | Fragments of words are in bold when correctly spelt: '''Ukrâine''' has -'''âine''', not -âne. |
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| a ''article'' *ə: [[schwa]]. It can be a strong form â, like the name of the letter Â, but this can sound pompous, especially in private; it can however be used for emphasis, meaning 'one', as for example of a tennis player trailing 4-6 2-0: At lêast hê lêads ín â sét. | | Words in ''italics'' are used to suggest meanings (e.g. '''sêa''' ''water'' = '''sêe''' ''vision'', where the equals sign denotes identical pronunciation). Words beginning with an initial capital may have no word in italics following: these are names of people, either personal or family, and/or commercial or place names. Such words are included because they often contrast with the spellings of homophones: a bank clerk might be named '''Clàrk''' or '''Clàrke''', but probably not 'Clerk' (though [[British English|BrE]] '''clerk''' = '''Clàrk'''/'''Clàrke'''). Unusual spellings can be explained by regular ones: '''Cloúgh''' = '''Clúff'''. An American called '''Maurìce Mŏrris''' could just as well be called '''Mórris Maurice''' ("Morris Morris") in Britain, where '''Maurice''' = '''Mórris''' (although it would be putting the conventional surname before the conventional given name). |
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| àaah sentiment ≈ àaargh disgust more a´s may be added, ≈ àh response
| | ==Links to letter articles and lists== |
| | {{:English_spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist}} |
| | In the navigation table above (reproduced at the top of each article in the [[CZ:Article structure|cluster]]) the cells in each row link as follows: |
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| | *Top row: '''''articles''''' on each letter and its use in English. There are similar articles on [[GH]], the [[apostrophe]] and the [[hyphen]]. |
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| Ãaron - also Ãron or Áron and now some say Áaron = Árran ''Isle''
| | *Second row: '''''alphabetical''''' lists of of commonly misspelt and/or mispronounced words, alongside more regular words they may be confused with (words beginning with an apostrophe are [[English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe|here]]). Some incorrect spellings are also listed, signalled by an asterisk: *dispánd '''disbánd''' means that the word is 'disband'. (The ''bottom row'' is devoted entirely to misspellings and typos.) |
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| àh ''response'' ≈ àaah ''sentiment'' ≈ àaargh ''disgust'' (in the latter cases more a´s may be added)
| | *Third row: '''''retroalphabetical''''' lists, arranged alphabetically according to the final letter of the word and continuing backwards through it: |
| | ::In the retroalphabetical lists the headword is on the right. In this way, suffixes and other word endings can be seen grouped together, just as prefixes can be seen in normal alphabetical order. So, instead of '''ádd båll coúsin''', we have '''réplicA fláB plástiC'''; and so for '''mûsiC''', see under -'''C''', for '''mûsicaL''', see under -'''L''', for '''pàrticlE''', see under -'''E''', and so on. |
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| | ::Throughout, the apostrophe is treated as the last letter, after '''Z'''. (Words ending in an apostrophe are [[English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe#Final and medial|also here]].) |
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| | :::''woman'' '''mâid''' = ''make'' '''mâde''' |
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| | ::Some incorrect spellings are listed retroalphabetically, in which case the misspelling goes on the right, just as in the alphabetical list: |
| | :::'''wêasel''' *wêasal |
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| Aberdêen
| | *Bottom row: '''''common misspellings''''' including '''''typos''''' (blue-linked for checking purposes), followed by the correct versions. |
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| | Two main varieties are distinguished: [[British English]] (BrE), that of the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and much of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] (see also [[Commonwealth English]]), and [[American English]] (AmE), that of the [[United States of America|USA]] and [[Canada]] (without the [[caught-cot merger|'''cåught''' = '''cót''']] merger that has occurred in some parts of North America). |
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| | These accents are intended to show the pronunciation while retaining the spelling: they are not part of the language. Those on '''i''' and '''y''' show the same sound; similarly with '''u''', '''oo''' and '''w'''. Accented vowels are stressed ('''ỳ''' is normally unstressed, as in '''háppy'''). '''ā''', not in the table, means that the sound is '''à''' in standard British and Commonwealth pronunciations but '''á''' in American and other British and Commonwealth speech. |
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| | |colspan=3 align=center|'''Front vowels |
| | |colspan=5 align=center|'''Back vowels |
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| | !y<ref>When not accented, '''y''' is usually the semi-consonant of '''yoû''' and '''yés'''.</ref> |
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| | !w<ref>When not accented, '''w''' is usually the semi-consonant of '''wê''' and '''wíll'''.</ref> |
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| | |width=36%|The typical short sound, never occurring at the end of a word (acute accent) |
| | |width=8%|'''pét |
| | |width=8%|'''pít |
| | |width=8%|'''crýpt |
| | |width=8%|'''cát |
| | |width=8%|'''dóg'''<ref>In American English this short British sound is replaced by the longer '''à''' in most positions, and by '''ŏ''' before '''r'''.</ref> |
| | |width=8%|'''nút |
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| | |The typical long sound, corresponding to the names of the letters A, E, I, O and U (circumflex accent) |
| | |'''sêe |
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| | |'''nâme |
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| | |Sounds shown with the grave accent ('''ẁ'''- and '''qù'''- indicate the [[British English|BrE]] '''ó''' sound of the following '''a''', '''ẁad''' rhyming with '''qùad'''; '''òu''' and '''òw''' are diphthongs sounding like '''àù''' in '''àùtobahn''': '''nòw''' has this '''sòund''') |
| | |'''èight''' (= â) |
| | |'''machìne''' (= ê) |
| | |'''quaỳ''' ''water'' = '''kêỳ''' ''lock'' <br>(= ê) |
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| | |'''òther''', '''blòod''' <br>(= ú) |
| | |'''fùll''' (= oò), '''qùantity''' (= w) |
| | |'''foòt''' (= ù) |
| | |'''ẁant''' (= wó)<ref>Grave accents on '''w''' and on a '''u''' following a '''q''' indicate the sound of the following '''a''': '''à''' in American English, but in British the extra sound '''ó''' as in the British pronunciation of '''hót'''.</ref> |
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| | |The '''ër''' sound (umlaut accent) |
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| | |'''woman''' (*wùmən), '''women''' (*wímən) |
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| | These sentences show how the accents may be used, for example, when teaching pronunciation. Words without accents are monosyllables with the [[schwa]] sound, a neutral grunt. |
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| | '''The gínger cát was jéalous of the bláck cát: howéver, the tábby was a véry dífferent mátter - the stúff of réveries, ín fáct. |
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| | |'''àardvark''' #<ref>'''àardvark''' and '''Transvàal''' are from '''[[Afrikaans|Afrikàans]]''', itself a further example.</ref> |
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| | |'''Ffoùlkes''' |
| | |'''éffort |
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| | |'''égg''' # |
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| | |'''bélle''' ''beauty'' (= '''béll''' ''ring'') |
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| áccess *áxéss, cf. áxis, áxês
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| | | |'''foôd, foòt, flòod, doŏr''' |
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| | | |'''Loôe''' (= '''loô''') |
| accòmplísh ''achieve''
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| | |'''[[Exxon|Éxxon]]''' ™ # |
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| | The names of the letters of the alphabet are rarely written out in English (a simple capital being the normal usage: "with a C, not a K") so that, unlike in many other languages, most of their spellings have a rather unofficial status. But they can be shown as follows, using real words where possible: |
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| | '''K''': '''Kây''' ''person |
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| | '''L''': '''él''' ''elevated railway'' ([[American English|AmE]]) |
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| | '''M''': '''ém''' ''dash |
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| adjöurn
| | '''N''': '''én''' ''dash |
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| adjúst *ajúst
| | '''O''': '''ôwe''' ''debt'', '''ôh!''' ''exclamation |
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| ád nåusêám
| | '''P''': '''pêa''' ''pod'', '''pêe''' ''urine'', '''p''' ''pence'' ([[British English|BrE]]) |
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| adôbê
| | '''Q''': '''queûe''' ''line'', '''cûe''' ''ball'', ''prompt |
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| | '''R''': '''àre''' ''be'', BrE '''àh''' ''exclamation |
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| advānce
| | '''S''': occasionally '''éss |
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| ádvent
| | '''T''': '''têa''' ''drink'', '''têe''' ''golf'', '''tì''' ''do-re-mi |
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| | '''U''': '''yoû''' ''me'', '''eŵe''' ''sheep |
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| ádversary -vəsrỳ or advërsary
| | '''V''': '''[[Bobby Vee|Vêe]]''' ''Bobby'' |
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| | '''W''': "'''doúble you'''" (*dúblyu; cf. '''vácûum''', which actually does have a '''doúble Û''') |
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| ádvertise never -îze
| | '''X''': '''éx-''' ''past |
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| advërtísement BrE; AmE ádvertîsement
| | '''Y''': '''whŷ''' ''reason'' (voiced '''w''', as in BrE) |
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| advîce noun -ss
| | '''Z''': BrE '''zéd''', AmE '''zêe |
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| advîse verb pronounced but never spelt -îze
| | ==''The Chaos''== |
| | by Gerard Nolst Trenité |
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| | This poem on pronunciation irregularities was first published in 1920. Accent marks, respellings and editorial comments have been added to reflect current [[British English]] pronunciation. The unadorned poem, with an introduction, can be found [http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html here]. |
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| Aêgêan *Êjêən
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| | '''The Châós''' (*câyóss) |
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| ãeroplane BrE; AmE ãirplane
| | Dêarest crêature ín creâtion |
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| Aêschylus BrE; AmE Êschylus *Êeskiləss
| | Stúdying English (*Ínglish) pronunciâtion, |
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| aêsthétics AmE ê-
| | :Î wíll têach yoû ín mŷ vërse |
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| afféct ''alter'' cf. efféct ''result'' í-
| | :Sòunds lîke cŏrpse, cŏrps (*cŏr), hŏrse and wörse. |
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| áffect ''emotion''
| | Î wíll kêep yoû, Sûsy, busy (*bízzy), |
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| afféctive ''emotional'' cf. efféctive ''resultant''
| | Mâke yŏur héad wíth hêat grôw dízzy; |
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| áffidâvit
| | :Têar ín eŷe, yŏur dréss yŏu'll téar; |
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| affrònt cf. effròntery
| | :Quêer, fãir sêer (*sêe-er), hêar mŷ prãyer. |
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| Afghánistān - either stressed
| | Prây, consôle yŏur lòving pôet, |
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| aficionàdo
| | Mâke mŷ côat loòk neŵ, dêar, sew (=sô) ít! |
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| | :Júst compãre heàrt, hêar and hëard, |
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| afrâid
| | :Dîes and dîet (*dîət), lŏrd and wörd. |
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| África
| | Swŏrd (*sŏrd) and swård, retâin and Brítain |
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| Afrikàans -ànce
| | [Mînd the látter hòw ít's wrítten]. |
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| Afrikàner
| | :Mâde hás nót the sòund of báde, |
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| āfter
| | :Sây–said (*séd), pây–pâid, lâid but pláid. |
| | Nòw Î sůrely wíll nót plâgue yoû |
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| āfterwards
| | Wíth súch wörds as vâgue and âgûe, |
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| again é, but AmE and some BrE, regular: agâin
| | :Bút bê cãreful hòw yoû spêak, |
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| against é, but AmE and some BrE, regular: agâinst
| | :Sây: gúsh, bùsh, steâk, strêak, breâk, blêak, |
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| agâpe ''gaping''
| | Prêvious, précious, fûchsia (*feŵsha), vîa, |
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| | Récipê, pîpe, stúdding-sâil, choîr (=quîre); |
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| ágapê ''eros''
| | :Wôven, óven, hòw and lôw, |
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| âge cf. édge: Francophones beware
| | :Scrípt, recêipt (*rissêet), shoe (=shoô), pôem, tôe. |
| | Sây, expécting fråud and tríckerỳ: |
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| âgeing *âging, *âjing
| | Dåughter (*dåwter), làughter (*làfter) ánd Terpsíchorê (*Terpsíckery), |
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| | :Brànch, rànch, mêasles, tópsails, aîsles (*îles), |
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| agô
| | :Míssîles, símilês, revîles. |
| | Whôlly (=hôly), hólly, sígnal, sîgning (*sîning), |
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| ágriculture
| | Sâme, exámining, but mîning, |
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| | :Schólar (*scóllar), vícar, and cigàr, |
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| âid ''help'' = âide ''assistant''; Âids or ÂIDS ''disease'' = âids, âides ''plurals''
| | :Sôlar, mîca, wår and fàr. |
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| Âids or ÂIDS ''disease'' = âids, âides ''plurals''
| | From "desîre": desîrable - ádmirable from "admîre", |
| ãir ''breathe'' = Ãyr ''Scotland'' = ére ''before'' = é’er ''ever'' = héir ''estate''
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| ãiry ''light'' = all four spellings of éyrie = éyry = ãerie = ãery ''bird'', cf. êerie ''strange''
| | Lúmber, plúmber, biêr, but brîer, |
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| | :Tópsham, broûgham (*breŵəm), renòwn, but knôwn, |
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| alîgn = a lîne, cf. állŷ ''friend'', állêy ''way''
| | :Knówledge, dòne, lône, góne, nòne, tône, |
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| aîsle ''church'' = îsle ''island''
| | Òne (=wòn), anémonê, Balmóral, |
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| | Kítchen, lîchen (=lîken), låundry, laurel (lórrel). |
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| Ajáccio *Azháxio
| | :Gërtrude, Gërman (J-), wínd and wînd, |
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| Àjax ''Amsterdam'' *Àyáx
| | :Beau (=Bô), kînd, kíndred, queûe, mankînd, |
| | Tŏrtoise (*tŏrtus), türquŏise, chámois-léather (*shámwà-), |
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| Âjax ''person''
| | Rêading, Réading, hêathen, héather. |
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| Ál person cf. åll total
| | :Thís phonétic lábyrínth |
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| Alabáma - one m, cf. Montána, Louisiána
| | :Gíves móss, grôss, broòk, brôoch, nînth, plínth. |
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| Álan = Àllen = Àllan
| | Háve yoû éver yét endéavoured |
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| alás
| | To (=toô)<ref>Strong form of '''to''', not normal in a verb's infinitive, necessitated by the metre.</ref> pronòunce revêred and sévered, |
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| Ålbany cf. Álbânia
| | :Dêmon, lémon, ghoûl, fòul, sôul, |
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| Álbert
| | :Pêter, pétrol and patrôl? |
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| Albuquërquê *Albəkïrky
| | Bíllet dòes nót énd lîke bállèt (*bállây); |
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| Åldwých
| | Boûquèt, ẁallet, mállet, chálèt. |
| | :Blòod and flòod are nót lîke foôd, |
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| | :Nŏr ís môuld lîke shoùld and woùld (=woòd). |
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| âle ''beer'' = âil ''ailing''
| | Bánquet ís nót nêarly pàrquèt, |
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| Álfred
| | Whích exáctly rhŷmes wíth khàkì. ''—not usually nowadays'' |
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| | :Díscòunt, vîscòunt (*vîcòunt), lôad and brŏad, |
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| | :Towård, to fŏrward, to (=toô) rewård, |
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| álgaê *áljê or *álgy
| | Rícochèted and crôchèting, crôquèt? |
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| álgorithm rhymes with rhýthm
| | Rîght! Yŏur pronunciâtion's OK.<ref>The pronunciation required by the metre is "ôkay", though the '''K''' is normally the stressed syllable: '''okây'''.</ref> |
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| Áli ''person'' = álley ''walk'' - except Muhámmad Àlì ''boxer''
| | :Ròunded, woûnded, griêve and síeve, |
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| | :Friénd and fiênd, alîve and líve. |
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| âlias *âlius
| | Ís yŏur R corréct ín hîgher? |
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| Álíce
| | Kêats assërts ít rhŷmes Thalîa. |
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| alîgn = a lîne, cf. állŷ
| | :Hûgh, but húg, and hoòd, but hoôt, |
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| | :Buŏyant, mínute, bút minûte. |
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| Álistair = Álastair
| | Sây abscíssion wíth precísion, |
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| âlias
| | Nòw: posítion ánd transítion; |
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| álibî
| | :Woùld ít tálly wíth mŷ rhŷme |
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| | :Íf Î méntioned páradîgm? |
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| âlien
| | Twòpence, thréepence, têase are êasy, |
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| alienâtion
| | But cêase, crêase, grêase and grêasy? |
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| | :Cŏrnice, nîce, valìse, revîse, |
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| alîgned *allîned, cf. állied
| | :Râbíes, but lúllabîes. |
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| alîve
| | Óf súch púzzling wörds as nåuseous, |
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| åll ''every'' = åwl ''tool'', cf. Ál ''person''
| | Rhŷming wéll wíth cåutious, tŏrtious, |
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| Alládin
| | :Yoû'll envélop lísts, Î hôpe, |
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| | :Ín a línen énvelôpe. |
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| allegâtions *allogations
| | Woùld yoû lîke some mŏre? Yoû'll háve ít! |
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| allége cf. lédge, etc.
| | Áffidâvit, Dâvid, dávit. |
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| alléged *aléjd
| | :To (=toô) abjûre, to përjure. Shèik |
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| | :Dòes nót sòund lîke Czéch but âche. |
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| | Líberty, lîbrary, hêave and héaven, |
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| allégedly *aléjidly
| | Râchel, lóch, moustàche, eléven. |
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| allelûia or allelûja or allelûya
| | :Wê sây hállôwed, bút allòwed, |
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| állêy ''path'' = Áli ''person'', cf. állŷ
| | :Pêople, léopard, tôwed but vòwed. |
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| álligâtor
| | Màrk the dífference, moreôver, |
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| allót ''assign'' = a lót ''much''
| | Betwêen mover (*moôver), plòver, Dôver. |
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| åll-òut ''total'' before noun needs hyphen
| | :Lêaches, brêeches, wîse, precîse, |
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| allòwed ''permitted'' = alòud ''heard''
| | :Chálíce, bút polìce and lîce, |
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| álloy
| | Cámel, cònstable, únstâble, |
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| állŷ ''friend'' cf. állêy, alîgn
| | Prínciple, discîple, lâbel. |
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| | :Pétal, pênal, and canál, |
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| állŷ ''noun''
| | :Wâit, surmîse, pláit, prómíse, pál, |
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| allŷ ''verb'', cf. Álì ''person''
| | Sûit, suìte, rûín. Cïrcuít, cónduít |
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| ålmanac
| | Rhŷme wíth "shïrk ít" and "beyónd ít". —''still?'' |
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| ålmost
| | :Bút ít ís nót hàrd to téll |
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| àlms ''gift'' = BrE àrms ''body, weapons''
| | :Whŷ ít's påll, måll, but Páll Máll. |
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| alóngside one word
| | Múscle, múscular, gâol (=jâil), îron, |
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| alòud ''audible'' = allòwed ''allow''
| | Tímber, clîmber, búllion, lîon, |
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| alréady ''before'' = åll réady ''ready''
| | :Wörm and stŏrm, chaise (*shézz), châós, chãir, |
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| alrîght = åll rîght - same meaning, probably by analogy with alréady
| | :Sénator, spectâtor, mãyor, |
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| Alsâtian
| | Îvy, prívy, fâmous; clámour |
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| ålso
| | Hás thê Â of dráchm and hámmer. |
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| ålter ''change'' = åltar ''church''
| | :Pùssy, hússy ánd posséss, |
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| altërnate ''adjective''
| | :Désert, but desërt, addréss. |
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| ålternâte ''verb''
| | Gôlf, wolf (=Woòlf), còuntenance, lieuténants |
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| | Hŏist ín lieû of flágs léft pénnants. |
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| altërnative
| | :Coùrier, cŏurtier, tomb (*toôm), bómb, cômb, |
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| althôugh *åldhô
| | :Còw, but Cowper (=Coôper), sòme and hôme. |
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| alumínium BrE; AmE alûminum
| | "Sôlder, sôldier! Blòod ís thícker", |
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| alvêolar
| | Quôth hê, "than liqueûr ŏr líquor", |
| | :Mâking, ít ís sád but trûe, |
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| ålways
| | :Ín bravàdo, múch ado (*adoô). |
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| ám ''be''
| | Strânger dòes nót rhŷme wíth ánger, |
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| | Neîther dòes devòur wíth clángour. —''neither does anger: *áng-gə'' |
| | :Pîlot, pívot, gåunt, but āunt, |
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| | :Fónt, frònt, wônt, wånt, gránd and grānt. |
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| ámateur *ámətə; AmE can be amateûr
| | Àrsenic, specífic, scênic, |
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| ambássador cf. émbassy
| | Rélic, rhétoric, hygìênic. |
| | :Goòseberry, goôse, and clôse, but clôse, |
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| ámbergrìs BrE; AmE ámbergrís - s pronounced
| | :Páradise, rîse, rôse, and dôse. |
| | Sây invèigh, nèigh, but invêigle, |
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| ambítious *ámbíshəss
| | Mâke the látter rhŷme wíth êagle. |
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| amén BrE à, AmE â
| | :Mînd! Mêándering but mêan, |
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| aménd cf. comménd
| | :Válentîne and mágazìne. |
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| aménds ''make'' = eménds ''alters''
| | Ánd Î bét yoû, dêar, a pénny, |
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| âmìable cf. âim
| | Yoû sây máni-(fôld) lîke many (*ménny), |
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| ámícable
| | :Whích ís wróng. Sây râpier, pìêr, |
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| amòng
| | :Tîer (òne who tîes), but tìêr. |
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| amòunt
| | Àrch, archângel; prây, dòes ërring |
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| an *ən: version of a before a consonant
| | Rhŷme wíth hérring ŏr wíth stïrring? |
| | :Príson, bîson, tréasure trôve, |
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| anáchronism -nákr-
| | :Trêason, hóver, còver, côve, |
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| ánalŷse
| | Persevêrance, séverance. Ríbald |
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| análysês ''plural'' *ənáləssêez
| | Rhŷmes (but pîebåld dòesn't) wíth níbbled. |
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| | :Phâeton, paêan, gnát, ghåt, gnåw, |
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| | :Liên, psŷchic, shóne, bône, pshåw. |
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| | Dôn't bê dòwn, mŷ ôwn, but roúgh ít, |
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| análysis ''singular'' *ənáləssís
| | Ánd distínguish bùffèt, búffet; |
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| | :Broôd, stoòd, roôf, roòk, schoôl, woòl, boôn, |
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| ánalýst
| | :Worcester (*Wùster), Boleýn, to (=toô) impûgn. |
| | Sây ín sòunds corréct and stërling |
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| ánarchy *ánəkỳ
| | Hëarse, hêar, heàrken, yêar and yëarling ''—yëar and yêarling are about as likely'' |
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| áncestor
| | Êvil, dévil, mézzotínt, |
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| ánchor -nk-
| | :Mînd the Z (zéd)! (A géntle hínt.) |
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| ánchovy -ntsh-
| | Nòw yoû nêed nót pây atténtion |
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| âncient
| | To (=toô) súch sòunds as Î dôn't méntion, |
| | :Sòunds lîke pŏres, påuse, pŏurs and påws, |
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| | :Rhŷming wíth the prônòun yŏurs; |
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| and *ənd, sometimes ánd for emphasis = &
| | Nŏr are próper nâmes inclûded, |
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| andántè
| | Thôugh Î óften hëard, as yoû díd, |
| | :Fúnny rhŷmes to ûnicŏrn, |
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| | :Yés, yoû knôw them, Våughan and Stråchan —''nowadays regularised to *Strákhən |
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| Ándês
| | Nô, mŷ mâiden, cŏy and còmely, |
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| | Î dôn't ẁant to spêak of Chòlmondeley (*Chúmley). |
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| | :Nô. Yét Froûde compãred wíth pròud |
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| Andêan
| | :Ís nô bétter thán McLeod (*McClòud). |
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| Andórra AmE -ŏrr-, cf. Pandŏra
| | But mînd trívial and vîal, |
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| Ándreŵ
| | Trîpod, mênial, denîal, |
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| | :Trôll and trólley, réalm and rêam, |
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| | :Schédule, míschief, schísm, and schême. |
| | Àrgil, gíll, Argŷll, gíll. Sůrely |
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| anémonê cf. an énemy
| | Mây bê mâde to rhŷme wíth Råleigh, |
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| | :Bút yŏu're nót suppôsed to sây |
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| ângel *ânjəl, cf. ángle
| | :Pìquèt rhŷmes wíth sóbriquèt. |
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| ánger BrE *áng-gə
| | Hád thís ínvalid inválid |
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| ángry *áng-gry
| | Wörthless dócuments? Hòw pállid, |
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| | :Hòw uncoûth hê, còuchant, loòked, |
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| | :Whén for Pŏrtsmouth Î had boòked! |
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| | Zeûs, Thêbes, Thales, Aphrodîtê, |
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| ángst
| | Páramour, enámoured, flîghty, |
| | :Épisôdes, antípodês, |
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| | :Ácquiésce, and óbsequies. |
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| ánimus cf. ûnánimous
| | Plêase dôn't mònkey wíth the gêyser, |
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| Ánkara
| | Dôn't pêel 'tâters wíth mŷ râzor, |
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| ánnals cf. ánalyst
| | :Rāther sây ín áccents pûre: |
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| | :Nâture, státure ánd matûre. |
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| annéx verb
| | Pîous, ímpìous, límb, clîmb, glúmly, |
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| ánnex or ánnexe ''noun''
| | Worsted (wùsted), wörsted, crúmbly, dúmbly, |
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| | :Cónquer, cónquest, vàse, phâse, fán, |
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| | :Ẁan, sedán and àrtisan. |
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| | The TH (*têe-âitch) wíll sůrely troúble you |
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| annîhilate *annîyílâte
| | Mŏre than R, CH ŏr W (*àh, cêe-âitch ŏr doúble-û) |
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| anómaly
| | :Sây thén thêse phonétic géms: |
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| | :Thómas, thŷme, Therêsa, Thames (*Témz). |
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| ánonýmity
| | Thómpson, Chátham, Wåltham, Stréatham, |
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| anónymous
| | Thére are mŏre but Î forgét 'em - |
| anòther one word
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| | :Wâit! Î've gót ít: Ánthony, |
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| | :Lîghten yŏur anxîety. |
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| ānswer - w silent: BrE *ànsə, AmE *ánsr
| | Thê archâíc wörd ålbêít |
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| Antàrctica first c can be silent
| | Does nót rhŷme wíth èight - yoû sêe ít; |
| | :Wíth and fŏrthwith, òne hás vŏice, |
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| | :Òne hás nót, yoû mâke yŏur chŏice. |
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| ántê- before = ántì-
| | Shoes (=shoôs), gôes, dòes. Nòw fïrst sây: fínger; |
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| | Thén sây: sínger, gínger, línger. |
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| | :Rêal, zêal, mauve (*môv), gåuze and gâuge, |
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| | :Márríage, fôlìage, mìràge, âge, |
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| Ánthony (usual) = Ántony Mark, -tə-
| | Hêro, héron, quêry, véry, |
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| ántì- against = ántê-; AmE ántî-
| | Párry, tárry, fûry, bury, |
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| | :Dòst, lóst, pôst, and dòth, clóth, lôth, |
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| | :Jób, Jôb, blóssom, bosom (*bùzm), ôath. |
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| | Fåugh, oppúgnant, kêen oppûgners, |
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| ántidote
| | Bòwing, bôwing, bánjo-tûners |
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| Antìgua -gə
| | :Hôlm yoû knôw, but nôes, canoes (*canoôz), |
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| antirrhînum *antirŷnum
| | :Pûisnê (*poôny), trûísm, ûse (*yoûss), to ûse (*yoûz)? |
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| antisémitism
| | Thôugh the dífference sêems líttle, |
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| anxîety *angzîety
| | Wê sây áctual, but víctual, |
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| ánxious *ánkshəss
| | Sêat, swéat, châste, càste, Lêigh, èight, heîght, |
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| | :Pùt, nút, gránite, ánd unîte. |
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| any ''thing'' é-, cf. Ánnie ''person''
| | :Rêefer dòes nót rhŷme wíth déafer, |
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| anybody *énnybódy, one word
| | Féoffer dòes, and zéphyr, héifer. |
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| | :Dúll bùll Géoffrey, Geŏrge ate (*ét) lâte, |
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| | :Hínt, pînt, sénate, but sedâte. |
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| any mŏre two words
| | Gáelic, Árabic, pacífic, —''Scottish; or regular Gâelic if Irish |
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| anyone *énnywún, one word
| | Scîence, cónscience, scientífic; |
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| | :Toûr, but òur, doûr, súccour, fŏur, |
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| anyway ''despite'' one word, cf. where wây is a noun: any wây yoû loòk at ít
| | :Gás, alás, and Àrkansås. |
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| apâce ''fast'' = a pâce ''step''
| | Sây manoeûvre, yacht (*yót) and vómit, |
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| apàrtheîd -tîte
| | Néxt omít, whích díffers fróm ít |
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| apéritìf - either stressed
| | :Bôna fîdê, álibî |
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| aphêlion *áfêlian
| | :Gŷrate, dòwry ánd awrŷ. |
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| | Sêa, idêa, guínea, ãrêa, |
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| apìêce ''each'' one word = a pìêce ''part''
| | Psàlm, Marìa, bút malãria. |
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| apócalypse
| | :Yoûth, sòuth, soúthern, cléanse and clêan, |
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| apólogîse ''verb''
| | :Dóctrine, türpentine, marìne. |
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| apólogíes ''plural noun''
| | Compãre âlien wíth Itálian, |
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| apóstasy
| | Dándelîon wíth battálion, |
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| apóstrophê
| | :Rálly wíth állŷ; yeâ, yê, |
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| | :Eŷe, Î, ây, aŷe, whèy, kêy, quaỳ! ''—ây mê, archaic expression of sadness, ây = èh |
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| appål - AmE can be appåll
| | Sây avër, but éver, fêver, |
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| appålling
| | Neîther, léisure, skèin, recêiver. |
| | :Néver guéss - ít ís nót sâfe, |
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| | :Wê sây càlves, válves, hālf, but Râlf. |
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| apparátchik
| | Stàrry, gránary, canãry, |
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| ápparâtus BrE - either stressed (to children apparatus can sound plural, ‘apperators’); AmE apparátus
| | Crévice, but devîce, and éyrie, |
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| | :Fâce, but préface, thén grimâce, |
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| appárel
| | :Phlégm, phlegmátic, áss, glāss, bâss. |
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| appárent
| | Báss, làrge, tàrget, gín, gíve, vërging, |
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| appêar
| | Ŏught, òust, jòust, and scòur, but scoürging; |
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| appêasement
| | :Êar, but ëarn; and ére and téar |
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| appêaser
| | :Do (*doô=) nót rhŷme wíth hêre but héir. |
| | Mînd thê Ô of óff and óften |
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| applåuse
| | Whích mây bê pronòunced as ŏrphan, ''—scarcely heard nowadays |
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| | :Wíth the sòund of såw and såuce; |
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| approval -prû-
| | :Ålsô sóft, lóst, clóth and cróss. |
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| approve -prû-
| | Pùdding, púddle, pùtting. Pútting? |
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| âpricot
| | Yés: at gôlf ít rhŷmes wíth shútting. |
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| à priŏrî two words
| | :Réspîte, spîte, consént, resént. |
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| | :Lîable, but Pàrliament. |
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| àpriŏrísm one word
| | Séven ís rîght, but sô ís êven, |
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| apropôs *ápropô
| | Hŷphen, roúghen, néphew, Stêphen, |
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| | :Mònkey, dónkey, clerk (=Clàrk) and jërk, |
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| | :Ásp, grāsp, ẁasp, demèsne, cŏrk, wörk. |
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| Aquãrius
| | Â of válour, vápid vâpour, |
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| Árab ''adjective, person''
| | S of neŵs (-z) (compãre neŵspâper (-ss-)), |
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| | :G of gíbbet (j-), gíbbon, gíst (j-), |
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| | :Î of ántichrîst and gríst, |
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| Arâbian ''adjective''
| | Díffer like divërse and dîvers, |
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| Árabic ''language''
| | Rívers, strîvers, shívers, fîvers. |
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| àrc ''circle'' = Àrk ''Noah''
| | :Ònce, but nónce, tôll, dóll, but rôll, |
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| archâíc *àrkâyíc
| | :Pólish, Pôlish, póll and pôll. |
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| | Pronúnciation - thínk of Psŷchê! - |
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| | Ís a pâling, stòut and spîky. |
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| | :Wôn't ít mâke yoû lose (=loôs) yŏur wíts |
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| | :Wrîting grôats and sâying 'gríts'? —''no longer |
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| archeólogy àrk-
| | Ìt's a dàrk abýss ŏr túnnel |
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| archipélago àrk-
| | Streŵn wíth stônes lîke rôwlock, gúnwale, |
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| àrchive *àrkîve
| | :Íslington, and Îsle of Wîght, |
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| | :Hòusewîfe, vërdíct and indîct. |
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| ãrêa ''space'' *ãrêə, cf. ària, êra
| | Dôn't yoû thínk sô, rêader, ràther, |
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| Argentìna Àrj-
| | Sâying làther, bâther, fàther? |
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| | :Fînally, whích rhŷmes wíth enoúgh, |
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| | :Thôugh, throûgh, bòugh, cóugh, hóugh, sòugh, toúgh?? |
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| àrgil ''clay'' - soft g
| | Hiccoúgh hás the sòund of súp. |
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| Argŷll ''Scotland'' = Argŷle ''Plymouth'' - hard g
| | Mŷ advîce ís: GÍVE ÍT ÚP! |
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| àrgue
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| àrgument
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| ària ''opera'' cf. ãrea
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| árid
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| Ãries -ríz
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| árístocrat BrE á stressed, AmE í stressed
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| aristocrátic
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| Àrkansas BrE -såw, AmE -sà
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| arrést
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| arrhythmic
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| àrsenal *àrssnəl
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| arrhýthmic
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| àrtefact
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| artêsian ''well'' *àrtêzhən
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| artifícial -shəl
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| artisán ''art'' *àrtizán
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| àrtist ''art''
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| artìste ''stage''
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| ascént ''climb'' = assént ''agree''
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| ascertâin
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| ÁSEAN or Ásean ''association'' *ássián, cf. Âsian Asia, *Âzhan
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| Âsia *Âsha or *Âzha
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| askānce
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| as oppôsed to ázəpôzt-
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| ásphalt
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| áspirin -spr-, cf. aspîring
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| assássin four s’s
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| assént agree = ascént climb
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| ássét
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| assûme -syûme
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| assûre AmE -shûre, BrE –shůre
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| ásterisk
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| Ásterix
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| ásthma *ássma
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| asúnder
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| asŷlum
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| âte AmE; BrE *ét
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| âthêíst cf. aesthétic
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| atrôcious -shəss
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| atrócity
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| áttaboy one word
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| attáchè -áshè
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| attörney
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| Åuckland
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| auctionêer åuk-
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| augúst ''revered''
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| Åugust ''month''
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| āunt ''uncle'' AmE = ánt ''insect''
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| au fâit *ô-fây
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| au fónd *ô-fón, French nasal -ón
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| au pãir ôp-
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| åural ''ear'' = ŏral ''voice''
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| åuspices
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| Aussie ''Australasian'' = Óssy = Óssie ''persons''
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| Austen ''Jane'' = Austin ''car, Texas'' Ó-
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| Austrâlia Ó-
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| Austria Ó-
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| åutarchy ''sovereignty'' = åutarky ''self-sufficiency''
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| authóritative
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| authórity
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| àùtobàhn
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| åutomobìle
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| åutumn silent n, -m
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| autúmnal not silent n
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| ávalānche
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| ávant gàrde (gàrde = guàrd)
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| avocàdo
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| avoirdupŏis *ávədə-pŏiz
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| åwe
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| awêigh ''anchors'' = awây ''go''
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| åwful
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| åwkward *åwquəd
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| åwl ''tool'' = åll ''total''
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| ÂWOL
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| awrŷ
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| áxe ''chop'' BrE; AmE áx
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| áxes plural -íz
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| áxis spin -íss
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| áxês plural -êz, cf. áccess
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| áxle ''car'' = Áxel ''person''
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| Áxminster
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| aŷe ''yes'' = eŷe ''see'' = Î ''me''
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| Ãyr ''Scotland'' = ãir ''breathe''
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| Ãyrshire
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| ázure -zh-
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| ===[[B]]===
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| B = bê ''is'', bêe ''insect''
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| bàa ''sheep'' BrE = bàr ''drink, chocolate, soap''
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| baboôn
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| Bàch ''music'' = bách ''Welsh''
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| báchelor ''unmarried'' = Bátchelor ''person''
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| báckbiting one word
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| báckhand ''tennis''
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| back-hánded ''ambiguous''
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| bácklash one word
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| backyàrd one word
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| bád ''evil'' = báde ''asked''
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| Baghdád BrE; AmE Bághdad Bágd-
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| bâil ''law, cricket'' = bâle ''hay, parachute''
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| bâilie ''magistrate'' = Bâiley ''person'' (also [[Old Bailey|Ôld Bâiley]], London's law court)
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| bâit ''hook'' = bâte ''fury, restrain''
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| bâize ''cloth'' = bâys ''bay''
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| Bàli ''island'' = BrE bàrley ''beer''
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| Bålkans cf. bálcony
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| båll ''game'' = båwl ''shout''
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| ballerìna cf. pizzerìa
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| bállèt *bállây, cf. bállot
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| bàlm -àm
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| bàlmy ''sea'' = BrE bàrmy ''daft''
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| Båltimore
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| báluster cf. bánister
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| banàl BrE; AmE bânal
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| banálity
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| banāna
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| bánd ''music'' = bánned ''ban''
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| bándwagon one word
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| Bangkók cf. Háncóck - both -ngk-
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| bánish
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| Bàrbara
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| barbãrian
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| barbáric
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| bàrbecûe *bàrbeqûe
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| barcarólle or -óle
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| bàrd ''poet, bacon'' = bàrred ''bar''
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| bãre ''naked'' = béãr ''animal, tolerate''
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| bãrely
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| bàrgaín *bàrgin
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| bàrley
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| bàr mítzvah
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| bàrnacle
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| báron ''nobleman'' = bárren ''bare'' = Bárron ''person''
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| baróque BrE *bərók, AmE *barôke
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| bárrage -àzh BrE, AmE *bəràzh
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| bárrier
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| bàrtender
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| bâse ''basic'' = bâss ''treble'', cf. báss ''fish'' = Báss ''person''
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| bâses ''base'' -ssíz = bâsses ''music''
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| bâsês ''basis'' -ssêez
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| bâsic -ss-
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| bâsin -ss-
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| bâsis -ssíss
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| bāsk ''sun'' = Bāsque ''people''
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| bāsketball one word
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| báss ''fish'' = Báss ''person''
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| bâss ''treble'' = bâse ''basic''
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| bassoôn -ssoô-
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| bâste ''pour, sew'' = bâsed ''base''
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| batállion cf. báttle
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| bâte ''anger, breath'' = bâit ''lure''
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| bāth = Bāth ''city'' cf. bâthe ''swim'', final e signifying voiced th
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| bátón - one t, cf. Pátton, Hátton etc.
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| báttlefield one word
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| Báx ''person'' = bácks ''back''
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| bazàar *bəzàr, cf. bizàrre, í
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| Bà’ath ''party'' BrE = bāth ''water''
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| bê ''is'' = bêe ''insect''
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| bêach ''sand'' = bêech ''tree''
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| bêad ''string'' = Bêde ''person''
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| bêan ''eat'' = bêen ''was''
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| béãr ''tolerate, animal'' = bãre naked, cf. bêer drink, hêar hearing
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| bêat win, hit, rhythm = bêet sugar
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| bêater ''beat'' BrE = ''bêta'' Greek
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| bêátify ''saint'' cf. Sêáttle and beaûtify ''beauty''
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| Bêatríce, Bêatrix a as schwa: Bêə-
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| beau ''boyfriend'' = Bô ''[[Bo Diddley|Diddley]]''
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| beaûty *byûty
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| because ó
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| Béchèt *Béshây
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| bêe ''insect'' = bê ''is''
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| bêetle ''insect'' = Bêatle ''[[The Beatles|Beatles]]'', cf. bêat ''rhythm''
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| bêech ''tree'' = beâch ''sand''
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| bêen ''was'' = bêan ''eat''
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| bêer ''drink'' = bìêr ''coffin''
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| bêet ''sugar'' = bêat ''hit''
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| Bèethôven *Bâitovən
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| behêmoth
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| Bèijíng - j not zh sound
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| bêíng cf. Bíng
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| Beirût *Bây-roôt
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| Belarûs - one would expect this post-Soviet word (once literally rendered as ‘White Russia’) to regularise to ‘Bélarus’, with the u as schwa, but this hasn’t happened; the most common alternative is still Belarùs
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| Bélfāst
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| Bélgium *Béljəm
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| belîe cf. relŷ, belŷing, lîe
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| belìêve
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| béllicôse
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| bellígerent -j-
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| béllow ''shout, bellows'' cf. belôw ''under''
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| Bénaud *Bénnô
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| bénefit
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| benévolent
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| bérèt *bérrây
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| bërk ''insult'' = Bürke ''person''
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| Bërkelêy ''California'' cf. Bàrclaỳ ''person'' = BrE Berkeley ''person''
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| Bërkshîre AmE; BrE *Bàkshə, as with bàrk ''dog, tree'' Bàrking ''town''
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| Berlín
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| bérry ''fruit'' = bury ''ground'' = Bury ''town''
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| bërth ''ship'' = bïrth ''born
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| bêta BrE; AmE bèta
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| Bétjeman *Bétcheman
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| bewíldered BrE *biwíldəd, AmE *bêwíldərd
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| bezìque *bəzêek
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| Bhùtto (not 'Boôto')
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| bî- ''two'' = bŷ ''preposition'' = bŷ- ''extra'' = bŷe ''cricket, goodbye'' = buŷ ''sell'' = bî ''bisexual''
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| bîas
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| bîased *bŷəst
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| bìdet *bêedây
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| bìêr ''corpse'' = bêer ''drink''
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| bígot
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| Bíllie ''female'' = Bílly ''male'' = bílly ''goat''
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| bîô-
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| biógraphy
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| biólogy
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| Bïrmingham *Bïrmingəm, g not sounded separately
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| bïrthplace one word
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| bíscuit *bísket, cf. bāsket
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| bîson cf. bâsin
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| bîte ''food'' = bŷte ''computer'' = bîght ''loop''
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| bizàrre *bízàr, cf. bazàar *bəzàr
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| bláckmail
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| blānch ''white'' = Blānche ''person''
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| blancmange *bləmónzh
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| blãre ''noise'' = Blãir ''person''
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| bléssed *blést; but mostly as attributive adj: a *bléssíd thíng
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| blóc ''grouping'' = blóck ''prevent, wood, building''
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| blónd ''male person, male and female adjective'' = blónde ''female person''
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| blòodstained one word
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| blòodthirsty one word
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| blûe ''colour'' = bleŵ ''blow''
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| blürred cf. cûred
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| bŏard ''wooden, directors'' = bŏred ''boring'', cf. brŏad ''wide''
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| bôast
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| bôat
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| Boàteng Bwà-
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| Bôeing ''person'' = bôwing ''music''
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| Boer *Bùer
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| bôgey ''golf, ghost'' = bôgie ''trolley, truck'' = Bôgey ''Bogart
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| bôld brave = bôwled bowl
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| Bóllywood
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| bôlt metal = Bôlt = Bôult persons
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| Bólton city, person = Bôulton person
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| bómb *bóm
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| Bombây
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| bómbing *bómming
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| bôna fîdê
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| bonhomìê *bónə-mêe
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| boôgie-woôgie
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| boòkkeeper one word: extended k sound as if two
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| boôst
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| boôze drink = boôs boo
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| Bŏrdeaux *Bŏrdô, cf. Bardôt, *Bardô
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| bŏre boring, carried bŏar ''animal'' = bŏor rude =
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| bŏred boring = bŏard wooden, directors
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| bŏredom *bŏrdum
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| Bŏrgia *Bŏrjə
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| bŏrn birth = bŏrne wind = bŏurn stream
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| bòrough town BrE -rə, AmE = búrrow earth
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| bosom *bùzəm
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| bôth
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| boûgainvillea *bûgənvília
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| bòugh tree = bòw low, ship
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| bôulder rock = bôlder bold
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| Boulogne *Bəlŏin
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| böurbon
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| bŏurgeois bŏrzhwà
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| bourgeoisìê bŏrzhwà-zêe
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| bŏurne stream = bŏrn birth = bŏrne carried
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| Bŏurnemouth *Bŏrnməth
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| bòw low, ship = bòugh tree
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| bôw knot
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| bòwel
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| bòwer tree = bàuer euchre
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| bôwl all meanings
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| bóxing sport = Bóxing Day
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| búffalo ''animal'' = Búffalo ''America''
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| brâin ''head'' cf. Brîan ''person''
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| brâinwash one word
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| Brasília - s
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| Brazíl - z
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| bréad ''food'' = bréd ''breed''
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| breâk ''smash, interval'' = brâke ''car''
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| breâkaway ''adjective'' cf. breâk awây ''verb''
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| breâkdown ''noun'' cf. breâk dòwn ''verb''
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| breâkthroûgh ''noun'' *brâkethrû; cf. breâk throûgh ''verb''
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| bréakfast
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| bréath ''noun'' unvoiced th, brêathe ''verb'' voiced th, cf. mòuth, same noun-verb distinction in pronunciation of the th, but always the same spelling
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| bréathtaking one word
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| bréd ''breed'' = bréad ''food''
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| brêed ''animal'' cf. bréad ''food''
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| bréthren -dhrən
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| Brîan = Brŷan cf. brâin, O’Brîen (one is more likely to meet a Brian O'Brien than a Brian O'Brian)
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| brìêf
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| brîght -ît
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| Brísbane *Brízbən
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| Brítain ''country'' -tən; = Bríton ''citizen'', Brítten, Brítton, Bríttain ''persons''
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| Bríttany ''France'' ≈ Brítney ''person''
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| brŏad cf. bŏard
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| bróccolì *bróckəlêy
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| Brómwich *Brómmidge
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| Bróntê, sometimes written Brontë
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| broôch ''pin'' AmE; BrE = brôach ''speak''
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| broôm ''sweep'' = brûme ''mist''
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| bróthel unvoiced th
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| bròther voiced th
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| Bròúgh *Brúff
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| broûgham ''carriage'' = broôm ''sweep'' - or gha as schwa, broôəm
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| broûhàhà
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| Brûges = Brûgge *Brûzh
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| brûise ''contusion'' *brûze = breŵs ''beer''
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| Bruneî
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| Brunél
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| Brússels
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| Bucharést Bùka-
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| Budapést Bùda-
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| Bùddha -ùdə
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| Bùddhist -ùdi-
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| Buénos Aîres ''Argentina'' –ríz or Ãires *Ãríz, cf. Ãries ''Ram''
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| bùffèt ''eat'' *bùffây
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| búffet ''hit'', t sounded
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| buffoôn -ffoô-
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| buíld *bíld
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| buílding *bílding
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| Bulgãria
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| bùll
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| bùlletin
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| búllshit one word
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| buŏy sea = bŏy child
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| buŏyant *bŏyant
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| bürden load = Bürdon person
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| bûreau *byûrô, plural bûreaux, *bûrôz
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| bureaucracy *byûrócracy, *beaûrócracy
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| bürger ''hamburger'' = bürgher ''business'' = Bërger ''person''
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| bürgeoning
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| bürn ''fire'' = Bÿrne ''name''
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| bürqa
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| búrrow ''ground'' = AmE bòrôugh ''town'' cf. Búrrôughs ''person''
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| bús ''transport'' = búss ''kiss''
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| búsed ''driven'' or bússed = búst ''bosom, broke''
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| búses ''plural, verb'' *bússes
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| búsing -ss-
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| bùsh
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| business *bízniss, cf. bíz, busy-ness ''being busy''
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| businessman one word, bíz-
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| bússed ''driven'' or búsed = búst ''bosom, broken''
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| busy bíz-
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| busybódy bíz-; one word
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| busy-ness ''busy'' cf. business ''matter'' - both í
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| bútt ''head, joke, buttocks'' = bút ''however''
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| bútterfly
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| buŷ ''sell'' = bŷ ''preposition'' = bŷ- ''incidental'' = bŷe ''cricket'' = bî- ''two'' = bî ''bisexual''
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| bŷe-bye!
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| bŷ-election
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| bŷ-product
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| Bÿrd ''person'' = bïrd ''fly''
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| Bŷzántîne or Býzantîne
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| ===[[C]]===
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| C = sêe ''look''
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| cabál cf. câble
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| cáche ''arms'' = cásh ''money''
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| càdre *càder; AmE càdrê
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| cáddie ''golf'' = cáddy ''tea''
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| cáfè (can be written as café)
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| cáfè au lâit (can be written as café au lait) *cáfâyô-lây
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| cáffêine
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| Caîro
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| Caìus ''Cambridge'' = kêys ''lock''; otherwise regularly Caîus, rhyming with Gaîus
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| Calcútta
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| cálendar not spelt -er, cf. còlander
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| Cálgary *Cálgəri
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| Califŏrnia -nyə
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| callígraphy -ll-
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| cállous ''uncaring'' = cállus ''skin'' ≈ [[Maria Callas|Cállas ''Maria]]'' (or Cállás)
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| càlm -àm, BrE and AmE
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| Câmbridge
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| camêllia or caméllia cf. chamaêleon *camêliən
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| cameráderie
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| cámouflàge -àzh
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| campâign *campâin, cf. champâgne *shám-pâin, and words in -èign, all of which rhyme
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| Cámpbell *Cámble, rhyming with gámble
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| cán able, tin = Cánnes France
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| Cânaan *Câynən - aa as schwa
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| Cánada
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| Canâdian
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| canál
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| cánapè
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| canãry
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| canásta
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| Cánberra -bərə, BrE *Cánborough
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| cáncer ''illness'' = Cáncer ''constellation''
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| cándidate BrE -ət, AmE -âte
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| câne ''stick, sugar'' = Câin ''Abel''
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| cánister - one n
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| cánnabis
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| cánnibal cf. Hánnibal
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| cannót - or cánnot for emphasis, but always one word when nót is modifying cán, cf. ít cán nót ônly…but ålsô…
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| canoe -noô
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| cánon ''church, œuvre, music'' = cánnon ''war''
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| cánt ''cliche'' = Kánt ''philosopher'', AmE cán’t ''impossible''
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| cantàta
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| cánvas ''paint, tent'' = cánvass ''election''
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| cányon cf. ònion, both -yən
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| câpable
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| Câpe Tòwn - two words, *Câpetown
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| capíllary AmE cápillãry
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| cápital ''city'' = Cápitol ''Washington''
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| capítulate
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| Cápricorn
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| càr ''vehicle'' = Càrr = Kàrr ''persons''
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| càr-lôad ''noun''
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| cárat ''gold'' = cárrot ''food''
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| càrcass ''body'' cf. Carácas
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| cãre
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| cãrefree one word
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| carêer ''profession, speed'' BrE = Korêa ''country'', cf. cárrier ''carry''
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| cãrer
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| Cáríbbêan *Cárri-bêeən (some say Cəríbbêən)
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| cáricature cf. cháracter, both k-
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| Carlîsle ''city, person'' = Carlŷle ''person''
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| Carnêgìê hard g
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| caròusal ''carouse'' *cəròuzəl
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| carousél ''round'' *carəssél
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| cárry ''bring'' = Cárrie ''person''
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| càrt horse = kàrt race
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| cartél
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| càrton
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| cartoôn cf. Khartoûm, m only different sound
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| cásh ''money'' = cáche ''weapons''
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| cáshmêre ''wool'' = Kashmìr ''Asia''
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| cassàva
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| cāst ''drama, throw, eye'' = ''cāste'' India
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| Castílian cf. Castìlle
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| cāstle -ssl
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| cásual cf. cåusal
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| cásualty
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| Cátalan
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| Catalônia - ‘Catalunya’ is Catalan
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| catàrrh *catàr, cf. Qátàr
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| catástrophê
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| catastróphic
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| cátchphrase one word
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| Câte - although Kâte is the traditional abbreviation of Cátherine, Kátharine, etc.
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| câter
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| cáterpillar
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| cáttle cows cf. kéttle boil
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| cåucus rhymes with råucous
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| cåught catch BrE = cŏurt tennis
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| cauliflòur *cóllyflower
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| cåuse reason -z = BrE Cŏrrs persons, cf. cŏurse -ss, cf. because *bicóz, ’cós because *cóz
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| cause celébre cause célèbre *côz-celébrə
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| cavalìêr
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| cávêát
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| cêase stop *sêess, cf. sêize hold
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| cêasefîre
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| cêde yield = sêed plant
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| cèilidh *kâlêy
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| cêiling floor = sêaling shutting
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| centrífugal s-
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| célebrâte
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| celébrity
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| célibate
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| céll prison, biology = séll money
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| céllar wine = séller sales
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| céllo ch-
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| Céltic or céltic civilisation K-, cf. Céltic, S- football club
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| cémetery *sémətry, not -ary
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| cénsor censorship = sénsor feel ≈ cénsure blame
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| cént money = sént send = scént perfume
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| céntral s-
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| céntre s-, AmE cénter
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| centrífugal
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| centrípetal
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| céntrist s-
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| cêreal cornflakes = sêrial series
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| cérebral s-; AmE cerêbral
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| Ceres planet *Sírêez, cf. Sírius star, seríes string
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| céremony s-
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| cërvical s- or cervîcal
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| cesãrian cf. Caêsar, both s-
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| césspit one word
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| césspool one word
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| ch- mostly tch-; ch- where stated
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| chà tea - or chàr as other meanings
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| chà chà
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| Chádian *Cháddian
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| chãir sit = Chér person
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| chaise lóngue *shézz-lóng
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| chágrin sh-; AmE *shəgrìn
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| chamaêleon k-; AmE -mêl-, cf. camêlia, only ending sounds different
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| châmber tsh-, cf. Châmbers person
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| chámois *shámwà
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| champâgne *shámpâin, cf. campâign *cámpâin (no capital c for the drink)
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| chandelìêr sh-
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| Chandrasèkhar
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| chánnel rhymes with pánel
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| châós *kâyóss
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| chápel church = Cháppell person
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| cháperône sh-
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| chárabanc *shárabang, cf. shebáng
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| charàde sh-; AmE charâde
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| cháracter k
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| charivàri sh-
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| chàrlatan sh-
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| Chàrlotte Sh-
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| chásm *kázzəm
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| chássis *shássy
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| châste virgin = châsed chase
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| Chátham -təm
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| chauffëur *shôfër
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| chauvinist shô-
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| chêap cost = chêep bird both tsh-
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| chêapskâte one word
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| chêat tsh-
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| Chéchnya Tsh-
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| chéckpoint one word
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| chêetah tsh-
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| chéf sh-, cf. chìêf, ch sound
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| chéque money tsh-; BrE = chéck verify, Czéch nationality
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| Cherokêe Tsh-
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| chérry-píck tsh-
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| chévron sh-
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| cheŵ tsh-; cf. words beginning tû-
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| chèz *shây
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| chìc sh-
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| Chicàgo Shí-, à in both BrE and AmE
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| chíck
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| chìêf tsh-, cf. chéf, sh-
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| chihuàhua *tshiwàwa
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| chîld singular tsh-
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| chîldbïrth one word
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| chíldren plural tsh-
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| Chílê country tsh-, = chílì or chíllì bean = chílly cold
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| Chílêan Tsh-
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| chimêra kí-
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| chímney tsh-
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| chívalry sh-
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| chívy or chívvy tsh-
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| chlamýdia kl-
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| Chlôê *Klôwie
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| chlóroform kl-
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| chóc chocolate tsh- = chóck wedge
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| chóck-a-blóck
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| choîr singers = quîre paper
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| choléstorol k-
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| choôse select = cheŵs chew
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| chŏrd music = cŏrd rope, vocal
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| chŏrus k-
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| Chrîst Kr-
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| chrísten *kríssen
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| Chrístian *Kríshtchən, or *Krístchen cf. crýstal
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| Chrístmas *Kríssməss
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| Chrístopher *Krístəfə
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| chrôme kr-
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| chrónic kr-
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| chrysánthemum kríz-
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| chûte fall sh-; = shoôt gun
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| chútzpah *hùtspə, cf. Hótspur
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| ci- s-
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| Cícely person = Sícily Italy
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| cîder
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| cigàr
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| cínema
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| cínnamon
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| cïrcle
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| cïrcuit *sërkit
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| circûítous s-
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| cïrcumcîse sër-
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| circumcísion s-; -zhən
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| cïrcumstance s-
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| císsy weak = Císsy person = síssy weak
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| cîte quote = sîght see = sîte place
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| Cítroen ™ car = cítron lemon
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| cíty s-
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| cívil s-
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| civílian s-; one l
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| clándestîne; some say clandéstíne
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| Clãir = Clãire = Clãre
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| clámour - AmE clámor
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| clánger normal ng sound, rhyming with hánger, cf. ánger, áng-ger, dânger, -njer
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| Clápham London = cláp ’em clap them
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| cláptrap one word
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| clāssroom one word
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| clåuse words = clåws claw = Clåus Santa
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| claustrophôbia clós-
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| clêan
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| cléanliness
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| cléanse -nz
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| clërgy
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| cléric
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| clërk AmE; BrE = Clàrk = Clàrke persons
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| clìchè *clêeshây
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| clîmb up = clîme weather
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| clìque *clêek, cf. clíck
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| clóckwörk one word
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| clôse ''shut'' = clôze ''test''
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| clôse ''near, cul-de-sac'' *clôce
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| clôser ''end'' -z-
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| clôser ''more'' -s-
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| clóth unvoiced th
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| clôthe voiced th
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| clôthes voiced th
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| côach transport, trainer
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| côalésce
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| cŏarse rough = cŏurse sport, eduation
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| côal mine = Côle person
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| côalman coal = Côleman person
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| cŏarse crude = cŏurse route, study
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| côast cf. cóst
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| côastguard one word
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| côax
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| cóbra or côbra
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| cóchineal
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| Côckburn = Côburn persons
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| cóck-up
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| côconut or côcoanut
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| cocoôn
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| côdêine
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| côdicil
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| coêlacanth sêel-, AmE cêlacanth
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| coërce
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| CofÊ Church of England *sêeyəvêe
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| cóffee *cóffy
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| cógnac *cónyák
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| Côhen *Côwen, rhymes with Ôwen
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| côíncidence no hyphen
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| côhêre
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| còlander cf. cálendar
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| Côle person = côal burn
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| Cólin
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| collápse
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| Cóllins
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| collóssal
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| collûde
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| Colôgne ''Germany'' = colôgne ''perfume'' *kəlôan
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| Colòmbia ''country'' = Colúmbia ''British'', company; or ó
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| Colòmbo
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| côlon
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| cölonel ''army'' = BrE kërnel ''nut''
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| colônial
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| colonnâde
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| cólonise
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| cólony
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| Coloràdo in both BrE and AmE
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| colorâtion or colourâtion cú-
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| cóloratùra
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| còlour tint cf. cóllar neck
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| Colúmbus
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| cólumn *cóllum
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| cólumnist *cólumist - though some pronounce the n
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| côma cf. cómma
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| cômb hair -m, cf. còme here
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| cómbat
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| cómbatant or combátant
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| cómedy
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| còmeúppance ó; one word
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| còmfortable -ft-
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| cómfortably-óff
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| cómma punctuate, cf. côma unconscious
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| cómment
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| commërcial
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| commít
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| commíttee
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| commûnal
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| cómmune noun
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| commûne verb
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| cómmunism
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| commûnity
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| còmpany
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| compãre contrast cf. cómpére compère host
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| cómparable or compárable
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| compárative
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| compárison
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| compàrtment
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| cómpensâte
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| compensâtion
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| cómpére - compère show, cf. compãre contrast
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| complâint complain
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| cómplement together = cómpliment praise
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| cómplex AmE compléx
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| compléxion not -ct-
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| complîant comply
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| cómpromîse pronounced but never written -ize, cf. prómise *prómíss
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| cómrâde AmE cómráde, cf. Cónrád
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| concêde
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| concentrâte cf. consént
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| cóncrete
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| concatenâtion - e, not i
| |
| concentrâte cf. consént
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| cóncept
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| concéptual
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| concërtô *cənshërto, *cənshérto
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| concörd
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| Cóncord
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| condîgn -dîne
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| cóndom
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| cóndŏr
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| condûcíve
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| cóndûít or -dwít - BrE was *cóndit or *cúndit, but now regularised
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| conféss
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| conféssion -féshən
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| cónfidant person -dónt
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| cónfident adjective -dənt
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| Confûcian -shən
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| confûsion -zhən
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| cónger hard g
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| cóngeries soft g
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| connéct
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| Connécticut *Cənétikət
| |
| connéction BrE can be connéxion
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| connîve
| |
| connoissëur - -oi- as schwa: *connəssür
| |
| cónquer win = cónker nut
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| cónquest cf. quést
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| cónscious
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| consénsus cf. cénsus
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| consént cf. concentrâte
| |
| consërvative
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| conservâtion
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| consigliérê *consíl-yãry
| |
| cónsôle noun
| |
| consôle comfort
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| consólidate
| |
| cónsŏrt noun cf. cóncert, e as schwa
| |
| consŏrt verb
| |
| conspírator
| |
| conspîre
| |
| constábulary
| |
| constítuency
| |
| consûme -syû-
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| contémptible
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| cóntext
| |
| contéxtual
| |
| contínûùm -nyû-
| |
| cóntrary opposed
| |
| contrãry awkward
| |
| cóntribûte or contríbûte
| |
| contribûtion
| |
| contríbutor
| |
| contrôl
| |
| contradíct
| |
| contríbute
| |
| cóntribûtion
| |
| cóntrovërsy or contróversy - controvërsial?
| |
| coòk kitchen = Coòk = Coòke persons
| |
| Coômbs = Coômbes *Coûmz
| |
| cooperâtion côwóp-, cf. cŏrporation
| |
| coóperative côwóp-
| |
| Copenhâgen Cô-; or -hàgen
| |
| cóp-òut
| |
| cóps police = cópse wood
| |
| cópyrîght *cópywrîte: it’s a rîght about writing
| |
| córal
| |
| cŏr ànglâis *cŏ-rónglây
| |
| cŏrd vocal, string = chŏrd music
| |
| cŏrdon
| |
| cŏre apple = cŏrps army
| |
| cŏrnerstône one word
| |
| corôna
| |
| córonary
| |
| córoner
| |
| cŏrps army = cŏre apple, cf. following
| |
| cŏrpse
| |
| corràl
| |
| córrugate AmE cörrugate
| |
| cóst cf. côast
| |
| Cósta Rìca
| |
| cóttage -íj
| |
| còuch
| |
| còuchant
| |
| couchétte cûsh-
| |
| cóugh *cóff
| |
| còuncil committee = còunsel advice
| |
| còuncillor
| |
| còunt
| |
| còunty cf. coúntry
| |
| còunterfeít
| |
| còunter-productive hyphenated
| |
| coúntry cf. còunty, còunt, which begin with the còw sound
| |
| coûp d’état = coô bird
| |
| coúple
| |
| coúrage - AmE can be cöurage
| |
| courâgeous
| |
| cŏurse route, study = cŏarse crude, -ss, cf. cåuse, -z, cürse, -s
| |
| cŏurt tennis, monarch, woo - BrE = cåught catch
| |
| cöurteous
| |
| cöurtesy ''politeness'' cf. cürtsey ''bow''
| |
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| coúsin *cúzzen
| |
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| còver
| |
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| côvert cf. ovërt
| |
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| còvet -ít
| |
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| còws animals = Còwes Isle of Wight; cf. kowtòw
| |
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| Coŵper = Coôper; or Còwper
| |
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| cŏyôtê AmE *kîôat
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| cráckpot noun one word
| |
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| cråwl ''ground'' = Kråll ''person''
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| crêak ''noise'' = crêek ''water''
| |
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| crêam
| |
| crêâte
| |
| crêâtion -êâshən
| |
| crêature -ch-
| |
| créche *crésh, cf. crásh
| |
| crêdence
| |
| credéntials
| |
| crédibílity
| |
| crêed
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| crêek water = crêak noise
| |
| créme crème
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| créme de menthe - crème de menthe *crémdə-mónt
| |
| Crêôle
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| crêosote
| |
| crèpe crèpe
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| crescéndos -sh-
| |
| créscent *crézzənt
| |
| crévíce
| |
| crevásse
| |
| creŵ ship = Creŵe town
| |
| creŵ-cut
| |
| Crîchton *Crŷtən
| |
| crîme
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| Crîmêa -êə
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| Crôát *Crôwát
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| Croâtia *Crôwâshə
| |
| cróc crocodile = cróck pot, old
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| crôchet knit *crôshây, cf. crótchet
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| crócodîle
| |
| croissant *kwússón, French nasal -ón
| |
| crône
| |
| crôny
| |
| cróss-examinâtion
| |
| cròtch genitals = crútch support
| |
| crótchet irritable, music regular pronunciation, cf. crôchèt *crôshây
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| crûcible
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| crûcifíxion
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| crûise -ûz
| |
| crúx
| |
| crýpt
| |
| crýstal - t sounded, cf. whístle, grístle, silent t
| |
| cùckoô
| |
| cûe snooker, theatre = queûe line
| |
| cuisìne *quizêen, cf. cóusin *cúzzən
| |
| cúl-de-sác
| |
| cúlprit
| |
| cúm with = còme here
| |
| cúpboard rhymes with Húbbard
| |
| curaçào *curassòw
| |
| cûrate person
| |
| curâte museum
| |
| cürb stop, street = kërb street
| |
| cûre-åll noun, adjective
| |
| cûrious
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| cúrrant ''eat'' = cúrrent ''now, flow'' BrE; AmE cü-
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| currículum vìtaê
| |
| cürse cf. cŏurse
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| cürt blunt = Kürt person
| |
| cürtsey bow cf. cöurtesy politeness
| |
| cùshion cf. percússion, both -shən
| |
| cústard
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| cústody BrE *cústardy
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| cút-prîce
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| cy- s-
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| cýclamen s-
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| cŷcle s-
| |
| cýclical s-
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| cŷclist s-
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| cýgnet swan = sígnet ring
| |
| cýlinder
| |
| cýmbal drums = sýmbol sign
| |
| cŷpher or cîpher, cf. decîpher
| |
| cŷpress tree = Cŷprus country s-
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| cýst s-
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| cýnic s-
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| cýnicism
| |
| Czàr or Tsàr *Zàr
| |
| Czéch nationality = chéck verify = BrE chéque cash
| |
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| cöurtesy ''politeness'' cf. cürtsey ''bow''
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| coúsin *cúzzen
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| còver
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| côvert cf. ovërt
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| còvet -ít
| |
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| còws ''animals'' = Còwes ''Isle of Wight''; cf. kowtòw
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| Coŵper = Coôper, or Còwper
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| cŏyôtê AmE *kîôat
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| cráckpot ''noun'' one word
| |
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| crêak ''noise'' = crêek ''water''
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| crêam
| |
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| crêâte
| |
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| crêâtion -êâshən
| |
| crêature -ch-
| |
| créche *crésh, cf. crásh
| |
| crêdence
| |
| credéntials
| |
| crédibílity
| |
| crêed
| |
| crêek water = crêak noise
| |
| créme crème
| |
| créme de menthe - crème de menthe *crémdə-mónt
| |
| Crêôle
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| crêosote
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| crèpe crèpe
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| crescéndos -sh-
| |
| créscent *crézzənt
| |
| crévíce
| |
| crevásse
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| creŵ ship = Creŵe town
| |
| creŵ-cut
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| Crîchton *Crŷtən
| |
| crîme
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| Crîmêa -êə
| |
| Crôát *Crôwát
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| Croâtia *Crôwâshə
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| cróc crocodile = cróck pot, old
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| crôchet knit *crôshây, cf. crótchet
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| crócodîle
| |
| croissant *kwússón, French nasal -ón
| |
| crône
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| crôny
| |
| cróss-examinâtion
| |
| cròtch genitals = crútch support
| |
| crótchet irritable, music regular pronunciation, cf. crôchèt *crôshây
| |
| crûcible
| |
| crûcifíxion
| |
| crûise -ûz
| |
| crúx
| |
| crýpt
| |
| crýstal - t sounded, cf. whístle, grístle, silent t
| |
| cùckoô
| |
| cûe snooker, theatre = queûe line
| |
| cuisìne *quizêen, cf. cóusin *cúzzən
| |
| cúl-de-sác
| |
| cúlprit
| |
| cúm with = còme here
| |
| cúpboard rhymes with Húbbard
| |
| curaçào *curassòw
| |
| cûrate person
| |
| curâte museum
| |
| cürb stop, street = kërb street
| |
| cûre-åll noun, adjective
| |
| cûrious
| |
| cúrrant eat = cúrrent now, flow
| |
| currículum vìtaê
| |
| cürse cf. cŏurse
| |
| cürt blunt = Kürt person
| |
| cürtsey bow cf. cöurtesy politeness
| |
| cùshion cf. percússion, both -shən
| |
| cústard
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| cústody BrE *cústardy
| |
| cút-prîce
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| cy- s-
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| cýclamen s-
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| cŷcle s-
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| cýclical s-
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| cŷclist s-
| |
| cýgnet swan = sígnet ring
| |
| cýlinder
| |
| cýmbal drums = sýmbol sign
| |
| cŷpher or cîpher, cf. decîpher
| |
| cŷpress tree = Cŷprus country s-
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| cýst s-
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| cýnic s-
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| cýnicism
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| Czàr or Tsàr *Zàr
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| Czéch nationality = chéck verify = BrE chéque cash
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| ===[[D]]===
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| D = Dêe ''person''
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| Dail ''parliament'' = Dŏyle ''person''
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| dâily
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| daîquíri
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| dãiry ''milk'' cf. dîary ''day''
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| Dàlek
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| Dalziél *Dêe-él
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| dám ''river'' = dámn ''hell''
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| dámage
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| dânger -jer, cf. clánger, hánger, no j sound
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| Dániel *Dányəl
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| Dânish
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| Dáphnê *Dáffney
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| dãresây is one word in '''Î dãresay''' meaning ‘probably’
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| dàrtbŏard one word
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| dāstardly cf. bāstard
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| dâtabâse BrE; AmE dátabâse one word
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| dåughter *dåwter
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| Dâvìês -z AmE; BrE = Dâvis
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| dávit
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| dâze ''dazzle'' = dâys ''day''
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| de *də (de lûxe or de lúxe) or dè (dè fácto), not a word in its own right
| |
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| déad cf. dêed
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| déadline one word
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| déadlock one word
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| dêal
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| déalt
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| dêar ''loved, expensive'' = dêer ''animal''
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| dëarth
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| debàcle
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| débris can be written with the French accent: débris; BrE *débrêe or dâybree; AmE *dəbrêe
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| débt *dét; silent b
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| dèbut début *dâybyû - or dé-
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| dèbuted débuted *dâybyûd - or dé-
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| décade ''years'' cf. decâyed ''decay'' - though some do rhyme them
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| Decémber
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| dêcent
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| decídûous -yû
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| déckchair one word
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| declássè can be written as in French déclassé *dây-clássây
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| décimate
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| decîpher cf. cŷpher or cîpher
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| Déclan
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| dêed cf. déad
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| dêer animal = dêar friend, expensive
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| dè fácto two words, *dây-fácto
| |
| defámatory
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| defâme
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| defër cf. díffer
| |
| déficit
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| définitely
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| defûse problem dê-, -z, cf. diffûse, dí-
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| degénerate
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| dèign condescend = Dâne Denmark
| |
| deipnósphist
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| déjà vu *dèzhà-vû
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| delây
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| deletêrious
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| Délhi India = déli delicatessen
| |
| delínêâte
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| delínquent
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| delîght -ît
| |
| Dêlius cf. Sibèlius
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| delíver
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| déluge -yû-
| |
| delûsion cf. illûsion
| |
| de lûxe or de lúxe
| |
| démagogue -góg
| |
| demānd
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| démo
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| demócracy cf. hypócrisy
| |
| democrátic
| |
| demür
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| demûre
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| dénguê fêver
| |
| dénier weight, coin *dényə, cf. denîer deny
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| Dénis = Dénnis
| |
| Denìse -êez
| |
| denŷ
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| depéndant person = depéndent adjective
| |
| dërby race = Dërby England AmE; BrE = Dàrby person
| |
| de riguëur *dərigër - hard g
| |
| desálinate
| |
| descént down = dissént disagree
| |
| descrîbe dís-
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| désert sand
| |
| desërt leave = dessërt meal
| |
| désiccate - very commonly misspelt: -ss- would be expected after é, cf. párallel
| |
| despãir
| |
| désperate cf. dísparate, séparate
| |
| desperâtion
| |
| despícable
| |
| dessërt meal -zërt = desërt leave
| |
| dessërts just -zërts
| |
| détail noun
| |
| detâil verb
| |
| detër
| |
| detêriorate
| |
| detërmíne
| |
| detérrent
| |
| detrîtus
| |
| dévastate
| |
| devastâtion
| |
| devélop rhymes with envélop verb, cf. énvelôpe noun
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| devîce -ss, cf. divîde
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| devîse -z, cf. divîde
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| devôte
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| devotêe
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| devòut
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| deŵ morning = dûe owed, cf. do act *dû
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| déxtrous or déxterous
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| diabêtes *dîəbêtêez or -tíz
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| diabétic
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| diaérisis *dî-érisis, AmE diérisis
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| dîálýsis
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| dîamond
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| dîáphanous
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| dîaphragm -ám
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| diarrhoêa BrE *dîre-rêar; AmE diarrhêa
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| dîary cf. dãiry
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| diáspora
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| dictâte cf. díktát
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| dîcy dodgy cf. Dícky, Díckie persons
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| dîe death = dŷe colour
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| dîehard one word
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| dìêsel
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| dîet *dîət
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| díffer cf. defër
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| diffûse various -ss, give out -z
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| dígit
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| díktát cf. dictâte
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| dilémma
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| dilettántê
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| dímwit one word
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| dínghy boat - no g sound, only ng sound
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| díngy dark *dínjy
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| dînosåur
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| dîocese *dîəsíss
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| diphthêria
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| díphthong
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| diplôma
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| díplomat
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| dîre cf. dêar
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| dírham
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| disassôciate - -sass-
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| disarrây
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| disāstrous -zā-, no e, cf. disāster; mürderous, cantánkerous, etc.
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| dísc record, circular = dísk computer
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| discòver
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| discrêet careful = discrête separate
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| discrétion -éshən
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| discriminâtory
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| díscus
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| discúss
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| disequilíbrium
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| disgúst revulsion ≈ discússed talked
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| disingénuous - -uou-
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| Dísney *Díznì
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| dispátch or despátch
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| dispénsable
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| disséction
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| dissént disagree = descént down
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| dissymétric dîssý-
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| dístribûte or distríbûte -yû-
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| divîne cf. Devìne
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| divîsive cf. divîde, dêvious, devîse
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| Djángo Reînhardt - unlike in French
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| do *dû cf. dûe cause, time = deŵ morning *dyû
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| doable *dûwable
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| Dócherty or Dóherty same pronunciation: Celtic ch sound, same as Arabic kh as in Khàn
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| dôcîle AmE *dóssle
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| dòes do *dúz, cf. dôes female deer
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| dóg-êat-dóg
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| dógged verb *dógd: this próblem dógged us
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| dógged attributive adjective *dóggíd: a dógged pursûer
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| dôe animal = dôh music, exclamation
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| dòes *dúz, cf. fãir do’s, *doôz
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| dôle money = Dôle person
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| dóll model
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| dóllar
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| domâin territory = demèsne estate, domâine vineyard
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| dón clothes = Dón person
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| dòne do = dún colour = Dúnn person = Dònne poet
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| dóner ''kebab'' = Dónner ''person
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| dônor ''give
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| doômsday ''doom'' = Domesday ''Book
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| dŏorstép one word
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| dŏrmant
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| dóssièr silent French r - or e regularised to schwa
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| doúble rhymes with búbble
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| doûble entendre *dôôblon-tóndrə
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| dòubt *dòut, cf. dòughty
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| dôugh ''bake, money'' = dôe ''deer
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| dôughnút *dônut
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| dòughty
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| Doúglas *Dúgləss
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| doûr ''serious'', one syllable ≈ doer do, two
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| dòve bird
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| dôve ''dive'' - AmE for dîved
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| dòvish
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| dòwnfall one word
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| downhíll one word
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| dòwry
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| dôze
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| dôzed ''doze''
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| dòzen ''12''
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| dracônian
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| drāft ''AmE all meanings, BrE outline, money, group, US conscription'' = drāught
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| dràgon
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| dràma
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| drāught BrE cold, net, liquids, game, horse = drāft, cf. dròught *dròwt
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| dråw ''design'' ≈ dråwer ''pull''
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| dråwback ''noun'' one word
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| dreŵ ''draw'' = Dreŵ ''person''
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| dríll
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| drîly or drŷly
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| drível
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| drízzle
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| drómedary
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| droôp down = drûpe fruit
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| dròught *dròut, cf. drāught = drāft
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| drúnkenness -nn-
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| Drûze
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| dûal ''two'' = dûel ''fight'' ≈ jeŵel ''stone''
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| dúchess cf. Dútch
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| dûe ''owed'' = deŵ ''morning'' *dyû, cf. do ''act'' *dû
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| dúmb-bell
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| dún ''colour'' = Dúnn ''person'' = dòne ''do'', cf. dón ''clothes, academic'' = Dón ''Donald''
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| Dúncan rhymes with drúnken
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| Dundêe
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| dûne ''sand''
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| Dúrham *Dúrrəm
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| dûring j-
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| dúst ''dirt'' = dòst ''archaic do''
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| dústbin one word
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| duúmvirate ûú
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| dûvèt *doôvây
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| Dvŏrak, in Czech Dvořák, *Dəvåwzhàk
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| dŷe ''colour'' = dîe ''dead''
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| dŷeing ''dye'' = dŷing ''die''
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| dynámic
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| dŷnamísm
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| dŷnamîte
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| dýs- bad = dís- negative
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| dýsentery
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| dysfúnctional
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| dysléxic
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| ===[[E]]===
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| Ê
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| êar cf. ërr
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| ëarl
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| Ëarl Grây ''tea'' cf. ''colour'' BrE grèy, AmE grây
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| ëarly
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| ëarn ''money'' = ürn ''bury'' = ërne ''eagle''
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| ëarnest ''serious'' = Ërnest ''person'', cf. Thê Impŏrtance of Bêing Ëarnest
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| ëarth
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| Eâster
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| eâstern ''east'' BrE = Êaston ''person''
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| êasy-gôing
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| êaten ''eat'' = Êton ''school''
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| êaves ''roof'' cf. êve ''before''
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| êavesdróp one word
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| eccéntric exé-
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| échelon ésh-
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| eclãir sometimes with French accent éclair *í-clãir
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| eclát sometimes with French accent éclat *è-clá
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| éctoplasm
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| económic, -al, -s AmE éc-, BrE êc-
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| ecónomy
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| ecólogy
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| êcosystem
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| écstasy éxt-
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| ecstátic éxt-
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| Écuador *Équador
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| éczema *éxma
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| éddy ''pool'' = Éddie = Éddy ''persons''
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| êdict
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| édit
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| êerie ''strange'' as in Lâke Êrie, cf. ãiry ''light'' = éyrie - and variant spellings - ''bird''
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| efféct ''result'' í- or ə-: when schwa = afféct ''cause''
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| effervésce -véss
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| efficácity
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| effícient -shənt
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| éffort -or- as schwa
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| effròntery cf. affrònt
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| Èid
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| èight 8 = AmE âte eat, BrE *ét
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| eîther neither AmE êither voiced th, cf. êther sky, unvoiced th
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| élbôw
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| eléction
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| eléctoral
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| elegîac
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| Eléktra
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| élement
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| eleméntary
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| elévenses
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| Élgàr - though it seems contemporary pronunciation was *Èlgə
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| éligible cf. illégible
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| elícit ''obtain'' = illícit ''illegal''
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| elìte íl-
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| elìtist
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| Elízabeth ''Queen'' = Elísabeth
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| Éltham -təm
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| elûsive ''elude'' = illûsive ''illusory''
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| élsewhere one word
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| émanate
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| embárrass cf. embrâce
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| émbassy cf. ambássador
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| embézzle
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| émblem
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| embódiment
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| embrâce cf. embárrass
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| embrŏidery
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| eménds alters = aménds make, cf. imménse huge
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| emërge
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| émigrate cf. ímmigrâte
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| émigrè émigré
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| éminence grìse *éminónss-grêez
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| éminent
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| emôtion
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| emphysêma
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| émulate
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| en French = ón English - en occurs in the following expressions taken from French: en attendant *onətóndón, en blóc, en clãir, en fáce, en famìlle *onfamì, en fête *onfét, en másse, en pássant *onpásson, en plein *onplán, en póste, en prìse, en rappŏrt, en roûte, en suìte *onswêet
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| encéphalitis ens-
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| encore ón-
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| énclave - some say ón-
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| encúmber cf. incúmbent
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| endéavour
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| endógenous cf. indíginous
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| endûre cf. ínjure
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| énergy - g as j
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| energétic - g as j
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| enfant terrìble *ónfóntérêebl
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| enfŏrce ''require'' = ín fŏrce ''applicable''
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| engâge
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| engagé *ongázhây
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| éngine -jín
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| England Íng-glənd
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| English Íng-glísh
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| ennuì *ón-wê
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| enŏrmous
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| enoúgh *inúff
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| en pássant *ompássom - last syllable nasalised
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| enquîre, enquîry or inquîre, inquîry; AmE ínquiry = enquiry
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| ensemble *onsómble
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| ensûe -syû
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| ensůre ''certain'' = insůre ''insurance''; BrE *inshåw, AmE *inshûre
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| énter
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| entîre *íntŷre, cf. MácIntyre etc.
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| entîrety *entîrity
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| entouràge *óntùràzh
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| éntrance ''enter''
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| entrānce ''beguile''
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| entrèe in French entrée *óntrây
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| entrepôt *óntrəpô
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| entreprenëur ón-; AmE -neûr
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| enúnciate´
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| envélop ''verb''
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| énvelôpe ''noun''
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| envîronment - nm
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| environméntalist - nm
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| epicûrêan
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| épitāph
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| êqual
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| eqùality
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| equâte
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| équitable
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| ër ''hesitation'' = BrE ërr error
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| êra BrE; AmE éra ''time'' = BrE érror ''mistake''; cf. ãrea, ària
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| erádicate cf. írrigate
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| ére ''before'' = ãir ''oxygen'' = héir ''estate''
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| ërne ''eagle'' = ëarn ''money'' = ürn ''pot''
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| ërr BrE; AmE érr cf. êar
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| érror
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| eschêat - s and ch pronounced separately: rhymes with chêat
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| escheŵ - s and ch pronounced separately
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| ÉTA ''Basque'' = Étta ''person''
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| ét ál
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| etc. = ét cétera - the pronunciation ‘ixetra’ is frowned upon
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| éthnocéntric one word
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| ethnógraphy
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| êthŷl
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| Êton ''school'' = êaten ''eat'' = Êton = Êaton ''persons''
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| eû- ''well'' = yoû ''pronoun''
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| Eûcharist Yûkə-
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| eûchre *yûker
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| Eûgêne = yoû, Jêan
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| eûlogy
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| eùro ''currency'' = Eùro ''championship''
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| Eùrope *Yùrəp
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| Europêan
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| euthanâsia -âzìyə
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| eváporate
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| êve ''before'' cf. êaves ''roof''
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| êven cf. Évan
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| evént
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| Évelyn ''usually female''
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| Êvelyn ''usually male''
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| éveryday ''adjective'' as in éveryday lîfe; cf. wê gét úp évery dây
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| êvil cf. dévil
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| eŵe ''sheep'' = yoû ''me'' = yeŵ ''tree''
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| éx ''lover'' = éx- ''past''
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| exácerbate
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| exággerate
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| excél
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| éxcellent
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| excépt ''exception'' = accépt ''receive''
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| exclâim
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| exécutive cf. éxecute
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| éxercise
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| exhíbit
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| exhibítion
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| exhílarating silent h, cf. hilãrious
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| éxîle
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| éxiting ''exit'' cf. excîting ''excite'', both one t
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| exónerâte
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|
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| éxŏrcise or = éxercise
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| expátriate -ət, cf. pâtriot, also ət
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| expêrience
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| expériment
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| expertìse -têez, cf. other words ending in -ise, mostly -îze
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| expôse
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| exposé *expôzây - either stressed
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| extól or extôl
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| éxtra *xtra
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| extrávagant
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| extravagánza
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| extrêmist
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| extraŏrdinary - the first a often is not heard: *extrŏrdinary
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| eŷe ''see'' = Î ''am'' = aŷe ''yes''
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| eŷesîght one word, *îsîte
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| eŷeẁash one word, *îwósh
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| éyrie ''bird'' has variant spellings éyry, ãérie and ãéry = ãiry light; cf. Lâke Êrie = êerie ''weird''
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| ===F===
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| F *éff
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| fábulous *fábyələss
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| façàde *fəsàd
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| facêtious *fəsêeshəss
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| fáction *fácshən, cf. fáshion
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| Fáhrenheît
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| fãir justice, pretty, fun- = fãre
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| fãiry cf. férry
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| fait accomplì *fét-əcomplì
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| fåll-òut noun
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| Fålstaff
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| fålcon
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| Fålklands
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| fámily *fámly
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| fámíne
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| fàraway adjective before noun, one word, cf. ít’s toô fàr awây
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| fàrcical
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| fãre travel, food = fãir
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| farewéll
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| Fãroe Islands = phãroah Egypt
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| fàr-rêaching
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| Fàrquhar *Fàrker
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| fàrther further BrE and some AmE = fàther dad
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| fáscist *fáshist, cf. râcist
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| fáshion *fáshən, *fátion, cf. fáction
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| fāst
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| fāsten *fāssən
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| Fátah Palestine = BrE fátter fat
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| fâtal
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| fatálity
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| fáthéad as if two words
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| fátwà
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| fåucet tap = Fåwcett person
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| fåulty fault = Fåwlty Towers
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| fåun goat-god = fåwn
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| fåuna
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| faux *fô
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| faux-pas *fô-pà
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| fåwn grovel, colour, deer = fåun
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| fâvourite -vr-; AmE fâvorite
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| fáx machine = fácts truths
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| Fây = Fâye persons = fèy whimsy
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| fâze confuse = phâse period
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| fêat achievement = fêet foot
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| Fébruary
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| fêed verb cf. féd past, foôd noun
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| fèign pretend = fâin willing
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| fèint sham, write = fâint unconscious
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| feîsty
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| Fêlix
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| fêmur
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| fermént chemical, excite cf. fomént water, disorder
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| férry cf. fãiry *féəry
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| fète garden, celebrate fête = fâte destiny
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| fétid cf. fèted = fâted
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| feûd argument cf. leŵd, foôd
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| fèy whimsy = Fây = Fâye persons
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| feŵ many = pheŵ relief
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| fìat decree = Fìat ® car
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| fìêrce
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| fîery cf. fîre, wîry, feîsty
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| fífth *fíth
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| fíg-lêaf
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| fígurehead *fíggerhéd, one word
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| fîle nail, paper = phîal liquid
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| fílet or fíllet - BrE t sounded, AmE *filây
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| fíll up = Phíl Philip
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| fíllip boost = Phílip person
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| fín fish = Fínn Finland
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| fînal
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| finàlê
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| fîne all meanings
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| fínger *fíng-gər
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| fínish stop = Fínnish Finland
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| fïr tree = für animal
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| fîreworks noun one word
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| físcal finance -ss-, cf. phýsícal body, -zí-
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| físsure break = físher fish, Físher person
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| fláccid *fláxid
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| flagellâtion
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| flãir ability = flãre fire
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| flák cf. bláck
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| flãre fire = flãir ability
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| flåutist
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| flák abuse = Fláck person
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| flåw error = BrE flŏor ground
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| flêa insect = flêe escape
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| Fléming
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| flíck-knife
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| flîer or flŷer
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| flípside one word
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| flôe ice = flôw water
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| flòod
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| flòur bake = flòwer plant
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| floúrish
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| flŏra
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| flôw water = flôe ice, cf. flåw error
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| flòwer plant = flòur bake
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| flû influenza = flûe chimney
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| flûgelhorn
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| flúmmoxed *flúməxt
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| fôcus, fôcused and fôcusing are preferable to fôcussed and fôcussing as they do not remind one of cússed and cússing
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| foêtus AmE fêtus
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| fôlìage has three syllables, cf. cárriage, márriage, each two
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| fomént water, disorder cf. fermént chemical, excite
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| foòt
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| foôd eat cf. feûd quarrel fyoô-
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| foôl
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| foôlscap
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| foòtnôte one word
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| fŏr preposition usually schwa; stressed = fŏur 4, fŏre front
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| fóray AmE = Fåurè Fauré
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| forbád or forbâde
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| forbíd
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| fŏre front = fŏur number
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| fŏrecast
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| fŏrecastle -səl: sailors traditionally say *fôksəl
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| fŏrehéad traditionally *fórrid, cf. hórrid, but now normally spelling pronunciation
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| fóreign *fórrən
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| fórest -íst = Fórrest person = Fórest Nottingham, person
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| fŏrewörd book cf. fŏrward back
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| fŏrmally formal BrE = fŏrmerly before
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| fŏrmer cf. fàrmer
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| fŏrmidable or formídable
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| fŏrtè
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| fŏrth forward = fŏurth four
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| forthcòming one word
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| fŏrtnight *fŏrtnîte
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| fŏrty cf. fŏur, fŏurteen
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| fŏrward forwards cf. rewård prize, fŏrewörd introduction
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| fòul bad = fòwl birds
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| fòund find, establish
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| fŏur number = fŏre front = fŏr preposition
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| fŏyèr *fŏyây
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| frácàs *frácà
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| frâmework one word
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| fránc currency = fránk honest = Fránk person
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| Frānces usually female
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| Frāncís usually male
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| fråught
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| frêak
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| frêe - as a suffix meaning ‘without’ it must be hyphenated: débt-frêe *dét-frêe
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| frêer *frêeər
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| frêest *frêeíst
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| frêeze cold = frìêze wall
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| Frêmantle
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| frêquent adjective
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| frequént verb
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| fréshwåter adjective cf. thére ís nô frésh wåter
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| frîed
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| friénd
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| frìêze wall, cloth = frêeze
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| frîght *frîte
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| frîghtened *frîtənd
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| frólic
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| frònt
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| fròwzy
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| frûit *frûte
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| frŷ
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| FTSE *foòtsìê
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| fûchsia *fyoôsha
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| fùll
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| fundaméntalist
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| für animal = fïr tree
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| fürlôugh *fürlôw
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| fürnace -níss
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| fürnish
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| furŏrê or as AmE fûrŏr
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| fürther
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| ===[[G]]===
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| G = gêe ''up''
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| gádfly one word
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| Gâelic ''Irish''
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| Gáelic ''Scottish'' = Gállic ''French''
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| gáffe cf. gúff
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| gág
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| gâge is an AmE alternative to gâuge
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| gâit ''walk'' = gâte ''garden''
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| Galápagos - identical Spanish accent may be written
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| gâle ''storm'' = Gâil = Gâle ''persons'' = Gâel Gaelic
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| Gålle ''Sri Lanka'' = Gåul ''France''
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| gállop ''horse'' = Gállup ''poll''
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| gámble ''money'' = gámbol ''frisky''
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| gánder
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| Gándhi *Gándy, cf. cándy and gh- words
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| gâol BrE old alternative spelling of, and pronounced, jâil
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| gárage hard g; BrE -àzh, AmE *guəràzh
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| Gáry hard G, cf. Gérry = Jérry; cf. Hárry, Cãry, Gáby
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| gàrdener garden = Gàrdiner = Gàrdner persons
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| gàrgoyle
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| gàrner gather = Gàrner person; BrE = Ghàna country
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| gáses noun = gásses verb
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| gâte open = gâit walk
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| gâuge *gâij, AmE can be gâge; cf. grêengage
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| gåuze
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| gécko
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| gêese hard g: plural of goôse
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| Geîger còunter hard G
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| gèisha hard g
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| gél *jél, cf. jélly
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| Géminî Jé-
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| gêne genetics = Jêan girl = Gêne Eugene; gênes = jêans trousers
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| genealógical jê-
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| géneral *jénral
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| genéric j-
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| gênes genetics = jêans trousers, cf. Jêan person - pronounced *Zhà with nasalised à if French
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| geneálogy
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| genétics
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| gênìê j-
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| gênìî j-
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| génitâlia j-
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| gênius j-
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| genre *zhónrə
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| gentêel j-, cf. Géntîle
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| géntle j-
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| gênus j-
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| Géoff = Jéff
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| Géoffrey = Jéffrey
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| geográphic jêə-
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| geógraphy jóg- in rapid speech, cf. gêólogy
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| Geŏrge Jŏr-
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| Gërman J-
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| germâne relevant = Germâine, Jermâin, etc. persons
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| gërminate j-
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| Gérry = Jérry cf. Gáry, hard G
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| gétaway adjective and noun one word, cf. verb gét awây
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| gêyser water = BrE gêezer man, AmE geŷser
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| gh- = g-
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| Ghàna Africa = BrE gàrner gather
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| Ghanâian cf. Gándhi
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| ghāstly
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| ghåt or ghåut
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| ghërkin
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| ghétto
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| ghôst
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| gíbbet j-
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| gíbbon hard g
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| Gídêon hard G, *Gídêyən
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| gíg hard g cf. jíg
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| Gílbert hard G
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| gíll fish hard g, as also in McGíll person
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| gíll liquid = Jíll = Gíll = Gíl persons
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| gín *jín
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| giráffe j-
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| glâcial
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| glácier or glâcier
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| glâde
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| Gládys
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| glámorise
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| glámorous
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| glámour
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| glêam
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| glêan
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| Glóucester *Glóster
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| glûtinous
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| glútton
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| Glŷndebŏurne
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| gnàrled *nàrld
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| gnásh teeth = Násh person
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| gnát mosquito = Nát person
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| gnåw chew = BrE nor neither
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| gnócchì *nyócky
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| gnôme garden = Nôme Alaska
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| gô-ahéad noun, adjective hyphenated
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| gôad
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| gôalless - sustained l sound
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| gôat cf. côat
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| góbbledygoòk
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| gŏitre AmE gŏiter
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| gôlf cf. gúlf
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| Gomórrah rhymes with BrE Andórra
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| góner fatal
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| gonna going to two schwas: *gənə
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| goodsélf one word
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| goôgle verb no capital
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| goôgly
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| goòseberry *gùzbry
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| goôse *goôss
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| Gorbachev -chóff
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| gorílla ape = guerílla warfare
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| gŏurmet *gŏrmây
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| gòvern
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| gòvernment first n silent in rapid speech
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| Grâeme *Grâyəm = Grâham most common spelling = Grâhame Kenneth
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| graffìti
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| grámmar
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| grammátical grə-
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| grámophone ‘grammar phone’ has been seen
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| grándad or gránddad - dd can be extended d sound; as name, G-
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| gránddaughter *grándåwter
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| grándchîld
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| grándeûr *grándûre
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| Grànd Prìx *gràm-prì
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| gráphic cf. tráffic
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| grâte cheese, fire, annoy = grêat important
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| grâteful
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| grâve serious, burial
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| gràve accent
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| grâvy
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| grây is AmE for grèy
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| grâze sheep = grèys grey, cf. gràss
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| greât big = grâte cheese, fireplace, irritate
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| grêase oil = Grêece Greek
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| grêen colour = Grêen, Grêene persons
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| Gréenwich *Grénnídge
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| grêet
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| Grêig composer
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| Gréig English = Grég
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| Grenâda cf. Granàda
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| grenâde
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| grèy AmE grây = Grèy = Grây persons
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| grèyhòund one word
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| grìêf
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| gríll food, interrogate = grílle lattice
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| grimâce AmE grímace
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| grísly horrible = grízzly bear
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| grôan pain = grôwn up
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| grŏin body = grŏyne wood
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| gròundswell one word
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| grôwn-úp noun hyphenated
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| grûel
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| gu- followed by vowel, hard g, silent u, unless stated otherwise
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| Guàm *Gwàm
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| guarantêe gá-, cf. ẁarranty
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| guàrd *gàrd = gàrde in ávant gàrde
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| Guatemàla Gwà-
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| guerílla war = gorílla animal
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| guéss
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| guést visit = guéssed guess
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| gúff cf. gáffe
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| guîde
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| guíld society = gíld lily
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| guílt guilty = gílt gild
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| gúlf cf. gôlf
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| gúng-hô
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| gúnwale = gúnnell
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| Guínêa country = guínêa money
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| guíllotìne - either stressed
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| gúng-hô hyphenated
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| guŷ
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| gým gymnasium = Jím person
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| gynaecólogist hard g-: *gŷnəcólojist, AmE -nec-
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| gyrâte *jîrâte
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| gŷroscope j-
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| ===[[H]]===
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| H âitch
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| hà
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| ha hà ''laughter''
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| hà-hà ''fence''
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| hâbeas cŏrpus
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| háckneyed *hácknid
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| haemoglôbin - haê-
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| haemophília - haê-
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| haémorrhage *hémmoridge, *hémerage
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| haémorrhoid
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| haemostâsis
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| Hâgue ''person, Netherlands'' = Hâig = Hâigh ''persons''
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| hâil ''stones, greeting'' = hâle ''hearty''
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| hãir ''head'' = hãre ''animal''
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| Hâiti *Hâtey, cf. hâte
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| hàjj or hàdj
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| hālf *hàf; AmE *háf
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| hâlfpenny *hâypəny
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| håll ''building'' = håul ''pull, rob, cf. Hál person
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| hallelûjah - j as y: *hallelûya
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| hállôw cf. hallô
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| hålt
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| hālve ''half'' AmE ≈ háve ''own'', though hálve tends to be longer
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| hámlet -lít, cf. hám ómelette
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| hámster *hámpster, cf. hámper, Hámpstead
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| hándbag can be *hámbag
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| hándkerchìêf *hánkerchêaf
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| hándle ''touch, door'' = Hándel, Hándl ''persons''
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| hándout ''noun'' one word
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| hándover ''noun'' one word
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| hándwrítten one word
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| hángar ''plane'' = hánger ''clothes''
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| Hanŏi
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| Hánover has one n in English, two in German
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| Haràrê
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| haráss AmE; BrE *hárras, cf. Hárrís person
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| hàrem or hãrem
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| hàrk cf. heàrken
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| hàrpsichord -kŏrd
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| hássle cf. hústle, *hússle
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| hâsten *hâyssən
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| hâte ''love'' = Hâight ''Ashbury''
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| hâtred -íd cf. pûtríd
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| hautëur *ôat-ër
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| háve can sound like *háff when emphasised before an unvoiced consonant: I *háff to sêe hím
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| háve-nóts ''haves''
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| Hawàiì
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| Håwes
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| håwk
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| håwthorn ''plant'' = Håwthorne ''person''
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| hây ''farm'' = hèy ''exclamation''
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| Haŷdn cf. Hâydon = Hâyden
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| hâ’p’orth
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| héad cf. hêed
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| héalth
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| Hêar, hêar! ''agree''
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| hëard ''hear'' = hërd ''animals'', cf. hàrd ''soft''
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| heàrken cf. hàrk
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| hêarsay
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| hëarse
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| heàrt ''beat'' = hàrt ''deer'' = Hàrt ''person''
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| heàrtfélt one word
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| heàrth
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| hêath
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| hêathen -dhən
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| héather rhymes with wéather -dh-
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| hêave
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| héaven
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| héavy
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| héavywèight boxing *hévviwâit, one word, cf. héavy wèight literal
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| hêed cf. héad
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| hêe hêe laugh cf. hê him
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| hêel foot = hêal cure
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| hegémony - hard g or j
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| Heîdelberg
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| héifer cow = Héffer person
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| heîght *hîte
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| heîghten high = Huŷton place
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| hèinous
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| Heînz *Hŷnts: in the 1950s, with memories of the second world war still fresh, the company of this name pronounced itself Hînes *Hŷnze
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| héir heiress = ãir breathe, etc.
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| hélicopter cf. hêlium
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| héllhole one word
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| hellô or hallô or hullô
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| hém but not many other words begin this way, haém- being more common
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| hémidemisémiquaver
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| hémisphêre
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| hërd animals = hëard hear, cf. hàrd soft
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| hêre there = hêar sound
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| Héreford
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| héretic
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| herétical
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| hêro
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| héron
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| hérôín drug = hérôíne hero cf. méscalíne
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| heteroséxual cf. métro, rétro
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| heŵ wood = hûe colour = Hûgh = Hûw persons
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| hèydây one word
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| he’s he is = hís belonging to him - but can be hê’s *hêez
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| hîâtus *hîgh-èight-us
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| híccúp can be spelt híccoúgh
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| hídden
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| hídeous *hídìəss
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| hîdeòut
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| hîeràrchy *hîeràrky
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| hîgh height = hî hello
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| hîghbròw one word, *hîbròw
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| hilãrious
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| Hílary = Híllary
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| hînd
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| hínder
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| híndrance -drənss
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| híppocratic cf. hypocrítical
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| hîre ''rent'' ≈ hîgher ''high
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| hís he *hízz, cf. híss snake, hê’s or he’s
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| históric
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| hítchhîke second h aspirated
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| hŏar ''frost'' = whŏre ''prostitute'' = Hŏare ''person
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| Hîte ''person'' = heîght ''high
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| hŏard ''store'' = hŏrde ''gang
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| hŏarse ''voice'' = hŏrse ''animal
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| hôax
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| hóbnób one word
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| hóck as in ín hóck, cf. ád hóc
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| hôe ''garden'' cf. hô hô ''laughter
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| hôld ''hand'' = hôled ''golf
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| hôle ''gap'' = whôle ''complete
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| hóliday ''vacation'' = Hólliday ''person'' = Hóliday ''Billie''
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| hólly cf. hôly
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| Hóllywoòd
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| Hôlmes ''person'' = hômes ''living''; or Hólmes, with l pronounced or hinted at
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| hôly sacred ≈ whôlly completely, which has the two l’s pronounced
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| Hólyhéad
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| Hôlyroôd
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| hómage - unlike French, one m
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| homêopáthic AmE; BrE homoêo-
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| homêópathy AmE; BrE homoêó-
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| hômewörk one word
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| hómicide
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| homógeneous -jenəss or hômôgêneous rhyming with gênius
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| hómoným
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| hômo sápiens
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| homoséxual - hó-
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| Hóng Kóng *Honkóng
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| hône
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| hónest *ónnist
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| honoràrium ón-
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| hónorary ón-
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| honorífic ón-
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| hónour *ónner, AmE hónor
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| hónourable ón-, AmE hónorable
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| hoòdwink
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| hoòk
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| hoòkah pipe *hùkə = BrE hoòker prostitute, rugby
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| hoôver carpet is from Hoôver person
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| hôping hope cf. hópping hop
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| Hórace rhymes with Bóris, Dóris, Nórris and Mórris
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| hŏrde gang = hŏard store
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| horrífic
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| hórror
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| hŏrs d’oëuvre ŏr-dërvrə
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| hŏrse animal = hŏarse croak
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| hóspice -íss
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| hóspital
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| hóspitalised
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| hôst
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| hóstage
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| hóthead as if two words
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| hóthòuse as if two words
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| hóugh leg = hóck pawn
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| hòur time = òur us
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| hôuse noun -s, verb -z
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| Hoûston *Hoôston
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| howéver one word
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| hòwl wolf cf. òwl bird
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| hûbris
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| hûe ''colour'' = Hûgh ''person'' = hêw ''cut'' = Hûw ''Welshman''
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| Hûghes ''person'' = heŵs ''hew''
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| hullabaloô
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| hûman
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| hûmor AmE; BrE hûmour
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| hûmorist
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| hûmorous ''humour'' = hûmerus ''bone''
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| húndred
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| Húngary ''country'' - three syllables ≈ húngry
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| hunger - two syllables
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| hústle *hússle, cf. hássle
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| hýmn ''church'' = hím ''he''
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| hŷper- ''very''
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| hypercrítical ''critical''
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| hypócrisy cf. hýpocríte, demócracy, hippocrátic
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| hypocrítical ''hypocrite''
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| hystêria
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| hystérical
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| ===I===
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| Î ''letter, me'' = eŷe ''sight'' = aŷe ''yes''
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| Ìan ''person'' cf. îron, silent r
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| îceberg one word
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| Îceland -lənd
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| Icelándic
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| îcon
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| idêa *îdêə, cf. monosyllables pêa, têa, a not sounded separately
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| ídeogram
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| idêólogy - î or í
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| idiosýncrasy
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| îdle lazy = îdol god = AmE îdyll idyllic
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| Idomenèo
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| ídyll BrE; AmE îdyll = îdle = îdol
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| ígnorance
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| ignŏre
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| íleum intestine = ílium bone
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| illegálity
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| illícit illegal = elícit get
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| íll-thŏught-òut
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| illûsive illusory = elûsive elude
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| ímage -íj
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| imaginâtion
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| imágíne
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| imàm
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| imbróglio *imbrólyo
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| immêdìately
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| imménse cf. eménd
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| ímmigrate cf. émigrate
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| ímpact noun, affect
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| impáct fix, wedge
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| impâle
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| impàla
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| ímpasse
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| impêach
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| impéccable
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| impêrial
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| impéril
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| ímpetus
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| impŏrtance
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| ímpotence
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| impresàrio one s
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| ímpress noun
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| impréss verb
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| improprîety
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| ímprovîse
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| improvisâtion BrE -əvî-, AmE -óví-
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| ímpudent -yû-
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| impûte ascribe cf. ínput put in *ímpùt
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| ín abséntia
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| inadvërtent
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| íncense smoke
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| incénse anger
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| inchôâte ínk-
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| íncident
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| incidéntal
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| incidéntally
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| incrédible
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| incúmbent cf. encúmber
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| indepéndent cf. depéndent, depéndant
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| ín-dépth adjective
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| Índian - can be spelt without a capital when referring to American indians
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| Indiána
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| indîct *indîte
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| indígenous
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| indispénsable
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| índustry
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| indústrial
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| inévitable
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| infállible
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| ínfamous cf. fâmous
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| infátuâtion
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| inflámmatory -mm-
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| ín frònt of three words
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| inhérit
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| inítial *iníshəl
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| inítiative *iníshətíve
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| ínjure cf. endûre
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| ínland adjective
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| inlánd adverb
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| ínn pub = ín preposition
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| inóculate
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| ínpùt put in *ímpùt, cf. impûte ascribe
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| inquîre, inquîry or enquîre, enquîry; AmE ínquiry = enquiry
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| ínroads
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| insâtiable
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| insístent
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| ín sítu
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| insoûciance
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| inståll some AmE instål
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| instålment AmE instållment
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| instéad
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| insůre insurance = ensůre verify; BrE *inshåw, AmE *inshûr
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| insürgent cf. sürge
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| intáct one word
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| intégral
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| íntegrate
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| intélligent
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| interáction
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| interfêre
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| interfêrence
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| interlócutor
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| intërnal
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| internátional -áshnəl, cf. nâtion
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| internêcîne
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| intërpret
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| ínterview
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| intestînal or intéstinal
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| íntimate adjective -ət
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| íntimâte verb
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| ínto *íntû or *íntə: one word - but ón to is still two
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| íntricacy
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| íntrìgue noun *íntrêeg
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| intrìgue verb *ín-trêeg
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| introspéction
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| inválid valid
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| ínvalid ill
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| ínventory *ínvəntry, cf. ínfantry
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| in-yer-fâce
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| îón electron cf. îron metal, *îən, silent r
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| Îôna
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| îPód ® showing a trend towards internal capitalisation also seen in EastÉnders
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| Irān cf. îron metal, silent r
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| Irânian or Irànian
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| Irāq -k
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| Irāqi -kì
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| irâte î-
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| Îreland BrE Îələnd, cf. îsland *îlənd
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| Irênê or silent final e
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| iridéscent *írridéssant
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| îron metal BrE *îyən, cf. îón electron, Ìan person, Iràn country
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| irónic
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| îrony *îrənỳ
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| irresístible
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| irréverent
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| irrévocable
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| írrigate cf. erádicate
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| Îsaac *Îzək
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| îsland *îlənd, cf. Îreland
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| Íslám Íz-
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| Islámic
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| Îslay *Îlə
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| îsle island *île = aîsle theatre
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| Îsle of Wîght *Île of Whîte
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| îsobar -ss-, cf. Ísobel = Ísabel, -z-
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| Ísrâel *Ísreâl
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| Isrâeli
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| íssue *íshû or íssyû
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| Istanbùl or to please the Turks Istánbul cf. old spelling in Graham Greene’s novel title Stamboul Train
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| ísthmus
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| íts belonging to it = ít’s it is - ít’s for íts is probably the most common mistake of all
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| Îvan
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| Îvor
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| îvory
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| îvy plant = Îvy person
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| ===J===
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| J = jây bird
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| Jáckie either sex = Jácqui female
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| Jâin religion = Jâne person
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| jalópy
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| jámb door = jám bread, cf. lámb, also -m
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| Jánet
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| Jânus
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| Japán
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| jéalous *jélləss
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| Jêan person = gêne genetics, cf. Jâne person
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| jêans trousers = gênes genetics
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| jéll shape = gél hair
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| jélly
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| jéopardy *jéppardy, cf. léopard, also silent o
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| Jéricho -kô
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| Jerôme
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| Jérry = Gérry
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| Jéssê = Jéssìê
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| Jêsus -z-
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| Jésûít -z-
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| jéttison
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| jétty
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| Jeŵ cf. Jûdaism
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| jeŵel stone cf. dûel fight = dûal two
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| jeŵeller *jûəler
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| jihád
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| jínx bad luck = jínks high jinks
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| Jô Josephine = Jôe Joseph
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| Jôêy Joseph = jôey animal
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| Jôan
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| Jôánna
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| Jôánne
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| jób work
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| Jôb person
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| jöurnal
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| jöurney
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| Jûdâísm AmE *Jûdêísm
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| júdgement or júdgment soft g
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| jûice fruit *jûce, cf. deûce two, equal
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| Jûlie
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| Julŷ
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| júmpstart one word
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| jùnta or ú or h-
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| jûry justice = Jeŵry Jew, cf. Dûry person, Neŵry town
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| Jûvenal
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| jûvenîle
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| ===K===
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| K = Kây ''person''
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| Kàbul - some say Kabùl
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| Kafkaésque *Káfkə-ésk: there may be a glottal stop before é
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| kamikàzê
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| kapùt unlike German kaputt
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| karaôkê *kariôkêy, *cárry-ôkie
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| Káren ''ancient''
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| Kàrin ''modern''
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| kàrma
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| Kashmìr ''Asia'' = cashmêre ''wool''
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| Kathmandû Kátm-
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| Kátz ''person'' = cáts ''cat''
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| kebáb
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| kêen ''interested, sharp'' = Kêane = Kêene persons
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| Kêighley *Kêithley
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| Kêith
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| kërb ''street'' = cürb ''lessen, street''
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| kërnel ''centre'' = colonel ''army''
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| kérosêne or kérosìne
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| késtrel
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| kétchup
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| kéttle ''water'' cf. cáttle ''farm''
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| kêy ''door'' = quaỳ ''port''
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| kêyboard one word
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| Kèynsham
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| Khachatûrian *Kachachûrian
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| khàkì - either stressed
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| Khmér Kəm-
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| Kìév *Kìyéff
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| kìlo
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| kílomêtre or kilómetre; AmE -er
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| kînd
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| kíndred -dríd
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| kíngly
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| Kíngsley cf. Mackínley
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| Kirkûdbright *Kəkûbry
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| kítsch *kítch
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| Kleîn = Clîne
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| knâve cad, cards = nâve church
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| knêad dough = nêed necessary = knêed knee
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| knêejerk one word, n-
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| knêel down = Nêil, etc. persons
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| kneŵ know = neŵ fresh
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| kníck-knáck cf. Níck
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| knîght chess, Sir *nîte = Knîght person = nîght dark
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| knít wool = nít creature, fool
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| knóck *nóck, cf. noòk
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| knót tie = nót no
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| knôw acquaint = nô negative
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| knôw-hòw knowledge hyphenated = nôhòw anyhow
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| knôw-nothing adjective one word
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| knówledge *nólij
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| knôwn cf. nòne
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| knôws know = nôse face
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| Knóx person = knócks knock, n-
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| koòky eccentric = coòkie cake
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| Koràn = Quràn = Qur’àn
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| Korêa peninsula = BrE carêer job, fast
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| Kósovô -ss- - although Kosovans say ‘Kóssôvə’
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| kòwtòw
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| Kürt person = cürt abrupt
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| Kuwâit
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| Kÿrgyzstān
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| ===[[L]]===
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| L = él ''railway''
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| labŏrious
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| lâbour BrE; AmE -or, cf. Lâbor Pàrty Australia, etc.
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| lâbourer BrE; AmE -or-
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| lábyrinth
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| lackadâisical
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| lácklustre ''adjective'' one word
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| lácquer *lácker
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| láddies ''boys''
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| lâdies ''women''
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| làger ''beer'' hard g, cf. soft g in làrger ''bigger''
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| lâid ''egg, table, trap'' *lâyed
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| lâin ''down'' = lâne ''traffic''
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| lãir ''hideout'' ≈ lâyer ''covering'': both are two syllables, but lâir is normally shorter
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| lâissèz-fãire silent z: *lây-sây-fãir
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| lámb -m
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| lambást or lambâste
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| lamént
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| lámentable or laméntable
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| lâne ''road'' = lâin ''lie'' = Lâne, Lâine ''persons''
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| lánguorous -uorou-: -ərə-
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| Làos ''nation'' = lòuse ''bug''
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| lápdog one word
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| lápse negative = láps lap
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| largésse or AmE largéss
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| làrva insect BrE = làva volcano
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| lâser -z-; rhymes with râzor
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| lasso *lássoô
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| Làs Vègas - many BrE speakers say *Lós Vègas probably because they would normally read Las with the á sound, the AmE Làs sounds to them like Lós, and by analogy with Lós Ángeles
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| lâter
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| làttè
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| látter
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| låud praise = BrE lŏrd master
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| låudanum
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| lāughter rhymes with āfter
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| laureate *lóriat
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| laurel *lórrel
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| làva volcano BrE = làrva insect
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| lávish cf. slâvish
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| låw legal = BrE lŏre folk: *lŏ, cf. lôw *ləù: Francophones beware
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| Lawrence Ló- or Laurence w more common
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| låwyer *lŏyer
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| lây table, egg, snooker as a verb in its own right, or as past of lîe; = lâze lazy
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| lâybŷ
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| lâyer covering ≈ lãir hideout: both are two syllables, but lâyer is normally longer
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| lâze lazy = lâys table
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| lâzy
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| lêa grass = lêe shelter = Lêe = Lêigh persons
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| lêach percolate = leêch worm, sail
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| lêast cf. lést
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| lêaves leave, leaf
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| lêad first, guide
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| léad metal = léd took, past of lêad, cf. réad, past of rêad
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| lêader lead = lìêder songs
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| lêak liquid = lêek vegetable
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| lêague *lêeg
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| léant lean = lént lend = Lént season
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| léapt leap
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| lëarn past: lëarned or lëarnt
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| lëarned as attributive adj: a *lëarníd mán
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| lêast less cf. lést in case
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| Lébanon -ənən; AmE -ón
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| léd guided = léad metal
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| lée shelter = Lêe = Lêigh = Lêa persons = lêa grass
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| lêes dregs cf. lêase contract, unvoiced s
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| leêch worm, sail = lêach percolate
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| Lêeds city = lêads lead
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| lêek vegetable = lêak liquid
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| lêer look = Lêar person
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| léft hand, leave
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| léftie politics = léfty hand
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| légacy
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| lêgal
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| législâtor
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| législatûre
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| Léicester city = Léster person
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| Léinster
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| leisure BrE léisure *lézher; AmE lêisure *lêzher; BrE rhyming with méasure, pléasure and tréasure
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| leîtmotìf
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| Lénnox
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| léns *lénze, plural lénses
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| lént lend = Lént season = léant lean
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| Lêô
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| Léominster *Lémstə
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| Léonard *Lénnəd = Lénnard
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| léopard ''animal'' = Léppard ''person'' *lépəd, cf. Léonard, jéopardy, also silent o
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| lêotàrd *lêətàd
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| léper *lépə, rhyming with pépper
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| Lêroy
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| Lésley ''female'' = Léslie ''male''
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| Lesotho *Lesûtû
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| léss ''more''
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| léssen ''less'' = lésson ''school''
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| lést ''in case'' cf. lêast ''less''
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| lêthal
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| léts ''let'' = lét’s ''let us''
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| léttuce *léttis
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| Levánt
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| lévee ''dam'' = lévy ''tax''
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| lêver BrE; AmE léver
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| lêverage BrE; AmE léverage cf. béverage in both
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| Lêvi
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| Lévis cf. Lêavis
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| lévy ''tax'' = lévee ''dam''
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| leŵd cf. feûd
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| Leŵis ''Scotland, person'' *Loôwis = Leŵes ''England''
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| Lhàsa
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| liâison lì-
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| lîable three syllables
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| lîar
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| lîbel two syllables
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| líberal
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| libertãrian
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| líberty
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| líbido
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| Lìbra
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| lîbrary
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| lîbrãrian
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| Líbya
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| lîcence BrE or lîcense AmE; can be verb in BrE
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| lîcensêe *lîcencee
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| lîchen ''plant'' = lîken ''compare''
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| lîe down, untrue cf. lŷing, lây
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| lìên *lêən
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| lìêder ''songs'' = lêader ''lead''
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| lieuténant AmE lût-, BrE léft- or lût-
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| lîfestyle one word
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| lîfetime one word
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| lígament
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| lîght *lîte - but ‘lite’ can be seen commercially
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| lîghtning ''flash'' *lîtning ≈ lîghtening ''lighten''
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| lîkelihood
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| lîkely
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| lîke-mînded
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| lîlac
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| Lilóngwè
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| líly-lívered
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| límb *lím, cf. clîmb ''up'' = clîme ''climate''
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| lîme cf. Lŷme Rêgis
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| límô
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| limousìne *limmazêen
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| línchpín cf. lýnch
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| Líncoln *Língkən
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| Líndsay = Líndsey *Línzy
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| línêage *línêíj, cf. lîne
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| lingerie BrE *lánzhery, AmE *lànjerèy, è stressed
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| lîon ''animal'' = Lŷon ''person'', cf. Lỳon ''France''
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| líp-rêad
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| líquefy cf. líquid líquidate
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| liqueûr ''chocolate'' *licûre
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| líquor ''whisky'' *líkker
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| Lîsa
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| Lísbon *Lízbən
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| líst ''column, sway'' = Líszt ''Franz''
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| lísten *líssen
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| lístless *lístlíss
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| lîte - humorous or commercial spelling of lîght
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| líterary
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| líturgy
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| líve verb
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| lîve adjective cf. lîfe noun
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| líves verb
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| lîves life plural of lîfe
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| Líz
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| Lìza – usually
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| Ljubljàna´*Lyùblyàna
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| llàma ''animal'' = làma ''Buddhism''
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| Llanélli - Welsh names featuring Ll- are pronounced by many English speakers as if they began Thl-, so: *Thlanéthly - except for the very common...
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| Llŏyd *Lŏyd
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| lôan ''lend'' = lône ''alone''
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| lôath ''unwilling'' unvoiced th; its variant lôth is perhaps preferable, to avoid confusion with the following, which is sometimes used incorrectly in its place
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| lôathe hate voiced th, *lôadh
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| lôathsome voiced th, no middle e
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| lóch Scottish ch like Arabic kh, phonetic symbol χ, cf. lóck; Irish ones are lóugh, same pronunciation
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| lóckjaw one word
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| lôgo
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| Lòndon
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| lône ''only'' = lôan ''money''
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| longévity -njé-
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| lónger ''long'' hard g sounded separately
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| longëur ''bore'' g not sounded separately
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| Lóngfellow
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| loô ''toilet'' = Loû ''person'' = lieû ''in''
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| loòkalike ''noun'' one word
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| loôse ''insecure'' *lûce, cf. lose ''lost'' = loôs ''loo'' *lûze: writing 'loose' for 'lose' is perhaps the second most common mistake in English after ít’s for íts
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| loôt ''spoils'' = lûte ''music''
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| lŏre ''folk'' = BrE låw ''rule''
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| lórry ''transport'' = Laurie ''person''
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| lose ''lost'' *lûze = loôs ''toilets'', cf. loôse ''insecure'' *lûce
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| loser ''unlucky'' *lûzer, cf. loôser ''more insecure''
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| loses lû-, cf. lósses
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| lôth ''disinclined'' variant of lôath, and arguably preferable, as it is further from lôathe ''hate''
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| loûche -sh
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| Loûìs silent s, or (particularly in St. Loûis) = Leŵís
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| Louìse
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| Louisiána Lûì-; one n
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| lòve cf. lôathe
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| lôw cf. låw
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| lûchre *lûker, AmE lûcher
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| lúggage
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| lúllabŷ
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| lúmbar ''back'' = lúmber ''wood''
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| lûte ''music'' = loôt ''spoils''
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| lúvvie, a satirical British word for an ''actor'' cf. lòve, lòvey-dòvey
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| Lúxemboürg
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| lŷing from lîe
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| lýmph
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| lýnch = Lýnch person, cf. línchpin
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| lýnx ''animal'' = línks ''link''
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| Lỳón ''France'' cf. lîon ''animal''
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| lŷre ''harp'' = lîar ''cheat''
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| ===M===
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| M = ém ''print''
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| macádam ''road'' comes from McÁdam ''person'': names begin Mac- or Mc- with or without a following capital
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| macarôni cf. original Italian ‘macheroni’
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| MacGrégor or McGrégor
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| machétê *məshétty
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| machìne -sh-
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| machísmo mátch- or mətch-
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| mácho mátch-
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| Mácintyre = MácKintyre (c of ‘Mac’ is always hard, even before a vowel)
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| Macleod or MacLeod or McLeod *Məclòud
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| mádeleine ''cake'' = Mádeleine ''Paris, person''
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| mâde-up adjective before noun
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| mádman or -mán; one word
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| Madràs
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| mâelstrom
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| màêstro *mŷstro
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| máfia AmE màfia
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| magazìne
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| Mågdalen ''Oxford'' = Mågdalene ''Cambridge'' both silent g = måudlin ''sentimental''
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| Mágdalene ''Mary'' *Mágdəlín
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| magistêrial cf. májesty
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| mágnâte ''power''
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| mágnet ''magnetic''
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| mâid ''servant'' = mâde ''make''
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| mâil ''letters'' = mâle ''female''
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| mâin ''principle'' = Mâine ''America'' = mâne ''horse''
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| mâinstream one word
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| mâize ''crop'' = mâze ''labyrinth''
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| Majŏrca *Məyŏrcə
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| majórity
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| malãria
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| Malâysia cf. Âsia etc.
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| Málcolm ''person'' *Málcum, cf. tálcum powder
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| mâle man = mâil post
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| måll shopping = måul violence; Páll Máll is an exception
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| mállêable
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| målt
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| Målta
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| Mámmon
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| mán male = Mánn = Mánne persons = Mán Manchester
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| mánakin bird cf. máníkin dwarf, model = mánnequin dummy
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| Mánchester cf. Chéster
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| mânger cf. mánager
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| mâne horse = mâin principal = Mâine State
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| mándarin
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| mándatory
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| mandolíne
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| mâne lion = mâin important = Mâine state
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| mângy -jy
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| mánhandle
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| mâniácal
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| máníkin or mánníkin dwarf, model = mánnequin dummy, cf. mánakin bird
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| mán-mâde
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| mánna heaven BrE = mánor house = mánner way
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| mánnequin dummy = máníkin dwarf, model, cf. mánakin bird
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| manoeûvre BrE or manœûvre; AmE maneûver
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| many *ménny, cf. pénny
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| Màori *Mòwry, cf. Lòwry
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| mãre horse = mãyor councillor
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| margarìne màrj-
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| Màrgot -gô
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| Marìa but: Bláck Marîa
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| marìne
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| máriner sailor = Márriner person
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| máritîme
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| Màrlboro ™ cigarette -bərə = Màrlborough person
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| Mårlborough town *Måwlbərə
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| Màrs Martian = màrs mar
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| Marsèille *Marssây
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| Mãry cf. márry
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| màrten animal = màrtin bird = Màrtin person
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| màrtyr -tər
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| māsk face = māsque ball
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| Massachûsetts
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| mássacre -ker
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| mássacring
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| mássàge -àzh AmE *məssàzh
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| massëuse -ëz; AmE -ûz
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| māsterstroke one word
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| matêrial unlike in French
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| mátinèe *mátinây: matinée, accent can be written in BrE but not in AmE
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| mátress
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| mâtrix
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| måudlin sentimental = Mågdalen Oxford = Mågdalene Cambridge
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| måul lion = måll shops
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| Maurice person BrE = Mórrís name; AmE Maurìce; see -óris in Retroalphabetical List
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| mauve colour *môav, cf. move û movement
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| mây perhaps = Mây month, person
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| mâybe ''perhaps'' only meaning ‘perhaps’ is one word, cf. mây bê verbs: mâybe it’s trûe; ít mây bê trûe
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| mâyhém
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| mãyor ''councillor'' = mãre ''horse'', cf. Mâyer ''person'', mâjor
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| McEnroe *Máckenroe
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| McIlroy *Máckilroy
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| McGóugh *MəGóff
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| McKénzie = MacKénzie = Mackénzie Mək-
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| mêaly-mòuthed
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| mêan ''intend, generous'' = mìên ''face''
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| méant ''mean'' cf. -ment ''suffix''
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| mêantime one word
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| méasure *mézher
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| mêat ''flesh'' = mêet ''up'' = mête ''appropriate''
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| mêatball one word
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| médal ''medallion'' = méddle ''interfere''
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| mêdia
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| mêdial
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| médical
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| médicine - the first i may be silent
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| medìêval or mediaêval *medì-êvəl or *medêvəl
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| Mediterrânean cf. ‘terra’, Latin for ‘earth’, so it is not spelt *Meditterânean
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| mêet ''encounter'' = mêat ''eat'' = mête ''suitable, out''
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| megalomâniac
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| melanchôlia -nk-
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| mélancholy -nk-
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| Mélbourne *Mélbən, cf Mílburn, BrE *Mílbən
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| méltdown ''noun'' one word
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| meménto ''remember'' cf. môment, moméntous time
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| mémoir *mémwà (no final -e unlike in French original)
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| ménace rhymes with Dénnis and ténnis (-əss or -íss)
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| ménû
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| [[Robert Menzies|Ménzies ''Robert'']]
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| [[Menzies Campbell|Menzies ''Campbell'']] *Míngiz
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| Méopham *Méppəm
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| mêre
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| meringue *məráng
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| mesméric
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| mésmerise
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| Méssrs ''Mister'' r as er, cf. mésser ''mess''
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| [[John le Mesurier|Mésurier ''John le'']] = méasurer ''measure''
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| métal ''metallic'' = méttle ''quality''
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| metamŏrphôsis - either stressed
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| meteorólogy mê-
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| mête ''suitable, out'' = mêet ''encounter'' = mêat ''animal''
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| mêter measure = mêtre distance, rhythm BrE; all three meanings in AmE are mêter
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| mêthane
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| methínks one word
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| méthod
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| methódical
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| mètièr métier *mâytiay
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| meŵs street, cat = mûse think, inspiration
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| mézzanine méz- or méts-
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| mézzo *métso
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| mì doh-re-mi = mê I
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| Mîámì
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| miaòw
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| mîca
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| Mîchael *Mŷcle, rhyming with cŷcle
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| mîcrô-ŏrganism hyphenated
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| míd does not require hyphen
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| middây
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| mídnight *mídnîte
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| mìên face = mêan intend, ungenerous
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| míffed rhymes with ríft etc.
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| mîght perhaps, power = mîte small, arachnid
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| mìgraine
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| mîke microphone = Mîke Michael
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| Milán Italy í, cf. Mìlán person
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| mîles mile = Mîles person
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| mílitary
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| milítia *milíshə
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| millénnium
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| minarét
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| mînd brain, care = mîned mines
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| mîndset noun one word
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| mîne me, bomb, coal
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| mînefield one word
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| mîner coal = mînor small, young, major
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| minestrônê
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| míni small = Mínnie person
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| míniature *mínitcher
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| mínímum
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| mínistry cf. mónastery
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| mínkê *mínky
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| mînus
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| mínuscule
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| mínute time *mínít
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| mînûte tiny
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| minûtiae *minûshî
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| mîre
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| mís- not hyphenated
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| miscellâneous -səl-
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| miscéllany -sél-
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| míschíef
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| míschíevous
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| misconcéption
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| mislêad
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| misléd
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| misógynist
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| misquôte
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| míss aim = Míss female = mís- wrong
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| míssal prayers = AmE míssile hit, cf. BrE pronunciation míssîle
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| misshâpen *míss-shâpen
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| Mississíppì
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| Missoûrì *Mizoôry; some AmE speakers say *Mízoôrə
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| misspéll
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| místral wind cf. místrîal trial
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| misûse
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| mîte small, arachnid = mîght perhaps, power
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| mnemónic nem-
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| môbîle move
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| Môbìle Alabama
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| módel *móddle, cf. môtél
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| Mohámmed or Muhámmad *Məhámid
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| mŏisten *mŏissən
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| Mojàvê *Məhàvì
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| môld shape = môuld mouldy
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| mólecule
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| molécular
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| móllycoddled one word
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| Mólotov -f
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| Mólineûx *Móllyneŵ
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| môment cf. meménto
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| moméntous cf. meménto
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| mónarch BrE -nək, AmE -nàrk
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| mónestery *mónistry, cf. mínistry
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| mònetary
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| mòney
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| mónicker name = móniker name; BrE = Mónica person
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| mònk
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| Montána BrE and AmE, cf. AmE banána but BrE banàna, with the usual BrE pronunciation of this ending; also Alabáma and Louisiána are both BrE and AmE
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| mònth *múnth cf. mòunt *máùnt
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| Montgómery = Montgómerie
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| Montreål -ê-
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| moôn
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| mŏor land = mŏre plus = Mŏore = Mŏre names
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| moôt mention cf. mûte silent
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| môped mope
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| môpéd bike
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| móral virtuous
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| morāle confidence
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| mŏrès (-âyz)
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| mŏrning early = mŏurning death
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| mŏron
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| Mórris person BrE = Maurice person: see -óris in Retroalphabetical Word List
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| mŏrtgage *mŏrgij
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| mŏrtíce or mŏrtíse
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| mosâíc pattern = Mosâíc Jewish *môzâíc
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| Móscôw - some AmE speakers say Móscòw
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| mósque *mósk, cf. músk, màsk
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| mosquìto -skêeto
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| môte eye = môat castle
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| móthball one word
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| motìf pattern mô-, cf. môtive reason
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| moûe pout = moô cow
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| môuld mouldy = môld shape
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| mòuntaínous -tínəs
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| mŏurn dead = mŏrn morning
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| Mòusehole Cornwall *Mòuzəl
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| moûsse chocolate = moôse animal, cf. mòuse rodent
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| moustāche BrE *məstàsh; AmE mústache, *mústásh
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| mòuth noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced, cf. bréath noun th unvoiced, brêathe verb th voiced
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| mòuthpiece one word
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| move û
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| Môzart *Môatsart
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| Mr abbreviation of míster, full form rarely used
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| Mrs *míssíz; abbreviation of míssis or míssus, full form rarely used; = mísses mistakes, girls
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| mûesli *meŵzly
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| Mûïr name *meŵer, cf. mŏre, etc.
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| Mujahedìn
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| múltiplŷ ''verb''
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| múltiplỳ ''adverb''
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| múm ''quiet, mother'' BrE = AmE mòm ''mother''
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| múmmy ''body, mother'' BrE = AmE mòmmy ''mother''
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| Mûnich -ík
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| Múrraỳ = Mòray ''Firth'' = Múrry, cf. húrry
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| mürky
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| múscle ''body'' = mússel ''shellfish''
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| Múscovite
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| mústáche AmE; BrE moustàche
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| mûse ''think, inspiration'' = meŵs ''street, cat''
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| musêum mûz-
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| mûsic ''current'' = mûsick ''archaic''
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| Mùslim or Móslem, -z-
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| múslin
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| mústn’t *mússənt
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| mûte ''silent'' cf. moôt ''mention''
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| mŷ
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| mŷnah ''bird'' BrE = mînor ''lesser'' = mîner ''mines''
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| mŷre
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| mýriad
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| mÿrtle
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| mýstery *mistry
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| mystìque *mistêek, cf. mistâke
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| mýth
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| myxomatôsis
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| ===[[N]]===
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| N = én print
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| nâdír
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| naìve can be written naïve ''innocent'' nàì- *nŷêve, cf. nâve ''church''
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| naìvity *nà-ìvity - or naïveté, *nî-yeevitây
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| nâked -íd
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| Náncy ''person'' = Nàncy ''France''
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| Nâomi
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| narcissístic
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| nárrative
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| narrâtor
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| NÁSA ''space'' = BrE Násser ''person''
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| nâscent *nâysənt
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| Násh ''person'' = gnásh ''teeth''
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| nāstiness
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| nāsty
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| Nâthan
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| nátional *náshnəl, cf. nâtion
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| nâtionwîde one word
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| nátural *nátchrəl
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| nåught ''nothing'' *nåwt = nŏught ''zero'': thèy wíll stóp at nåught; hòw many nŏughts dòes a quadríllion hàve?
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| nåughty *nåwty
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| nåusea BrE *nåuzìa, AmE *nåusha
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| nåuseous -shəss
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| nâval navy = nâvel ''body''
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| nâve ''church'' = knâve ''cad'', cf. naìve, which can be written naïve ''innocent''
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| nâvel ''stomach'' = nâval ''navy''
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| nây see nèigh
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| Nàzi -tsì
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| Nàzísm *Nàtsízm; not *Nàtsìyízm
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| neánderthal - nê-
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| nécessary
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| nêe- = knêe; see also nì-
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| nêed ''require'' = knêad ''dough'' = knêed ''knee''
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| negôtiate
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| negotiâtions
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| nèigh ''horse'' = nây ''no'' = nè, which can be written before a man's birth name = nèe, which can be written before a woman's birth name
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| nèighbour *nâber, rhymes with lâbour, sâbre, tâbor, câber and Fâber (AmE nèighbor)
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| Nêil = Nêill = Nêal = Nêale = Knêale persons = knêel down, cf. níl zero
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| neîther AmE nêither
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| némesis
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| nêô-
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| neólogism nê-
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| nét ''catch'' = nétt ''deductions''
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| neûter
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| néver mînd is two words
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| Neŵ Ŏrleans is the local pronunciation
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| neŵbŏrn ''adjective, noun'' one word
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| newfángled one word
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| neŵ-fòund
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| Neŵfoundland BrE *Neŵfəndlənd
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| neŵly ''new'' = Neŵley ''person''
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| neŵspaper -eŵss-; one word
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| neŵswörthy -eŵz-; one word
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| Ngaîo *Nŷô Màrsh
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| Nicarágua -gûa has given way to -gwə
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| nîce ''good'' cf. Nìce ''France'', NYSE ''New York''
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| nìche *nêesh
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| níck ''steal'' = Níck ''person'' = kníck ''-nack''
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| Nicosìa
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| Nîgel *Nîjəl
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| Nîger ''delta'' *Nîjə, cf. Nîgel
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| Nigér ''country'' *Nízhãiə, French style
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| Nigêria Nîj-
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| nîgh *nŷ
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| nîght dark *nîte; = kníght Sir, chess
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| nîghtmãre
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| nìhílíst - h can be as y
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| níl - one l
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| nìrvàna
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| nít creature, fool = knít wool
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| nítpick one word
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| nítwit one word
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| neŵborn one word
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| néxt doôr two words
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| nô negative cf. nº number
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| nób rich = knób handle
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| Nôbél prize - either stressed
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| nôble birth, elevated
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| noblésse
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| nóctürne cf. türn
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| nô-gô ãrea
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| noir BrE *nwà, AmE *nwàr
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| nóm de plûme *nómdəplûme
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| nón- not not a word in its own right except in persôna nón gràtis
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| nónchalant nónsh-
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| nòne ''zero'' = nún ''God'', cf. knôwn ''knew'', nô-one ''nobody''
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| nònesuch
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| nonplússed no hyphen
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| nónsense
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| nonsénsical
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| nón séquitùr - or nôn; or -tə
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| noòk cf. knóck *nóck
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| noôn midday = Noône person
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| noôse cf. nòus
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| '''nô-òne''' ''nobody'' *nôwún - the hyphen seems the happy medium, but it can be two words and must be when '''òne''' is a numeral, as in '''nô òne síngle rêason'''
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| Nŏrfolk -fək
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| Nórwich rhymes with pórridge or, sometimes nowadays, Ípswich
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| nŏrthern voiced th, unlike nŏrth
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| nôse ''face'' = knôws ''know''
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| nôsey or nôsy
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| nôtewörthy one word
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| nòthing
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| nôtice -íss
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| nôticeable
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| notorîety
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| notŏrious
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| nŏught zero *nåwt = nåught nothing
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| noúrish
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| nòus cf. noôse, hòuse
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| noûveau rìche *nûvô-rêesh
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| Nôva Scôtia *Nôvə Scôshə
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| nóvelist
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| novélla
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| nôwhere one word, cf. nô plâce
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| nth *énth
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| nûisance nyûss-
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| númb -m
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| númber ''123''
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| númber ''numb'' *númmer
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| nûmerous
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| nún ''God'' = nòne ''nought''
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| nútcase one word
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| nutrítion nû-
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| nyctophôbia
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| nýmph *nímf
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| ===O===
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| Ô ''letter'' = ôh ''exclamation''
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| ŏar ''boat'' = ŏr ''alternative'' = ŏre ''metal''
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| oâsis *ôwâyssís
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| obêdience
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| obèisance
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| obèy
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| oblìque -lêek
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| obscêne
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| obscénity
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| obsêquious
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| óbsolête
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| obsoléscence
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| óbstacle
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| occâsionally
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| occür
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| occürred (cf. cûred), occúrrence, occürring - two r’s
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| ôcean *ôtion, *ôshən
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| óchê *ócky, cf. hóckey
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| ôchre *ôker; AmE -er
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| óctagon
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| óctopus
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| ôdious
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| ôdium
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| ôdorous
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| Oêdipus AmE Ê-
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| oêstrogen AmE ê-
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| öeuvre *ëvra
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| óf *óv
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| offénce BrE; AmE offénse
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| offénsive
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| óffspring one word
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| óften *óffen; though some pronounce the t
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| ÔK or ôkây
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| Ôklahôma
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| ôld normal = ôlde ''jocular, old-fashioned'' = Ôld ''person''
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| ôld-fáshioned
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| Olýmpic
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| ómelette *ómlit, cf. hámlet
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| omérta
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| omnípotent
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| òne ''single'' = wòn ''game''
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| òne-óff
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| ònes plural = òne´s possessive *wúnz
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| òneself one word, wú-
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| óngôing one word
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| ònion *únyon, cf. Cányon
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| onlîne connected one word
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| ónlooker one word
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| Ontãrio
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| ón to *óntû or *óntə: two words, but ínto is one
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| ónyx or ônyx
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| oòps
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| óperate
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| ophthalmólogist ph
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| opínion
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| opportûnity *óppərtyûnity
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| oppréss
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| oppûgn -ûne
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| optimístic
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| ópt-òut noun hyphenated
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| ŏr instead = ŏre metal = ŏar boat
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| ŏral voice = åural ear
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| órange *óringe
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| oráng-utan
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| orâte
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| órator BrE; AmE ŏr-
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| ŏrchestrate ŏrk-
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| ŏrchid *ŏrkid, cf. ŏrchard, ch sound
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| ŏrdnance weapons cf. ŏrdinance decree
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| ŏrient
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| órifíce AmE ŏrifíce
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| Orîon
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| .*ŏrtha- no words begin like this
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| ŏrthodox
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| ósprêy or ósprèy
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| òtherwise one word
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| Ouagadoûgou *Wágadûgu
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| ouìja-bŏard wì-
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| ŏught *åwt
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| òur us = hòur time
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| òut
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| outdo *òutdoô, one word
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| òutlåw one word
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| òutrîght one word
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| outsîde one word
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| ôva ovum = BrE ôver top, finish
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| òven
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| ôver
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| overbürdened one word
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| overcòme one word
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| overdûe one word
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| ôverload one word
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| overlôaded one word
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| overnîght *ôver-nîte, one word
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| overrâte rate ≈ overâte or *overét overeat
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| overreáct *ôverêáct, one word
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| overrîde one word
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| overrûle one word
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| overshádow one word
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| overthrôw one word
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| ovërt ô-
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| ôwe debt = ôh exclamation = Ô letter
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| óxbow
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| Óxford -əd
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| O’Brîen cf. Brîan
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| ===P===
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| P = p ''pence'' = pêa ''eat'' = pêe ''urine''
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| pâce ''speed''
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| pàcè ''peace'' *pàchè
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| páchydërm *pákidërm
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| pácifist cf. pássive
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| paêan
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| paediatrícian
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| paêdophile
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| pâge
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| págeant ea as schwa, *pájənt
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| pâid ''pay'' *pâyed, *pâde, cf. regularly formed plâyed, swâyed, etc.
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| pâin ''hurt'' = pâne ''window''
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| pâinstâking
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| pãir ''two'' = péãr ''fruit'' = pãre ''nails''
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| Pākistān but not Pàkistán
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| pálatal ''palate''
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| palâtial ''palace'' -shəl
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| pâle ''pallid'' = pâil ''bucket''
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| Pálestîne
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| Palestínian
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| påll cf. Páll Máll, måll
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| pállet ''mattress'' = pálette ''paint''
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| Pámela
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| panáche *pənásh
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| Pánamà
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| páncake *pángcake
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| Pàncho AmE; BrE Páncho
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| pánda ''animal'' BrE = pánder ''serve''
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| pandemônium
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| pánel cf. chánnel
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| panoràma
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| paparázzi pápərátsy
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| pâper-thín
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| páprika BrE; AmE paprìka
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| papŷrus
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| parábola
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| párachute -shû-
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| páradigm -îm
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| Páraguay -gwî
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| párallel *párralel, cf. désiccate, where one would expect double s
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| páralyse
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| parálysis
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| paralýtic
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| parámeter
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| pãre ''cut'' = pãir ''two'' = péãr ''fruit''
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| pãrent
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| parîah
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| Parísian -ízì-
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| pàrliament *pàrləmənt
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| párrot bird = Párrott person
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| partisán -z- AmE pàrtisan -zən
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| pàrse -z
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| partícipate
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| pássè passé
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| pāssed pass = pāst time, tense
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| pássion *páshən
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| pássive cf. pácifist
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| pāsteurise from Pastëur; cf. pāsture field
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| pastìche -ìsh
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| pāstime
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| pāst ít old
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| pátè pâté
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| pâtent
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| pàth
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| pathétic
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| pathológical á
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| pathólogy
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| pâthós
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| pâtience virtue, cards ≈ pâtients hospital
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| pátois *pátwà cf. fátwà
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| pâtriàrch -k
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| pátriot or â
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| patriótic - á or â
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| patrôl cf. pétrol
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| pátronise condescend
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| pâtronise patron
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| påuse stop = påws animal
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| pâyback noun one word
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| pây-óff noun
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| pêa vegetable = pêe urine = P letter = p pence
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| pêal bell = pêel fruit = Pêel person
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| pêak summit = pêek cheat = pìque annoyance
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| péãr fruit = pãir two = pãre cut cf. Pêter Pêars
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| Pêarce person = Pìêrce person, pìêrce hole, cf. Pìêrs, -z person = pìêrs pier
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| pëarl stone = pürl knit, liquid
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| pêase pudding -z: = pêas pea
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| pêat bog = Pête Peter
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| peccadíllo
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| pédal foot = péddle sell
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| pédestal
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| pédigree
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| pédlar or péddler seller
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| pêe urine = pêa vegetable = p pence = P letter
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| pêek ''cheat'' = pêak ''summit'' = pìque ''annoyance
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| pêer ''look, lord'' = pìêr ''jetty
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| pêeved
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| pejórative cf. përjury
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| péll-méll cf. Páll Máll
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| pén ''write'' = Pénn ''person
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| péncil
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| Penélopê
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| penicíllin
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| península ''noun'' = BrE penínsular ''adjective
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| Pennsylvânia
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| péntagon
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| pêony *pêənỳ
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| pêople pêep-, cf. stêeple
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| Pêpys ''Samuel'' = pêeps ''looks
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| për normally weak, but when strong = pürr cat
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| per cént two words
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| percéntage one word
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| përfect ''adjective
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| perféct ''verb
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| përjury cf. pejórative
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| permíssion
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| permít ''verb
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| përmit ''noun
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| përpetrate not perper-
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| për sè *persây, cf. sây
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| përson
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| persôna
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|
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| personálity
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| persôna nón gràtis
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| personnél ''staff'' *personéll, cf. përsonal ''private''
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| persuâde -swâde
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| Perû
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| pervërse
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| përvërt
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| pervërted
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| péssimistic can be péz-
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| pétrol ''oil'' = pétrel ''bird'', cf. patrôl
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| Pëugeôt ™ -zhô
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| ph- f-
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| phâeton
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| phálanx
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| phãraoh ''Egypt'' -rô; = Fãroe ''Islands''
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| pharmacôpoêia BrE, AmE pharmacôpêia rhyming with cornucôpia
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| phàrming ''chemicals'' = fàrming ''farm''
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| phâse ''period'' = fâze ''puzzle''
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| phenómena ''plural''
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| phenómenon ''singular''
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| pheŵ ''relief'' = feŵ ''many''
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| Phílip ''person'' = fíllip ''stimulus''
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| Philìppe
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| phîal ''liquid'' = fîle ''papers, nails''
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| phíshing ''email'' = físhing ''water''
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| physiógnomy *fízzy-ónomy
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| phlégm
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| Phnóm Pénh *Pənóm Pén
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| Phoêbê *Fêeby
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| Phoênix ''Arizona'' *Fêenix = phoênix or phœnix ''ashes''
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| phôney or phôny; phôneys or phônies
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| phôtograph
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| photógrapher
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| photógraphy
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| phrâse -âze
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|
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| phýsical -zí-, cf. físcal, -ss-
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| pî ''number π, pious'' = pîe ''food''
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| pìanist
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| piáno
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| píc ''picture'' = píck ''other meanings''
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| Piccadílly - cc, ll
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| pídgin ''language'' = pígeon ''bird''
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| pìêr ''jetty'' = pêer ''look, lord'' cf. [[Peter Pears|Pêter Pêars]], péar
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| pìêrce ''cut'' = Pìêrce, Pêarce, [[Hayford Peirce|Pêirce]] ''persons''
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| piérrot *pyérrô
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| pígeonhole one word
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| píllage -íj
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| pîlot plane = Pîlate Pontius
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| pîneápple -eá-
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| pínnacle
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| pînt cf. línt, mínt
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| pîonêer
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| pìque annoy = pêak summit = pêek look
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| Pîscês *Pŷsêez
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| pìste cf. píssed
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| píttance
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| píty
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| pívot
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| pìzza *pìtsa
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| pizzerìa *pìtsarìa, *pizzarìa, cf. ballerìna
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| pizzicàto píts-
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| plácard
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| plâce where = plâice fish
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| plâgiarise
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| pláid
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| pláit hair cf. plâte food
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| plâne air, tree, tool, surface = plâin straightforward
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| plánet cf. gánnet
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| plástic - some BrE speakers say plàstic
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| pláteau flat *pláttô, cf. Plâto philosopher
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| plátinum
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| plátypus
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| plâyboy one word
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| plâywright
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| pléasure -ézher
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| plîght *plîte
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| plòver
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| plúm fruit, exact = plúmb depths, plumber
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| plŷ
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| Plýmouth -məth
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| pm post meridian = PM Prime Minister *pê-ém
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| pneumátic neû-
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| pŏignant *pŏinyant
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| Polàris
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| Pôle Poland = pôle wood = pôll election
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| polìce *plêece, cf. plêase *plêeze
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| pólish shine
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| Pôlish Poland
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| políticking
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| pólitics
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| pôker cards, fire
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| pôlka dance
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| pôll vote = pôle wood = Pôle Poland, cf. tôll, knóll
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| póll parrot
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| pólythene *póllithêen
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| polyéthylene -éthílêen
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| polyphónic
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| polýphony
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| pómegranate cf. gránite
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| poôl swim = Poôle place, person
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| pŏor impecunious, unfortunate = pŏre skin, examine = pŏur liquid (some say poôr)
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| pópulace noun = pópulous adjective
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| pŏring examining = pŏuring out
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| pŏrous
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| pornográphic
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| pornógraphy
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| Pŏrsche car = Pŏrtia person
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| Port-au-Prínce *Portoprínce
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| Pŏrtugal, Portuguêse Pŏrch-
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| Poseîdon
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| posëur pseud cf. pôser puzzle
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| póssê
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| posséss *pozéss
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| pôst letter = pôst- after, which must be hyphenated
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| postpône pôsp-
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| potâtoes cf. tornâdos, both -ôz
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| Potômac
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| poùffe
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| práctíce AmE, BrE noun = práctíse BrE verb: in view of the pronunciation (not -îse/-îze) the American custom of using only the -íce spelling would seem the more sensible
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| Pràgue *Pràhg
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| prây ''prayer'' = prèy ''victim''
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| prãyer *prãir, cf. plâyer
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| precêde ''before'' prí-, cf. procêed start *prəsêed
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| précedent ''before'' préss- *précident, cf. président head, préz-
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| précious *préshəss
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| prècìs French accent sometimes written précis *prâycêe
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| prècìs’d past *prâycêed
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| precîse *precîce
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| prê-dâte
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| prédator
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| prêdecessor AmE pré-
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| prê-émpt hyphenated
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| prê-éminent hyphenated
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| préferable cf. prefër
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| prélude
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| prémìêr government, league, -er as schwa; AmE premìêr = premìêre
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| prémìére performance cf. thére; AmE premìêre = premìêr
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| prémíse
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| preóccupied - prê-
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| prepãre
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| présent gift, now préz-
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| presént give príz-
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| prestìge -êezh
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| prestígious -íjəss
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| preténce
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| preténd
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| preténsion
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| preténtious
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| pretty -í-
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| prevâil
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| prévalent
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| prêvious
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| prèy victim = prây prayer
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| prîce cost = prîce = Prŷce persons
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| prìma dónna *prê-madónna
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| prìma fâcìê
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| prínces = prínce’s = prínces’ male cf. príncéss female - either stressed
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| príncipal main = prínciple reason
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| principálity
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| prîor before, priory = Prîor, Prŷor persons
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| prívacy AmE prîvacy
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| prívilege
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| prîze present = prîse apart
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| prô- in favour
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| procêdure
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| procêed cf. precêde
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| procreâte
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| proféss
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| prófit money = próphet prophecy
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| prodûce verb
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| pródûce noun
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| pródúct
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| prodúctive
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| proféssional
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| prôgram computer, AmE
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| prôgramme BrE not computer
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| prôgress noun, BrE AmE prógress; verb progréss
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| próject activity - some say prôject
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| projéct stick out
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| prôle
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| prolóng one word
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| prómenàde AmE -âde
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| prómise -íss
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| prônòun
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| pronunciâtion ú: cf. pronòunce
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| proôf cf. prove *proôve
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| propagánda
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| própagate
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| próper
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| próphecỳ noun
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| próphesŷ verb
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| próphet religion = prófit gain
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| propônent
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| prôs pro = prôse verse
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| próspect future
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| prospéct gold
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| prôtêan
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| protéct
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| protéctor
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| prôtegè male protegé *prôtezhây
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| protegèe female protegée *prôtezhây
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| prôtest noun
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| protést verb
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| prótestant
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| protéster or, less often, protéstor, cf. invéstor
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| prove *proôve, cf. proôf
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| prôven or *proôvən
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| próvenance
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| Provence *Provónce
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| Provençal *Provón-sàl
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| próvince
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| províncial -shl
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| provocâtion
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| provócative
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| provôke
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| pròwess
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| pròwl
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| prŷ
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| ps- s-
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| psàlm *sàm
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| pseûd
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| pseûdo-intelléctual
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| psilocŷbin
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| psst - p pronounced, any number of s’s
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| psŷch *sîke
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| psŷchê *sîky
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| psychîatrist
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| psychólogist cf. sýcophánt
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| psychólogy
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| psychométric
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| psŷchopáth
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| psychopáthic
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| psychópathy
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| pterodáctyl térə-
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| públicly cf. bâsically
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| púcker lips BrE = púkka real
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| pùdding
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| púddle
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| pûerile
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| pùll push cf. poôl water
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| pùllover clothing cf. pùll ôver car
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| púmíce
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| púnish
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| pûny yû
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| pûre yû
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| pürl knit, liquid = pëarl stone
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| pürr
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| pús yellow cf. pùss cat
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| pùsh
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| pùt place cf. pútt golf
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| pûtrid cf. hâtred, both -íd
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| pùtsch cf. pùsh
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| pùtting put
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| pútting putt
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| púzzle
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| pýgmy
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| pyjàmas AmE pajámas
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| pŷre
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| Pýrrhic
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| ===[[Q]]===
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| Q = queûe ''up'' = cûe ''prompt''
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| Qátàr or *Cátter, cf. catàrrh
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| qát ''drug'' or khát or kát; = cát ''animal''
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| quáck
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| qùad
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| quadriplégic
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| quágmire or qùagmire
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| quàlm -àm
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| quángo
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| qùantity
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| quàrk
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| qùarrel
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| quartét å
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| quårtz ''mineral'' = quårts ''liquid''
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| qùash
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| quaỳ ''harbour'' = kêỳ ''lock''
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| quêasy -zêe, rhymes with êasy and slêazy, not with grêasy -sêe
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| Quebécker
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| quéll
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| quêry
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| quéstion *quéshchən
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| queûe ''line'' = cûe ''theatre, billiards''
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| quìche *kêesh
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| quíd prô quô
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| quiéscent *kwìéssent
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| quîet ''silent'' two syllables, e as schwa: *kwîət
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| quít ''leave, stop''
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| quîte ''moderate'' one syllable
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| Quìto *Kêeto
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| quíz
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| quŏits
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| Quràn = Qur’àn = Koràn
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| QWËRTY
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| ===R===
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| R = àre be
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| rábbî
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| raccoôn or racoôn
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| râcehorse one word
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| râcism cf. fáscism *fáshism
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| ráck frame, stretch = wráck pain
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| rácket corruption, noise = rácquet sport
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| râdàr
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| râdìî
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| râdius
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| râid
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| râin water = rèign monarch = rèin horse
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| râise up = râze ground
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| râisin -zən
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| râison d’étre raison d´être
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| Ráleigh person = rálly meeting, though officially Sir Wålter Råleigh rhymes with Råwley
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| Rálph mostly, but some are Râlph, *Râfe
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| rámpâge noun
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| rampâge verb
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| Rámsey Isle of Man = Rámsay MacDonald
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| ráncour *rángkə; AmE ráncor *rángkər
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| Rangoôn *Ráng-gûne
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| ránkle cf. wrínkle
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| ránsom money = Ránsome person
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| rappróchement *rápróshmó
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| rápt entranced = wrápped parcel
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| rāspberry -spb-
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| Rastafãrian
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| râtio *râyshôw
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| rátion -sh-
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| rátional -sh-
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| rationâle -sh-
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| ráttlesnake one word
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| råucous rhymes with cåucus
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| rây light = Rây = Râe = Wrây persons
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| râzor rhymes with lâser
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| rê concerning = rê- again prefix - in more common words, rê- sounds like rí-: compare revêal and rêdêal
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| rêad writing = rêed plant = Rêed = Rêid = Rêad persons
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| réad past, past participle = réd colour; cf. lêad present, léd past, past participle
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| Réading town = Rédding person, cf. rêading read
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| Reâgan Ronald cf. Rêgan Lear, Mégan
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| reáct - rê-
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| rêal genuine = rêel rotate
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| Reál Madríd *Rèy-ál Mədríd
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| reálpolitìk
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| rêalty
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| rêálity
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| réalm
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| rêam
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| rébel noun *rébble, cf. pébble
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| rebél verb
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| réccê *récky
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| recêde back *rísêed ≈ resêed plant, rê-
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| recêipt money -cêet, cf. concêit, decêit
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| recêive
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| rêcent lately cf. resént disapprove *rizént
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| rêcess
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| récipê food
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| recíprocal
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| réckon
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| récognise - g can be silent
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| recónnaíssance *recónissənss
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| récrêâtion fun, sport
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| rê-crêâtion forensics
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| recrûit redundant i
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| recür
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| recürred, recúrrence, recúrrent, recúrring - two r’s
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| réd colour = réad book
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| rédolent
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| Rêes = Rhỳs = Rêece = Rêese
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| refléct
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| refléction BrE can be refléxion
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| rêflex
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| rêed water = rêad book = Rêed = Rêad = Rêid persons
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| rêek smell = wrêak havoc
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| rêel round = rêal genuine
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| rê-énergise - rê- hyphenated before é
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| rê-éntry - rê- hyphenated before é
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| refër
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| réference
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| refŏrm
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| refûse no -z
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| réfuse rubbish -s
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| Rég *Rédge, rhyming with hédge
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| Rêgan Lear cf.Reâgan Ronald, Mégan
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| regìme *râizhìme
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| régister
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| rehëarse
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| Rêid person = rêad write = rêed water = Rêed person
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| rèign monarch = râin wet = rèin horse
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| rêígnîte
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| rêímbürse
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| rêínfŏrce cf. enfŏrce
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| rêíterate - not -tt-
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| rêjéct noun
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| rejéct verb
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| rejûvenate
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| relêase cf. rêalîse
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| rélevant
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| relìêf
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| relìêve
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| rêlíve
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| relŷ
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| remémber
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| remémbrance
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| reminíscent -ssent
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| Rénault ™ *Rénô
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| rendezvous *róndâyvoô
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| renège or renègue *rənâyg
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| Rêno
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| renòunce
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| renunciâtion ú
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| repéllent
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| rêpercússions
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| repétitive
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| rêplay noun
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| replây verb
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| replŷ
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| represént
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| represéntative
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| reprîsal
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| reprìse
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| repúblic
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| réputable
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| repûte
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| resëarch AmE rêsëarch
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| resémble *rizémble
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| resént *rizént cf. rê-sént re-send, rêcent lately
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| réservoir *rézəvwàr
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| rêshuffle noun
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| reshúffle verb
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| resîgn leave *rizîne, cf. rê-sîgn return *rê-sîne
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| resignâtion g sounded
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| resíst -zí-
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| resístance -zí-
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| resôlve *rízólve
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| resŏurce AmE rêsource
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| réspiratory
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| réspîte AmE réspíte
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| respónsible *respónsable
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| réstaurant *réstrónt
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| resúlt *rizúlt
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| resûme again *ríz-yoôm
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| résumè CV - may be written résumé to distinguish from resûme
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| resurréction réz-
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| resúscitate
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| retàrd verb
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| rêtard person
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| rétch vomit = wrétch poor
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| rethínk
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| rétina
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| reveillê *reválly
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| rével cf. revêal
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| revêre
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| réverence
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| revieŵ newspaper = revûe show
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| revísit
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| revôke cf. irrévocable
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| rewård
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| Réynolds
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| rhápsody -ədy
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| rhêa bird = Rhêa Saturn
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| rhétoric
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| rhetórical
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| rhodedéndron rô-
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| rhŷme
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| rhýthm *rídhəm
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| rhýthmic *rídhmic
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| ríbald *ríbbled, *ríbəld
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| ríbbon -bən
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| Ríchard BrE *Ríchəd
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| rídicule
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| ridículous *ridíkyələss
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| rîght side, correct = wrîte read = rîte ritual = wrîght artesan = Wrîght person
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| Rîley = Reîlly
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| rîme frost also alternative, more regular, spelling of rhŷme
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| ríng round, noise = wríng neck
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| rísquè risqué *rískè
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| rîte ritual = wrîte read = rîght side, correct = wrîght artesan
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| ríven
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| ríver
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| Rìyadh - the only word with dh as the voiced sound of th in thís, and the only word with iy
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| rôad street = rôde ride
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| rôam wander = Rôme city
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| rób steal = Rób Robert
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| róbber
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| róbbery
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| róbin bird = Róbin = Róbyn persons
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| rôe fish = rôw line, in a, cf. ròw
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| Rôland cf. Rónald
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| rôle model rôle = rôll bread, rolling, call
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| roôfs roof *roôves, cf. hoôves hoof
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| roôm
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| Rôosevelt first syllable rhyming with rôse
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| roôt plant = BrE roûte journey
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| rôse flower, rise = rôws boat, line
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| rôsè rosé wine
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| rôse-tínted
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| rôte learning = wrôte write
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| rótten
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| roûè roué
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| roúgh violent = rúff cards, neck, bird, fish
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| ròughage *rúffage, *rúffij
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| ròund
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| ròut victory
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| roûte journey BrE = roôt plant; AmE ròute = ròut victory
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| rôw boat, line = rôe fish
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| ròw argument
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| rúbble wreck cf. AmE rûble BrE roûble money
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| rûbric
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| rúcksack
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| Ruîslip *Rŷslip
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| rúmpus
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| rúnaway person cf. rún awây action
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| rúng ladder, ring = wrúng wring
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| Rûpert
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| rústle noise = Rússell person
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| Rŵánda Rûá-
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| ===S===
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| S *éss
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| sáccharine sácə-
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| sáchet ''bag'' = sáshay ''walk''
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| sácrament
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| sâcred
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| sacrilegious -íjəss, from sácrilege, cf. relígious, which rhymes
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| Sagittãrius Sáj-
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| said *séd, cf. pâid, lâid etc.
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| Sàìd ''Port, person'' = Sàêed ''person''
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| sâke ''for''
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| sàkè ''Japan''
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| sâle ''sell'' = Sâle ''England'' = sâil ''boat''
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| Sålisbury *Sålzbry
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| sálivate
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| salîva
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| sálmon *sámmon
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| Sálomè
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| sálon
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| Samôa
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| Sámùel -myùl
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| sanctimônious
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| sándal rhymes with cándle
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| Sandinístas
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| sang-froid *sàm-frwà
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| San Josè San José *Sán Hô-zè
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| Sánskrit cf. scrîbe
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| Sàra usually
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| Sãrah usually
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| Saskátchewan
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| sátellite - l is doubled, but not t
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| Sâtan
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| sátín
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| sátîre cf. sátyr
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| Sátürn
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| sátyr *sátter
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| Sàùdì
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| sàùerkràùt *sòurcròut
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| sàùna
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| såw ''see, wood, saying'' = BrE sŏre ''pain'' = BrE
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| sŏar ''up''
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| sáx ''saxophone'' = Sáchs ''person''
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| says *séz
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| sáy-sô ''noun'' one word
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| scándal *scándle, rhyming with cándle
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| scàr
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| scárab
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| scãre
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| scãrce
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| scàrf ''neck'' = Scàrfe ''person''
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| scàrlet colour = Scàrlett person
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| scêne ''vista'' = sêen ''see''
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| scént ''smell'' = cént ''money'', sént ''send''
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| scéptic AmE sképtic
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| schàdenfreude *shàdənfrŏyd
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| schédule BrE shé-, AmE ské-
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| schêma *skêemə
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| schemàta *skêem-àtə
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| schême *skêem
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| schérzo *skãirtso
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| schizophrênia skítsəfrìnia
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| schizophrénic skítsəfrénnic
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| schnítzel shn-
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| schtùm sht-
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| schoôl *skoôl
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| schoôlboy, schoôlgirl each one word
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| schoôner skoô-
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| schwà sh-
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| sciática sî-
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| scientífic sîən-
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| scíssors - ss as z
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| scóne cf. góne, dòne, cône
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| scöreboard one word
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| Scót Scotland = Scótt person
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| scòur
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| scöurge
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| scráp
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| scrâpe
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| scrâped
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| scrápped
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| scrêam
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| scrêen
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| scríbble
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| scúll ''oar'' = skúll ''head''
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| scŷthe
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| sêa ''water'' = sêe ''vision''
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| sêal ''shut, animal''
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| sêaling = cêiling ''floor''
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| Seån ''person'' = Shåun = BrE shŏrn ''shear''
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| Sêáttle cf. bêátify
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| secêde cf. procêed, precêde, succêed, supersêde
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| secónd BrE military
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| sécond ''other meanings''
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| sectãrian
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| sedán cf. Sudàn
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| sédentary cf. said, *séd
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| sêed ''plant'' = cêde ''yield''
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| sêem ''appear'' = sêam ''coal, thread''
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| sêer *sêe-er
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| segregâtion
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| seîsmic sîz-
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| seismólogist sîz-
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| sêize ''grab'' *sêez = sêes ''see'', cf. cêase ''stop'', sîze ''big'', síeve ''filter''
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| sélf-évident
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| séll buy = céll prison, biology
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| séll-bŷ dâte - I once saw ‘sell buy date’
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| sémblance cf. resemble
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| sêmen sperm = sêaman sailor = sêamen sailors
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| sénsor feel = cénsor censorship
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| séntence
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| Seôul Korea = sôle only, shoe = sôul spirit
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| séparate adjective, séparâte verb not -per-, cf. a in pãir, désperate
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| séptic infected cf. scéptic = AmE sképtic doubter
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| sépulchre *sépulker
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| sërf peasant = sürf sea
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| sergeant *sàrjent = Sergeant = Sàrgent persons
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| sêrial TV = cêreal breakfast
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| sêries *sêríz
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| sêrious cf. Sýria, Sírius
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| sërve cf. sürvèy noun, *sërvây; survèy verb
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| sërvíce *sërvíss, cf. sürface, -físs, only one sound diferent
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| sétback noun one word
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| séver cut
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| sevêre tough
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| sew thread = sô thus = sôw seed, cf. sòw pig
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| seŵer pipe
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| sewer sew
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| séxìêst -ìyíst most
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| séxíst sexism
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| sextét
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| Shâkespêare - variant spellings omitted one or both silent e’s in William Shakespeare’s time but this is the norm now; cf. shâke and spêar
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| shâky
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| shâman
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| shãreholder one word
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| shêar cut = shêer absolute
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| shèikh Arabia - kh sound, or = shâke rattle
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| Shêila
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| shéllfish cf. sélfish
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| shenánigans
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| shépherd *shépperd = Shépherd = Shéphard = Shépheard persons
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| shh any number of h’s
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| Shìa ≈ BrE shêer
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| shibbóleth
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| Shìîte - no apostrophe or hyphen
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| shoe foot = shoô away
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| shoô-in noun one word; *shoe-ín
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| shoôt bang = chûte fall
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| shôre sea BrE = Shåw person and often sûre certain
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| shŏrn shear BrE = Shåun, Seån persons
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| shŏrtcoming one word
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| shŏrtlist finalists cf. shŏrt líst
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| Shostakôvich
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| shoùld *shoòd, cf. shôulder, hoòd
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| shôwcase one word, cf. bàsket câse
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| Shreŵsbury *Shroôzbry or, more commonly, *Shrôzbry
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| shŷ
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| shŷlỳ
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| Siàn *Shàn
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| Sîbêria
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| síbyllîne - y as schwa
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| sìêge cf. sêize
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| síeve *sív, cf. sêize
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| sîgh breath = Cŷ person
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| sîghed sigh = sîde beside
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| sîght see = sîte place = cîte quote
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| sîgn signal = sîne mathematics
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| sígnature
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| Sìkh religion = sêek find
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| símilê cf. símilar, smîle
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| simultâneous
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| Sînaî or *Sînêî
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| síng song = Síngh person
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| sínger - síng + -er, cf. síngeing
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| síngeing singe -jing, cf. sínging sing - hard g
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| Singapŏre
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| sîphon or sŷphon
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| sïr - but Sir before a man’s name is not stressed and has the schwa sound: *Sə
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| Jóhn Fålstaff
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| sîting site
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| sítting sit
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| sîze cf. sêize
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| sîzeable or sîzable
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| skì snow, cf. skŷ above
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| skìêr ski
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| skîer sky
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| skìíng
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| skîve
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| skuldúggery
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| skúll head = scúll oar
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| skŷscrâper one word
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| slág cf. Glénda Slágg
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| slây kill = slèigh snow
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| slêaze cf. plêase, which rhymes, and grêase, which has the s hissing sound
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| slêeve, cf. lêave
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| sleîght-of-hand cf. slâte
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| sleŵ
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| slîght little, slur = sleîght-of-hand
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| slípshod no hyphen
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| slôth
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| slòugh swamp *slòu = Slòugh town, cf. slôw fast
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| sloúgh skin *slúff
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| slúg
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| slür
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| slŷ
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| slŷlỳ
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| smållpox one word
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| smídgen or smídgin cf. pídgin
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| smôkescreen one word
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| Smŷth = Smŷthe, voiced th, cf. Smíth = smíth, unvoiced th
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| snêeze
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| snóbbery
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| snoôze
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| snôwmobìle cf. môbîle
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| snôwstorm
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| sŏar up = sŏre hurt
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| sôber cf. BrE sómbre AmE sómber
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| sóccer *sócker
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| sôcial sôsh-
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| sôcialism
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| sociólogy sôsh-
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| sociológical
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| sóck cf. sóccer
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| sóften *sóffen
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| sóftwãre
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| sôldier *sôljer, cf. cŏrdial, as spelt
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| sôle only, fish = sôul spirit = Seôul Korea
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| sólipsism
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| solitãire patience cf. sólitary alone
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| sôlo
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| Sólomon - all o’s
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| sómbre AmE sómber; cf. sôber
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| sòme any = súm total
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| sòmeone *súmwún, one word
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| sòmersåult cf. súmmer
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| Sòmerville cf. súmmer
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| sòmething cf. sòme thíngs
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| sòmetime former cf. sòme tîme
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| sòmeẁhat one word
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| sônàr
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| sóngwrîter one word
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| soôn
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| soòt
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| sŏre pain = sŏar rise, BrE = såw see
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| sŏught ''seek'' BrE = sŏrt ''type''
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| sôul ''spirit'' = sôle ''only, fish'' = Seôul ''Korea''
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| sòundbite one word
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| soûpçon *soûpsón
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| sŏurce ''origin'' BrE = såuce ''seasoning''
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| sòuth unvoiced th, *sòwth
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| soúthern voiced th, *súdhern
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| Soúthwark voiced th, *Súdhək
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| soûvenìr *sûvenêer
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| sóvereign *sóvrin
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| sôw ''seed'' = sô ''therefore'' = sew ''cloth'', cf. sòw
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| sòw ''pig''
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| sŏya ''bean'' = Såwyer ''person'' = såwyer ''saw''
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| spà ''town'' BrE = spàr ''fight''
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| spây
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| spâceship one word
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| spêak cf. spêech
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| spêcíes *spêeshiz
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| spécimen
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| spéctre BrE; AmE spécter = Spéctor ''person''
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| spêech cf. spêak
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| Spéncer ''usual'' = Spénser ''poet''
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| spíllage -íj
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| spínach *spínij, *spínnage, cf. spíllage
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| spôkesperson one word
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| spótlîght -lîte, one word
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| spŷ
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| Srì Lánka
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| sqùander
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| sqùalor cf. dóctor, BrE còlour AmE còlor
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| squêamish
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| St. *Sənt: abbreviation of Sâint before a name as in St. Màrk; St. Jóhn secular may be *Sínjən
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| stâbilise
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| stâble stability, horse
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| stâgefright *stâjefrîte, one word
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| stâid old-fashioned = stâyed stay
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| stâin
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| stâir up = stâre look
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| stâke bet, wooden = steâk meat
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| ståll
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| stålwart
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| stànch flow
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| stàr sky, film = Stàrr person
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| stãre look = stãir climb
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| stãring stare
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| stàrring star
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| stâtionary motionless = stâtionery paper
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| stâtist
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| statístics
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| státistícian -shn
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| ståunch support
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| stây
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| stâyed stay = stâid old-fashioned
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| steâk meat = stâke bet, wooden, cf. strêak line
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| stêal thieve = stêel metal
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| stéalth
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| sténch
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| stép walk = stéppe plain
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| Stêphens = Stêvens -v-
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| stérilise
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| stërling currency = Stïrling Scotland
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| steŵard
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| Steŵart person = Stûart person: one is more likely to meet a Stûart Steŵart than the reverse
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| stíck
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| stîfle
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| stíll
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| stíng
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| stíngy -njy
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| stínk
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| stítch
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| St. Jóhn in most cases *Sənt-Jón, in a few *Sínjən
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| stôny
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| stópôver noun, adjective
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| stŏre shop = Stŏrr person
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| stŏrey BrE floor = stŏry tale, AmE floor
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| stŏry-télling
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| Stŏrmont
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| strâight direct = strâit narrow
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| straightfŏrward adjective one word
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| Stranràer
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| stràta AmE strâta = BrE strâighter
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| stratêgic
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| strátegy
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| stràtum AmE strâtum
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| strénuous
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| Stréatham -təm
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| strýchnìne *strícknêen
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| Stûart ''person'' = Steŵart ''person'' - the Scottish royals were Stûarts but Stûart is more common as a given name, Steŵart more as a family name
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| stúcco
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| stûdent
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| stúdy
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| stûpid
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| stŷ pig = stŷ or stŷe eye
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| stŷle mode = stîle field
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| stŷmie cf. slîmy
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| Stýx river = stícks stick
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| suàve swà-
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| súb jûdicê
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| súbjugate
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| submarìne
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| submáriner
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| submít
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| subŏrn
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| subpoêna AmE -pê-
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| subsîdence
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| súbsídy
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| substántial -shəl
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| súbtle *súttle, cf. súpple
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| succêed -x-
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| succéss -x-
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| súccour help = súcker fool
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| succúmb -úm
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| Sudān cf. sedán
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| sûe law = Sûe Susan = Sioûx American; cf. diminutives Sûsie, Sûzy, etc. = Sioûxsie Banshees; words beginning soô- and soû- also have this sound
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| suède material = swâyed sway
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| Sûez *Soôwíz
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| suffîce
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| Súffolk -fək
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| sùgar shù-
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| sûit wear, cards *sût - or *syût (more common in inflected versions such as unsûitable), cf. soòt black
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| suìte rooms, music = swêet confection
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| súlphur AmE súlfur
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| súm arithmetic = sòme others
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| súmmary summarise = súmmery summer
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| sún star = sòn offspring
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| súnglasses one word
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| súnny sun = sònny son
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| súndae ice-cream = Súnday day
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| Sùnni Muslim cf. súnny weather - some AmE speakers say Sûnni *Soôny
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| sûper-rích is a good example of the usefulness of the hyphen: compare an apparent ‘supérrich’
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| supercílious
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| supersêde cf. precêde, intercêde
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| súpper
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| súpple *súpəl, cf. súbtle, *sútəl
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| súpplement -pləmənt
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| supplŷ ''provide''
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| súpplỳ ''supple''
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| suppréss -pp-
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| sûre AmE *shûre; BrE sůre rhyming with Shåw
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| sûrety AmE *shûre, BrE *shůrety
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| sürf ''sea'' = sërf ''peasant''
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| sürface -físs, cf. sërvíce, only one sound different
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| Surinám or -náme
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| surmòunt
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| súrrogacy
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| sürplíce ''clergy'' ≈ sürplus ''extra''
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| surprîse -rpr-; not -ize
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| survèillance -ll-
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| sürvèy ''noun''
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| survèy ''verb''
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| Sûsan -z-, cf. Suzánne, etc.
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| suscéptible
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| suspénse AmE and BrE; but see retroalphabetical list for -ence and -ense
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| sustâin
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| sústenance
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| svélte
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| sẁallow throat, bird
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| sẁamp
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| sẁan bird = Sẁann person
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| Sẁansea *Swónzy
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| swårthy
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| sẁastika
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| sẁat fly = swót exam
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| swâth or swâthe
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| swéar
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| swéat perspire
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| swêet eat = suìte music, hotel
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| swêetheàrt
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| sweêt-talk verb hyphenated
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| swŏrd blade *sŏrd, cf. swård turf, swŏre, swŏrn swear, w pronounced in all three
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| swót exam = sẁat fly
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| sý- apart from the variant spelling of sîphon, sŷphon, and Sŷracûse
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| sybarític cf. síbyllîne
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| sýcamore
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| .*sych- no words begin like this
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| sýcophánt
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| Sýdney Australia, person = Sídney person
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| sýllable
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| sýllabus
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| sýlph
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| sýmbol sign = cýmbal percussion
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| sýmmetry
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| symmétrical
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| sýmptom cf. Símpson
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| sýnagogue -góg
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| sýnch synchronisation = sínk lower, wash
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| sýndrome
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| synécdochê -kê
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| sýnod
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| syrínge
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| sýrup
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| sýstem
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| ===[[T]]===
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| T = têa ''drink''
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| tábleau *táblô, plural tábleaux, *táblôze
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| tâilor ''clothes'' = Tâylor ''person''
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| tâle ~''story'' = tâil ''animal''
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| Táliban or Táleban
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| Taîwàn
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| tålk -åk; more examples in retroalphabetical list
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| Tállíín -íí- as í
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| tálon
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| Tánzanìa
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| taoìseach *têeshək
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| táriff *tárrif
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| tárôt rhymes with árrôw
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| tāsk cf. túsk
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| Tâte = Tâit
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| tattoô
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| tåut ''firm'' = tåught ''teach''
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| Tbilìsi *Təblêezy - neither spelt nor pronounced ‘Tibilisi’
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| Tchaikóvsky has a redundant T: *Chŷ-kóffsky
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| têa ''drink'' = têe ''golf'' = tì ''do-re-mi''
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| têam ''game'' = têem ''pour''
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| téar ''paper''
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| ''têar cry''
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| têase ''provoke'' = têas ''tea''
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| têenager one word
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| teetôtaller BrE; AmE teetôtaler
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| Tehràn - é or è; or Teheràn
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| Tél Avìv
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| télephône
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| teléphony
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| télevísion -ízhn
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| télly
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| ténant *ténnent
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| téndency
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| ténor ''sound'' = ténner ''money''
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| tërn ''bird'' = türn ''round''
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| Terpsíchore rhymes with híckory
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| Terpsichŏrean Tërpsik-
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| térrorism
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| testósterone
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| téther - no a
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| th- respelt as dh- where voiced
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| Thaî ''nationality'' = tîe ''knot, score''
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| Thaîland *Tŷlənd
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| Thames *Témz
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| than - only thán at dictation speed
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| thát dh-; as a demonstrative it has the á sound, but when a conjunction or relative pronoun it normally has schwa *dhət: Î dôn’t thínk that thát was the sâme mán that câme befŏre
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| thåw ''freeze'' = BrE Thŏr ''god''
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| the *dhə: the schwa sound before a following consonant, thê before a following vowel; in other circumstances thê sounds mannered, as with â for the indefinite article
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| thêatre - a as schwa: *thêəter; AmE -ter
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| théir them dh- = thére here = théy’re are: *thãir
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| Thêodore
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|
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| thêorem
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| thêory
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| thérefore dh-
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| thêse this -z
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| thêsês thesis -ssêez
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| thèy dh-
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| thìêf
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| thìêves
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| thínk
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| thís dh-
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| Thómas Tó-
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| Thómpson, Thómson Tó-
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| thŏrn ''rose, letter þ''
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| thòrough ''exacting'' *thúrra, cf. throûgh
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| thòu ''you'' *dhòu
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| thôugh ''although'' *dhô
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| thŏught ''think'' *thåwt
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| thŏught-provôking hyphenated
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| thréat
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| thréepence or *thrùpence or *thrúppence
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| thréshold
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| threŵ ''throw''
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| thrôes ''anguish'' = thrôws ''throw''
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| thrône ''queen'' = thrôwn ''throw''
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| throûgh ''preposition'' = threw ''throw'' = thrû ''informal American spelling of throûgh''; cf. thòrough
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| throughòut all over one word = threŵ òut throw out, w sounded
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| thrôw ''toss''
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| thrôwn ''throw'' = thrône ''king''
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| thúmb -m
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| thús dh-
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| thwårt
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| thŷme ''herb'' = tîme ''clock''
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| tîde ''sea'' = tîed ''tie''
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| tîe ''knot, level'' = Thaî ''nation'', cf. tŷing
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| tìêr ''rank'' = têar ''cry'', cf. téar ''rip''
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| tîer ''tie''
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| tíff
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| tîger cf. Nigér *Nizhãir
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| tîghten ''tight'' = tîtan ''giant'' = Tîtan ''Saturn''
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| Tîgris
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| tíll ''until, field''
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| tîme ''hours'' = thyme ''herb''
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| tîmetable one word; cf. tîmes tâbles
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| Tìmor
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| tínpot ''adjective'' one word
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| Tintágel -j-
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| tîre ''tired, AmE car'' = tŷre ''BrE car'' = Tŷre ''Lebanon''
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| tîtan ''giant'' = tîghten ''tight'' = Tîtan ''Saturn''
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| títillate *títtilate
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| tîtle
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| títtle-tattle
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| tmêsis
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| to ''preposition'' *tə; when stressed, especially before a vowel = toô ''also, much'', tŵo ''2''
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| tôad ''animal'' = tôwed ''tow''
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| tôaster ''toast'' = Tôcester ''England''
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| to-do ''fight'' = to do ''do'' *tədû
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| tôe ''foot'' = tôw ''pull''
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| tóffee *tóffy
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| tôga’ed
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| tôld ''tell'' = tôlled ''toll'', cf. åll tôld
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| tólerance
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| tôll
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| tómahawk cf. Tómmy
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| tomb *toôm
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| tòn ''avoirdupois'' = tònne ''metric'' = tún ''cask''
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| Tónga - g sound optional
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| tòngue ''mouth'' *túng, cf. tóng ''tongs''
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| toô ''much'' = to ''at' = tŵo ''number''
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| tópple
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| tópsy-türvy
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| tŏrment ''noun'' = tormént ''verb''
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| tornâdôs cf. potâtôes
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| tŏrturous ''torture''
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| tŏrtûous ''twisting''
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| Tóttenham *Tótnəm
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| toúch cf. pòuch
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| toúgh ''hard'' = túff ''rock''
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| Touloûse ''France'' ≈ to lose ''lost''
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| toûr
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| toûr de fŏrce
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| Toûr de Frànce
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| tòusle -zle
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| tòut
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| tôw ''rope'' = tôe ''digit''
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| tòwel
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| tòwer ''building''
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| tôwer ''tow''
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| tráffic cf. gráphic
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| trâil cf. trîal
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| trâiler cf. tâilor
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| trâit ''character'' = trây ''flat''
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| trajéctory
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| tranquíllity AmE -íli
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| transpárent cf. pãrent
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| transséxual -ss-
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| traumátic -åu-
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| trêat
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| trêatíse ''study'' = trêatíes ''treaty''
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| tréspass -əss *trésspass
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| trîal cf. trâil
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| tríbûne
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| trîbûnal
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| trîénnial
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| trígger-háppy
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| trîumph
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| tróglodyte
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| trombône
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| troôp army = troûpe stage
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| troôper army = troûper stage
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| troúble rhymes with búbble, doúble
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| tróugh -óff
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| tròunce
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| trûe
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| trûly *trûely
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| trûth unvoiced -th
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| trûths -dhz
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| trŷ
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| trýst
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| Tsàr or Czàr *Zàr
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| tsétsê, tsunàmi - it makes little difference whether or not one attempts to pronounce the initial t
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| tubërculôsis
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| Tûcsón *Tûsón
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| tûne *cheŵn
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| Tûnis Chûníss
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| Tunisia BrE Chû-níziə, AmE Toô-nêezhə
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| túnnel
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| türn ''round'' = tërn ''bird''
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| túppence = twòpence
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| Türkêy ''country'' = türkêy ''bird''
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| türmoil
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| Tutankhàmun
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| TV *têe-vêe
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| tẁaddle
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| twêezers cf. têaser *têezer
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| twërp
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| tŵo 2 *tû = to at = toô also, much
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| tŷing from tîe
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| tyránnical
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| týranny
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| tŷrant
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| tŷre ''car'' AmE tîre ''car, tired'' = Tŷre ''Lebanon''
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| ===U===
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| Û = yoû ''person''
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| UÈFA *yu-wâfə
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| uhúh
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| Uìghur *Wêeger
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| ukelèlê yû-
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| Ukrâine Yû-; -âine, not -âne
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| umbílical
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| ún- not hyphenated
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| úndergròund adjective before noun, one word; otherwise under gròund
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| underrâted -rr-
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| understánd one word
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| undertâke
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| únder wây two words
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| undo -û
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| ÛNICEF YÛ-
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| únidéntified
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| ûnîted yû-
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| unknôwn - silent k, so two n’s sounded
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| unnôticed - two n’s sounded
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| úprŏar
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| ür- original = ër pause
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| Urânus *Yərânəss: *Yùrənəss is a euphemism
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| ürban town
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| urbâne civilised
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| ürchin
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| Ürdu
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| ûríne yû-
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| urînal yû-
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| ürn bury = ëarn money = ërne eagle
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| Ürquhart *Ürkət, Ürcàrt, *Ïrk-heàrt
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| Ùruguay Yù-
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| ÛS America *yû-wéss, cf. ús we
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| ûse noun *yoôss as in ẁhat ís the ûse? verb *yoôz as in ûse mîne
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| ûsed use *yoôzd as in ûsed cars; habituated *yoôst as in Î’m ûsed to thát and wê ûsed to gô thére
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| Ûtàh *yû-
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| Utôpia Yû- cf. eûlogy, also yû-
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| ===V===
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| V = Vêe ''person''
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| váccine *váxín, cf. tóxin
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| vácûous *vákyûwəss
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| vácûum *váckyûme
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| vâin ''proud'' = vâne ''weather'' = vèin ''blood''
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| válue
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| válve
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| vápid
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| vâpour AmE vâpor
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| vãry cf. véry, é not followed by schwa
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| vàse BrE *vàz, AmE *vâyss, rhyming with bâse
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| Våughan = Våughn *Våwn
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| Vauxhall *Vóxåll
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| vêer
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| végetable -jt-
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| vêhicle - -hi- as schwa: *vìəcle
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| vèil ''face'' = vâle ''valley''
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| vèin ''blood'' = vâin ''proud'' = vâne ''weather''
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| Venêtian -êshən
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| Venezuèla *Venezwâyla
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| véngeance cf. vindíctive
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| Véníce *Vénnis, cf. ténnis
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| vénison - i can be silent; s can be z
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| vénûe
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| Vênus
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| verbâtim
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| vermílion -l-, cf. míllion
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| Vérsaîlles *Vãir-sŷe
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| vërsus ''against'' *vërssəss ≈ vërses verse *vërsíz
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| véry *vérry, cf. vãry, longer sound
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| véterinary *vétinary
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| véx
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| vîa
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| vicãrious
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| vîce-président - the hyphen differentiates from vîce président which would theoretically mean ‘president of vice’
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| vichyssoise *víshy-swàz
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| vícious *víshus, cf víscous
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| víctual *víttle
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| Vìénna
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| Vìênnêse
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| Vìêtnām one word *VietNām
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| vieŵ rendundant i: *vyû, *veŵ, cf. feŵ, etc.
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| vieŵpoint one word
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| vígorous
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| vígour BrE; AmE vígor
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| vîle
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| vílify
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| víllage -íj
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| víllain -an
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| vindaloô
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| vindíctive cf. véngeance
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| vîne
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| vínegar
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| víneyard
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| vînyl *vînəl
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| vîôla ''music''
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| vîola ''plant'' = Vîola ''person''
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| vîolate
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| vîolent
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| vîolet
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| violín
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| Vïrgo
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| vïrtue ''good'' = Vërtue ''person''
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| vis-a-vìs, or with French accent vis-à-vis *vizavêe
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| vísceral *vísseral
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| víscous -sk-, cf. vícious
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| vísible
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| vísion *vízhən
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| vítamin BrE; AmE vîtamin
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| Vívian = Vývyan = Vívien = Vývien = Vívienne
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| vódka
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| vólley
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| voluntêer
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| ===[[W]]===
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| W *doúble-û
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| wácky cf. wháck
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| ẁad
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| ẁaffle
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| wág
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| wágon - ´waggon’ is French
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| wâil ''cry'' = BrE whâle ''sea''
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| wâist ''body'' = wâste ''spend''
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| wâit ''time'' = wèight ''heavy'' = Wâite ''person''
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| wâive ''dismiss'' = wâve ''hand, sea''
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| Wâles ''Welsh'' = BrE whâles ''sea''
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| wålk -åk
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| wåll
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| Ẁallace = Ẁallis rhyming with Hóllis
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| Wallônia Wó-
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| Walloôn Wó-
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| wålrus
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| Wåltham -təm
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| wåltz *wålse
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| ẁan ''pale'' *wón cf. wòn ''win''
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| ẁander ''roam'' cf. wònder ''what?''
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| wâne ''less'' = Wâyne ''person'' = wâin ''wagon''
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| ẁannabê cf. ẁallabỳ
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| ẁant ''desire'' cf. wôn’t ''will not''
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| wår ''battle'' = wŏre ''wear''
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| wãrehouse cf. whŏrehouse h-
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| wãres ''market'' = weãrs ''clothes''
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| wårhéad one word
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| wårm ''hot'' cf. wörm ''wriggle''
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| wårn ''caution'' = wŏrn ''wear'' = Wårne ''person''
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| wårt
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| ẁarrant *wórrənt
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| ẁarranty cf. guarantêe from same root
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| wårring
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| ẁarrior cf. wòrrier
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| Ẁarrington *Wórrington, cf. Dórrington, Nórrington
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| wårt
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| Ẁarwick *Wórrick
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| wãry
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| ẁas *wóz
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| ẁash
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| Ẁashington
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| ẁasp
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| wâste ''loss'' = wâist ''body''
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| ẁatchtòwer one word
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| wåter cf. Wålter
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| ẁatt ''electricity'' = BrE ẁhat ''question''
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| ẁattage *wóttij
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| wâvelength one word
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| wê ''us'' = wêe ''little, toilet''
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| wêak ''feeble'' = wêek ''days''
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| wêal ''mark'' = BrE whêel ''traffic''
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| wéapon
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| Wêar ''River'' = Wêir ''person'' = wêir ''water'', rhyming with êar, hêar and fêar
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| wéars ''clothes'' = wâres ''shop''
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| wêary
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| wéather ''cloudy'' = wéther ''ram'' = BrE whéther ''if''
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| wébsite one word
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| Wédnesday Wénz-
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| wèigh ''heavy'' = wây ''route, manner'' = BrE whèy ''curds''
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| wèight ''heavy'' = wâit ''time''
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| wêir ''water'' = Wêir ''person'' = wê’re ''are'', cf. wìêld, fìêld
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| wêird ''odd'' cf. wìêld ''carry''
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| wê’ll ''shall'' cf. wéll ''good''
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| wén ''lump'' = BrE whén ''time''
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| wëre was cf. whére place, wê’re are
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| wêrewolf or wêrwolf -wùlf
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| wéther animal = wéather rain = BrE whéther if
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| wê’re are
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| wh- BrE w-, AmE hw-
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| wháck cf. wácky
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| whâle sea BrE = wâil cry
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| whám
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| ẁhat question BrE = wót jocular = ẁatt electric
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| whêedle
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| whêel round BrE = wêal mark
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| whén time BrE = wén tumour
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| whére place cf. wëre was
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| whereás one word, *wéəráz
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| whét appetite BrE = wét water
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| whéther if BrE = wéather rain = wéther ram
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| whèy curds BrE = wèigh weight = wây method
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| whîne moan BrE = wîne drink
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| whínge -nj, cf. wíng
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| whïrl
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| whïrlwind one word
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| whïrr noise BrE = wëre be
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| whísky or whískey
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| whísper
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| whístle *whíssle
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| whít small = Whít Whitsun BrE = wít humour
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| whîte ''colour'' BrE = Wîght ''Isle''
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| whîteẁash one word
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| whíther ''where'' BrE = wíther decay
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| Whítsun -u-
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| who ''person'' *hoô, cf. WHO World Health Organisation *doúble-yoû-âitch-ô
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| whôle ''all'' = hôle ''gap''
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| whôlesâle h-, one word
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| whôlly ''completely'' two l’s pronounced; ≈ hôly ''sacred'' – where only one l is heard
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| whoôping-cóugh hoô-
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| whoòps!
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| whoòsh rhymes with pùsh
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| whópping ''big'' BrE = Ẁapping ''London''
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| whŏre ''prostitute'' = hŏar ''frost'' = Hŏare ''person''
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| whose ''belonging'' = who’s ''who is/has'' *hoôz
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| whŷ
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| wícked ''evil'' *wíckíd cf. wíki
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| wícked ''wick'' *wíct
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| Wíckham = Wýcombe
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| wìêld cf. wêir, wêird
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| Wikipêdia
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| wîles ''stratagems'' cf. whîle ''during''
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| wílful in AmE can be wíllful, which is unusual: in most words it is the BrE spelling which has the double l before a suffix, as in dîalling
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| wíll ''verb'' = Wíll ''William''
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| wílly-nílly
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| wîly
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| wînd ''round''
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| wínd ''blow''
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| wíndbag one word
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| wîne ''drink'' = BrE whîne ''moan''
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| Wiscónsin
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| wísp
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| wít ''humour'' = BrE whít ''small'' = BrE Whít ''Whitsun''
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| wítch-húnt
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| wíther ''decay'' = BrE whíther ''where''
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| withhéld second h aspirated
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| withhôld second h aspirated
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| withín one word
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| withòut one word
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| Wodehouse ''PG'' = Woòdhouse ''Emma, etc.''
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| wôe ''sad'' = BrE whôa ''horse''
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| wók
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| wolf *wùlf = Woòlf ''person''
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| woman *wùmən
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| women *wímmin
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| wòn ''game'' = òne ''only''
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| wònder ''what?'' cf. ẁander ''roam''
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| wòndrous
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| wónky
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| wôn’t ''will not'' = wônt ''habit'', cf. ẁant ''require''
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| woòd ''tree'' = woùld ''if''
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| woòlly ''wool'' = Woòlley ''person''
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| Worcester ''England'' = Woòster ''Bertie''
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| wörd cf. wård
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| wörkingmán in AmE can be one word, BrE wörking mán
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| wörld
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| wŏrldwide one word
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| wörm
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| wòrry
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| wörship cf. wårship
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| Worcester *Wùster
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| wŏre ''wear'' = wår ''fight''
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| wörse
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| wörsted ''worst''
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| worsted ''cloth'' wû-
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| wörth
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| woùld ''if'' = woòd ''tree''
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| would-be ''adjective'' hyphenated
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| woûnd ''injury''
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| wòund ''wînd''
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| wòw ''excitement'' cf. wôe ''depression''
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| wráck ''pain'' = ráck ''frame, stretch''
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| wráp ''parcel'' = ráp ''knock, speak''
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| ẁrath ''anger'' = Róth ''person''
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| wrêak ''make'' = rêek ''smell'', cf. wréck ''collapse'', réckless ''careless''
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| wrêath ''noun'' unvoiced th as in bréath, different vowel sound
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| wrêathe ''verb'' voiced th, as in brêathe
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| wréck cf. réckless
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| wrést ''wrestle'' = rést ''repose''
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| wrétch ''miserable'' = rétch ''vomit''
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| wrîght ''artesan'' as in plâywright; = Wrîght person = wrîte
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| ''letter'' = rîght ''side, correct'' = rîte ''ritual''
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| wríng ''squeeze'' = ríng ''finger, bell''
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| wrínkle cf. ránkle
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| wrîte written = wrîght etc.
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| wróngdoing one word, *róngdûing
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| wróng-foòt ''verb''
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| wrôte ''write'' = rôte ''learning''
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| wrúng ''wring'' = rúng ''ring, ladder''
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| wrŷ humour = rŷe crop
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| wrŷlỳ wry = Rîley person
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| wùff
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| Wŷatt *Wŷət, cf. whîte
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| xénophobe z-
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| xenophôbia zé-
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| ===[[X]]===
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| X = éx- past
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| Xénophon author Z-; ‘xénophône’ if it existed would mean a speaker of a foreign language
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| Xêrox z-
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| Xhôsa k-
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| Xinjiáng and other words from Chinese Sh-
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| X-ray *éxrây
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| xŷlophone z-
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| ===[[Y]]===
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| Y = whŷ ''reason''
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| yacht *yót
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| yê ''you''
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| yeâ ''yes''
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| yéah ''yes'' *yé
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| yêar or yëar
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| yëarn
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| Yeâts ''poet'' = Yâtes ''more common spelling''
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| yeôman
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| Yeôvil
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| yìêld
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| yôke ''oxen'' = yôlk ''egg''
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| yŏre ''days'' = yŏur ''you''
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| yoúng
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| your ''my'' = you’re ''I’m'' = yŏre ''past''
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| yoû’ll or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll
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| ===[[Z]]===
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| Z BrE zéd, AmE zêe
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| zêal
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| zéalot
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| zébra or zêbra
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| zeîtgeîst
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| zénith
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| Zeûs
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| Zìa
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| zígzág
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| zíp
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| Zôê *Zôwỳ
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| zoô
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| zoólogy avoiding triple letter: *zoô-ólogy or *zuólogy or *zoôwology
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| zoôt
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| Zûlu
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| Zûrich -k
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| ===Words beginning with an [[apostrophe]]===
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| ’em ''them'' = um ''hmmm'' *əm
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| ’tís and ’tẁas - poetic use of initial apostrophe, replacing omitted initial í of ít ís and ít ẁas and shaped (in fonts where there are different shapes) like 9, not 6
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| ==Retroalphabetical list==
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| This list is in alphabetical order beginning with the final letter of the word and continuing backwards through it. The headword is on the right. In this way, suffixes and other word endings can be seen grouped together, just as prefixes can be seen in normal alphabetical order. So, instead of '''ádd båll coúsin''', we have '''réplicA fláB plástiC'''; and so for '''mûsiC''', see under -'''c''', for '''mûsicaL''', see under -'''l''', for '''pàrticlE''', see under -'''e''', and so on.
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| Some suffixes are included separately with their pronunciation applying or not to following words.
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| Again, the apostrophe is treated as the last letter, after '''z'''.
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| For clarity, italic association words are to the left of the example word:
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| ''woman'' '''mâid''' = ''make'' '''mâde'''
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| ===A===
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| mostly schwa -'''a'''
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| BrE ''barrier, drink'' '''bàr''' = ''sheep'' '''bàa'''
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| Ábba
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| Shêba
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| Cûba
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| Hécuba
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| scûba
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| tûba
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| Lŏrca
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| (but [[Vladimir Nabokov|Nabokov]]'s is '''Àda''') '''Âda'''
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| Granàda
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| Grenâda
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| propagánda
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| .*îdêə idêa
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| .*flê flêa
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| .*plê plêa
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| -êə Crîmêa
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| -êə ãrêa
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| ''place'' = '''Chélsy''' ''person'' '''Chélsêa'''
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| .*Swónzy Sẁansêa
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| .*nåuzêə nåusêa
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| Ólga
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| broûhàhà
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| gèisha
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| clós- claustrophôbìa
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| -íshə Alícia
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| -ìssiə Galìcia
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| -íshə: rhymes with milítia - Patrícia
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| Albânia
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| Tanzanìa
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| Armênia
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| .*skítzô-frêniə schizophrênia
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| Slovênia
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| insómnia
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| Wó- Wallônia
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| ària
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| malãria
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| Bavãria
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| Lîbêria
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| hystêria
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| pìts- pizzerìa
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| Victŏria
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| trattorìa
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| .*Âyshə or *Âyzhə Âsia
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| -zhə amnêsia
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| -zhə Indonêsia
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| .*Toô-nìzhə AmE; BrE Chû-nízìə Tunisia
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| -zhə Maláysia
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| -shə -tia
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| *Crôw-âyshə Croâtia
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| Patrícia rhymes with milítia
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| inërtia
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| vîa
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| trŏika
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| là
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| Kampàla
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| Mandéla
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| -zwâyla Venezuèla
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| umbrélla
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| côla
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| scrófula
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| .*pé-nínssyələ península
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| Mà
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| Alabáma
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| Pánamà
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| dràma
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| or -mə cínemà
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| Émma
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| dilémma
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| diplôma
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| carcinôma
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| Victoriàna
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| .*Loû-êasy-Ánna Louisiána
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| banāna
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| Montána
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| nìrvàna
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| Guyána
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| vagîna
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| Regîna
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| Polyánna
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| tûna
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| bôa
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| Nôah rhymes with Gôa
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| môa
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| Pà
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| spà
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| brà
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| cf. Ôprah - ópera
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| Pandŏra
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| Andŏrra AmE; BrE Andórra
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| Sumàtra
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| Sinàtra
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| ork- ŏrchestra
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| strâta AmE ≈ BrE strâighter - stràta
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| táffeta
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| excrêta
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| -wə Manágua
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| -yûə or -wə Nicarágua
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| nôva
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| sŏya
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| Gàza
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| plàza
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| .*pêetsa pìzza
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| ===B===
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| náb
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| jáb
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| Árab
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| stáb
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| ébb
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| fíb
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| níb
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| .*lám lámb
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| .*lím límb
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| ''up'' clîme = ''climate'' clîmb
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| .*côam cômb
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| còme, húm, súm rhyme with -cúm succúmb
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| .*dúm dúmb
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| .*thúm thúmb
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| ''fruit'' plúm = ''plumbing'' plúmb
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| .*núm númb
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| .*bóm bómb
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| .*côam cômb
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| .*toôm tomb
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| hóbnob
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| .*dŏrnób dŏorknob
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| AmE *érb hërb
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| súburb
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| blürb
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| pertürb
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| distürb
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| cúb
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| dúb
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| húb
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| ===C===
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| mâniac
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| insómniac
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| .*afrô-dízzỳác aphrodísìac
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| lîlac
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| ålmanac
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| terrífic
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| horrífic
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| lógic
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| .*shêek chìc
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| pýrrhic
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| éthic
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| Góthic
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| mýthic
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| repúblic
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| seîsmic
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| herôíc
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| cf. Pátrick - Éric
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| ''ill'' '''síck''' = ''thus'' '''síc'''
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| mûsic
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| dramátic
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| tråumátic
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| fanátic
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| ''noun, verb'' státic
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| parasític
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| plástic
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| drástic
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| acoûstic
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| cf. adjective mýstical - noun mýstic
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| ''loft'' '''áttic''' = ''Greek'' '''Áttic
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| paralýtic
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| ''wood'' '''blóck''' = ''political'' '''blóc'''
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| súbfúsc
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| can be móllusk in American - móllusc
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| ===D===
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| bád
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| dád
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| ''book'' Bêde = ''string'' bêad
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| déad
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| héad
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| knêad
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| bréad
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| dréad
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| spréad
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| instéad
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| fád
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| hád
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| Ílìád
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| Jeremîád
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| trîád
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| lád
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| mád
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| gôad
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| rôad
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| brŏad
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| abrŏad
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| tôad
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| sád
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| qùad rhymes with ẁad
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| ádd
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| ódd
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| -did -ded
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| woûnded
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| låuded
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| procêed
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| hêed
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| nêed
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| grêed
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| wêed
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| áct = -ácked
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| ''tactful'' táct = ''tack'' tácked
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| stácked
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| AmE tráveled
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| -ld fîled
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| -ld smîled
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| -ld pîled
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| l doubled after stressed syllable - BrE and AmE rebélled
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| BrE trávelled
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| abándoned
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| boôed
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| -pt stépped
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| réd
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| scãred
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| .*sâycríd sâcred
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| hámpered
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| cf. compãred - cómpéred
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| two syllables neûtered
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| revêred
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| sévered
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| mîred
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| cf. hâte - *hâtríd hâtred
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| cf. kînd - *kíndríd kíndred
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| -rəd húndred
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| food bâste = base bâsed
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| *bîast bîased
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| -éssed mostly rhymes with -ést: conféssed
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| *blést, but can be *bléssid before a noun bléssed
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| asséssed
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| obséssed
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| -tíd -ted
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| tàrgeted
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| *rícoshâid rícochèted
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| intërpreted
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| excîted
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| éxited
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| ẁanted
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| bígoted
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| -vd shôved
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| -vd lòved
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| allòwed
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| hállowed
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| néxt rhymes with séxed
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| stãry-eŷed
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| stàrry-eŷed
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| ''person'' Bŏyd = ''buoy'' buŏyed
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| âid
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| lâid
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| ''make'' mâde = ''woman'' mâid
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| .*pâyed pâid
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| ''bray'' brâyed = ''hair'' brâid
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| .*séd said
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| bíd
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| díd
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| líd
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| sqùalid
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| válid
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| vŏid
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| rápid
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| vápid
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| flûíd
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| Réginald
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| Rónald
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| géld
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| héld
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| fìêld
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| wìêld
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| mèld
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| wéld
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| gíld
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| chîld
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| mîld
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| wîld
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| ôld
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| bôld
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| fôld
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| thrêefôld
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| gôld
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| hôld
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| x yêars ôld in the plural, but hyphens when it's an ''adjective, noun'' x-yêar-ôld
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| sôld
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| tôld
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| cf. gôld - Goûld
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| cf. coùld, shoùld and woùld, all -ùd - môuld
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| ánd
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| hánd
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| lánd
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| -lənd: mostly schwa in (place or people’s) names, where it conveys familiarity: -lánd suggests alienness, even lack of sovereignty -land
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| Tŷ- Thaîland
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| Blánd
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| Åuckland
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| Hólland
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| a as schwa before nouns, e.g. Ínland Révenue, otherwise á - ínlánd
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| mâinlánd
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| Fínland
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| Pôland
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| Láplánd
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| Súnderland
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| mòtherlánd
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| hínterlánd
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| ôverlánd
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| Swítzerland
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| Scótland
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| heàrtlánd
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| Mãryland
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| sánd
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| fìênd
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| friénd
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| blénd
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| pénd
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| rénd
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| sénd
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| ténd
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| wénd
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| bînd
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| ''crime'' fîned = ''discover'' fînd
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| hînd
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| one word hûmankînd
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| blînd
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| mînd
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| rînd
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| támarínd
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| ''blow'' wínd
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| ''round'' wînd
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| beyónd
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| ròund
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| woûnd
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| ''religion'' Gód = ''idol'' gód
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| clód
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| nód
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| pód
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| foôd
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| goòd
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| no y - lîkelihoòd
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| moôd
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| broôd
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| woòd
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| apart from monosyllables, mostly -ə(r)d -ard
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| càrd
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| bêard
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| hëard
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| hàrd
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| *Ríchə(r)d Ríchard
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| shàrd
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| làrd
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| cf. ''wide'' brŏad - ''boring'' bŏred = ''wood, company'' bŏard
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| .*cúbbə(r)d cúpboard
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| flŏorbŏard
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| .*lépə(r)d léopard
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| lêotàrd
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| bāstard
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| bústard
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| .*gàrd guàrd
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| wård
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| báckward
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| åwkward
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| except for Fránkie Hòwerd: Hòward
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| yàrd
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| házard
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| lízard
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| wízard
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| blízzard
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| búzzard
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| ''hear'' hëard = ''animals'' hërd
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| nërd
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| bïrd
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| ''tie'' chŏrd = ''vocal'' cörd
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| ''person'' Fŏrd = ''water'' fŏrd
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| name suffix, -fəd -ford
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| Brádford
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| Rédford
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| Blándford
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| Rétford
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| Óxford
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| ''rope'' cŏrd = ''music'' chörd
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| wörd
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| absürd
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| türd
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| applåud
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| Måud
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| fråud
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| Î’d
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| ''listen'' hêed = ''he'' hê’d
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| shê’d
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| ''plant'' wêed = ''we'' wê’d
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| ít’d
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| yoû’d
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| thèy’d
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| ===E===
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| mostly silent; for words normally italicised and ending in written -é see [[French words in English]] -e
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| AmE -ê -aê
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| nébulaê
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| fŏrmulaê
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| anténnaê
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| nôvaê
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| scrîbe
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| descrîbe
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| ''medicine'' prescrîbe ≈ ''illegal'' proscrîbe
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| zé- xénophobe
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| lôbe
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| fâce
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| .*préffis préface
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| .*ménnis ménace
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| Ẁallis = Ẁallace
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| .*Hórris, rhyming with words in -óris - Hórace
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| .*térris térrace
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| îce
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| sácrifîce
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| órifíce BrE; AmE ǒrifíce
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| sürplíce
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| nîce
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| Véníce
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| cŏrníce
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| hóspíce
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| thrîce
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| caprìce
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| trîce
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| pôultíce
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| láttíce
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| ''noun'' = práctíse BrE ''verb'' - práctíce
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| nôtíce
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| devîce
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| crévíce
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| véngeance
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| (sometimes written as in French) séance - sèànce
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| chānce
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| vígilance
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| románce
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| perfŏrmance
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| ''noun = verb'' either stressed fînánce
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| híndrance
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| forbéarance
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| ''enter'' éntrance
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| ''beguile'' entrānce
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| cf. exístence - stānce
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| cf. exístence - resístance
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| AmE lîcense, cf. BrE and AmE suspénse - lîcence
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| .*ákwêeyéssənss; cf. présence, -zənss - acquiéscence
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| câdence
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| décadence
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| transcéndence
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| subsîdence
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| évidence
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| próvidence
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| cf. dénse - fénce
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| AmE defénse - defénce
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| AmE offénse - offénce
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| hénce
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| scîence
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| -shənss cónscience
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| åudience
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| -âshence impâtience
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| cf. prevâil - prévalence
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| vîolence
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| përmanence
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| adhêrence
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| occúrrence
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| rêcúrrence
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| ábsence
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| cómpetence
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| séntence
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| insístence
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| cf. stānce - exístence
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| ínfluence
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| ''mint'' mínts ≈ ''meat'' mínce
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| ''print'' prínts ≈ ''royal'' prínce
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| fìêrce
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| pìêrce
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| enfŏrce
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| -êí- reinfŏrce
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| divŏrce
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| verbs -ésce
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| -éss acquiésce
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| .*côwaléss coalésce
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| -éss effervésce
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| BrE -dyoôss or -joôss, AmE doôss -dûce
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| redûce
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| indûce
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| ''verb'' prodûce
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| ''noun'' próduce
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| fâde
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| shâde
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| jâde
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| glâde
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| ''woman'' mâid = ''make'' mâde
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| granâde
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| sh-; AmE charâde - charàde
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| parâde
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| concêde
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| intercêde
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| supersêde
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| stressed in verbs, unstressed in nouns, but always pronounced -îde
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| régicide
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| sûicide
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| cŷanide
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| derîde
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| asîde
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| besîde
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| .*rizîde resîde
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| one word úpside
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| one word dòwnside
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| provîde
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| óxide
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| in some names -forde
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| íl- elûde
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| əl- allûde
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| lóngitude
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| látitude
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| áttitude
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| ''insect'' bêe
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| divorcêe
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| fêe
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| cóffee
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| banóffee
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| tóffee
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| Yánkee
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| glêe
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| referêe
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| as a suffix meaning ‘without’ -frêe should be at least hyphenated:
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| cãrefrêe and commítment-frêe
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| degrêe
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| pédigree
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| sêe
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| .*lîcencêe licensêe
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| cf. députy - devotêe
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| payêe
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| -êe has main stress when in contrast to emplŏyer - emplŏyêe
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| gáffe
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| lîfe
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| .*nîfe knîfe
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| wîfe
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| âge
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| mostly -íj -age
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| -íj cábbage
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| -íj bándage
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| *hémərij haémorrhage
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| fôlìage
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| .*cárríj cárriage
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| .*márríj márriage
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| -àzh fûselage
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| -àzh cámouflage
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| -íj víllage
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| -àzh cóllage
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| -íj dámage
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| -íj mánage
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| -àzh bádinage
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| BrE *gáràj; *gáríj is regarded by many as uneducated; AmE *gəràzh gáràge
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| -íj áverage
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| -íj béverage
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| -íj lêverage
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| -àzh míràge
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| -íj stŏrage
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| BrE *báràj, AmE *bəràzh bárràge
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| sâge
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| BrE *məssàj, AmE *məssàzh mássàge
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| -íj méssage
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| -àzh dréssàge
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| -íj ûsage
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| -àzh sábotàge
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| -íj cóttage
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| -íj wâstage
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| -íj hóstage
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| -íj lánguage
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| -íj sávage
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| bádge
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| édge
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| plédge
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| slédge
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| -íj knówledge
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| mídge
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| rídge
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| brídge
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| pórridge
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| stódge
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| fúdge
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| sácrilege
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| prívilege
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| cf. édge - allége
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| oblîge
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| -êezh prestìge
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| -íj véstíge
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| chânge
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| whínge
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| lòunge
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| scròunge
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| Dôge
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| bàrge
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| làrge
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| dïrge
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| fŏrge
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| ürge
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| scöurge
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| pürge
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| sürge
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| .*âke âche
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| BrE *məstásh, AmE *mústásh moustàche
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| -kê synécdochê
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| cf. trôphy, átrophy - catástrophê
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| apóstrophê
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| *dhə before consonants, *dhê before vowels - thê
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| lôathe rhymes with clôthe
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| ''colour'' dŷe = ''death'' dîe
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| bïrdìê
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| Chàrly = Chàrlie
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| Wílly = Wílley = Wíllie
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| Cónnie
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| Lónnie
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| Rónnie
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| pîe
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| soft g - menágerìê
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| côterìê
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| cálorìê
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| éyrìê
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| bâke
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| câke
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| Jâke
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| cf. bláck, Bláck - Blâke
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| mâke
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| snâke
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| sâke
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| tâke
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| eat steâk = hold stâke
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| mistâke
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| lîke
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| chîldlîke
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| gódlîke
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| wårlîke
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| cátlîke
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| pîke
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| chôke
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| brôke
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| broòk rhymes with Ládbroke
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| broòk rhymes with Bólingbroke
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| evôke
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| provôke
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| wôke
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| rebûke
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| dûke
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| cf. noun, adjective fînal - noun finàlê
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| cf. adjective rátional - noun rationàle
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| cf. Âbel, Bâbel, lâbel, Mâbel - âble
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| impertürbable
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| applícable
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| dis- despícable
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| it is normal to retain an e before -able to show either palatalised pronunciation of preceding consonant or long sound of preceding vowel -eable
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| -nsəble pronòunceable
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| -jəble mánageable
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| -jəble chângeable
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| -kəble unshâkeable
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| -ləble sâleable
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| gâble
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| cf. lâbel - avâilable
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| unwínnable
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| ádmirable
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| desîrable
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| advîsable
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| tâble
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| debâtable
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| insurmòuntable
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| stâble
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| cònstable
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| forgívable
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| dábble
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| rábble
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| cf. rébel - pébble
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| dríbble
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| cóbble
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| góbble
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| hóbble
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| nóbble
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| wóbble
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| Húbble
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| rúbble
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| stúbble
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| édible
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| tánj- tángible
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| fállible
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| térrible
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| hórrible
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| comprehénsible
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| apprehénsible
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| sénsible
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| -sable is French - respónsible
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| axé- accéssible
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| colléctible
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| suscéptible
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| contémptible
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| irresístible
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| ámble
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| prê- preámble
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| gámble
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| rámble
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| scrámble
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| assémble
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| dissémble
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| *rizémble resémble
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| *onsómble ensemble
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| nímble
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| thímble
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| búmble
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| crúmble
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| fúmble
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| grúmble
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| húmble
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| júmble
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| múmble
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| rúmble
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| grúmble
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| túmble
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| stúmble
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| nôble
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| doúble
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| AmE rûble = BrE roûble
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| troúble
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| pínnacle
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| bàrnacle
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| téntacle
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| óbstacle
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| *vêícle vêhicle
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| véntricle
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| pàrticle
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| *úngkəl úncle
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| càrbuncle
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| tréadle
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| crâdle
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| páddle
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| stráddle
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| ẁaddle
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| tẁaddle
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| médal medallion = interfere méddle
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| bicycle pédal = sell péddle
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| díddle
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| fíddle
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| míddle
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| píddle
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| ríddle
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| códdle
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| cúddle
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| fúddle
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| befúddle
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| húddle
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| múddle
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| cándle
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| dándle
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| hándle
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| spíndle
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| noôdle
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| poôdle
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| gïrdle
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| cürdle
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| hürdle
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| kerfúffle
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| trúffle
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| strúggle
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| invêigle
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| g sounded separately from ng -ngle
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| ángle
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| bángle
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| dángle
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| spángle
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| wrángle
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| wángle
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| bürgle
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| bûgle
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| bîle
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl môbile
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| åutomobìle
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| fîle
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl frágile
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| Ánglophîle
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| mîle
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| símilê
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| *fáx-íməly facsímilê
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| smîle
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| pîle
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| rîle
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl stérile
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl prayers míssal = war míssile
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| tîle
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl vólatile
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| mërcantîle
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| ínfantîle
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| BrE -île, AmE -əl hóstile
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| *gîle, hard g - guîle
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| revîle
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| táckle
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| héckle
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| fréckle
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| píckle
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| tíckle
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| cóckle
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| búckle
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| ánkle
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| tínkle
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| wrínkle
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| wínkle
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| food gríll = screen grílle
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| fire côal = person Côle
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| dôle
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| hôle
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| môle
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| ballot pôll = Poland Pôle = wood pôle
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| over rôll = play rôle
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| partíciple
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| adjective, person príncipal = belief prínciple
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| discîple
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| sāmple
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| exāmple
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| dímple
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| símple
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| rúmple
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| crúmple
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| stêeple rhymes with pêople
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| nípple
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| rípple
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| típple
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| coúple
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| scrûple
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| vással and in AmE words in -āstle rhyme with hássle
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| -zle tòusle
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| *súttle súbtle
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| chŏrtle
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| -səl -stle
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| cāstle
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| véssel rhymes with -éstle
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| néstle
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| tréstle
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| wréstle
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| whístle
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| grístle
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| Rússell rhymes with -ústle
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| bústle
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| hústle
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| rústle
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| líttle
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| cáttle
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| kéttle
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| gold métal = courage méttle
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| bóttle
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| súbtle rhymes with shúttle
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| -ûel rhymes with -ûle
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| módule
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| mûle
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| rûle
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| cápsule
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| dázzle
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| fízzle
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| cf. drível - drízzle
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| sízzle
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| púzzle
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| mê
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| cf. âim - câme
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| gâme
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| lâme
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| sâme
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| frâme
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| tâme
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| extrême
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| dîme
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| *rèzhìme regìme
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| lîme
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| verse rhŷme = frost rîme
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| tîme
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| íncòme
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| òutcòme
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| dôme
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| hôme
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| gênome
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| garden = Nôme Alaska - gnôme
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| sòme
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| schwa -some
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| troúblesome
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| hándsome
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| thrêesome
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| h- whôlesome
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| wínsome
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| cf. hysteréctomy - epítomê
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| *rizyûme resûme
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| written with French accents avoids confusion with resûme: résumé *rézumây résumè
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| *prizyûme presûme
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| -syû- consûme
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| -syû- assûme
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| ''frost'' rîme = ''verse'' rhŷme
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| ''fruit'' lîme = ''England'' Lŷme
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| énzŷme
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| bâne
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| ''persons'' Câin = Câine = stick câne
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| urbâne
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| Dâne
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| mêthane
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| Jâne
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| lâne
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| cf. remâin - ''relevant'' germâne
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| scêne
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| obscêne
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| ''person'' Germâine
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| -ône colôgne
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| -îgn rhymes with -îne
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| mìgrâine
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| Ukrâine
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| *Mádlin or *Mádlən - Mádeleíne
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| refîne
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| confîne
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| éngíne
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| cf. hérôín ''drug'', hérôíne ''hero'' - méscalíne
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| declîne
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| reclîne
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| mîne
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| vërmín rhymes with ërmíne
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| detërmíne
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| sërpentîne
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| türpentîne
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| prístìne
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| magazìne
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| ''win'' wòn = ''number'' òne
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| cône
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| cf. Stône of Scone, *Scoôn - scóne
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| dòne
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| condône
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| góne
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| alône
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| anémonê
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| nòne
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| atône
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| stône
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| cf. Kíngston, both schwa - Mâidstone
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| zône
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| ãirborne
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| Mélbourne
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| Êastbŏurne
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| *dí-mâin demèsne
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| = -ô, -ôw -ôe
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| ôboe
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| dôe
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| fôe
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| -oô shoe
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| -oô canoe
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| rôe
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| tôe
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| wôe
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| grâpe
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| Penélopê
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| ántelôpe
| |
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| énvelôpe
| |
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| shãre
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| prepãre
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| îronwãre
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| sóftwãre
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| -re as schwa - *âkə âcre
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| -re as schwa - -kə mássacre
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| ''ear'' hêar = ''this'' hêre
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| ''them'' théir = ''that'' thére
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| ''clothes'' wéãr = ''place'' whère
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| mêre
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| ''was'' wëre
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| sevêre
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| shîre
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| in England, schwa, -shə -shire
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| .*Glóstersher Glóucestershire
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| .*Léstersher Léicestershire
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| .*Wùstersher Worcestershire
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| -shîre in Scotland – though non-Scots may not comply Âyrshîre
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| hîre
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| mîre
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| AmE mêter = BrE length mêtre
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| cf. fŏr - befŏre
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| to the fŏre
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| thérefore
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| (and, for some, toûr ''guide'') ''rock'' tŏr = ''téar'' tŏre
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| bizàrre
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| cf. grándeûr - cûre
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| endûre
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| pāstûre
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| abjûre
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| -jə ínjure
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| -jə cònjure
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| përjure
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| lûre
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| -lyə fâilure
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| BrE əlyûə allûre
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| BrE Shåw = AmE sûre
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| -zhə -sure
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| pléasure
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| méasure
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| tréasure
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| léisure
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| clôsure
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| -sh- préssure
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| -sh- físsure
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| -chə -ture
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| matûre
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| nâture
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| státure
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| fûture
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| sûture
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| wê’re
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| ''of you'' yŏur = ''days'' yŏre = ''you are'' yŏu’re
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| ''here'' thére = ''them'' théir = ''they'' thèy’re
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| chêese, slêaze and frêeze rhyme with êase
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| -ss lêase
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| êase rhymes with plea plêas = request plêase
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| -ss crêase
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| ''verb'' -ss decrêase
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| ''noun'' -ss dêcrêase
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| ''verb'' -ss incrêase
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| ''noun'' -ss íncrêase
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| âce rhymes with châse
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| ''confuse'' fâze = ''temporary'' phâse
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| -êez (no nationalities end in -ìse); usually stressed but can become unstressed before a noun as in Jápanese -êse
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| chêese
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| jöurnalêse
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| Nepalêse
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| Jápanêse
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| Chînêse
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| in all words apart from those specified below, -îse can be spelt -îze, for example críticize, and this is how -îse is pronounced in most verbs -îse
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| críticîse
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| noun, verb pronounced but never spelt -ize éxercîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize mërchandîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize fránchîse
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| vërbalîse
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| rêalise
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| êqualîse
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| valìse
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| fërtilîse
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| never spelt -ize because it is a noun and pronounced -íss prémíse
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| noun, verb never spelt -ize because pronounced -íss prómíse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize cómpromîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize surmîse
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| .*pŏrpus pŏrpoise
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| .*tŏrtus tŏrtoise
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize despîse
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| glámorise
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize comprîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize surprîse
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| presh- pressurîse
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| émphasîse
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| práctíce = ''BrE verb'' práctíse
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| áppetîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize ádvertîse
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| .*éxpertêez expertìse
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| silent u; pronounced but never spelt -ize disguîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize advîse
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| cf. noun devîce - -z verb devîse
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| pronounced but never spelt *wîze wîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -wize -wîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize lîkewîse
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| pronounced but never spelt -ize clóckwîse
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| -ss, as also hénce, fénce - dénse
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| sénse
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| nónsense
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| cf. defénce, lîcence, offénce where AmE has -ense, all -ss suspénse
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| -ss dôse
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| -z chôse
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| grandiôse
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| *loôze lose
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| noun, adjective -s, verb -z clôse
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| -z nôse
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| -z choôse
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| .*lûce loôse
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| -z expôse
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| can have French accent: exposé *expôzây expôsè
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| -z rôse
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| ápse
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| lápse
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| ''noun'' rêlapse
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| ''verb'' relápse
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| collápse
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| trâipse
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| eclípse
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| wood = cóps cop cópse
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| hëarse
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| cf. revërse - rehëarse
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| tërse
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| vërse
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| avërse
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| ádverse
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| cf. rehëarse - revërse
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| gŏrse
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| hŏrse
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| wörse
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| bŏurse
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| cŏurse
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| -z ûse
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| no -z refûse
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| ''rubbish'' -ss réfuse
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| -z mûse
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| -ss spòuse
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| -îze ánalyse
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| -îze páralyse
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| ''lure'' bâit = ''anger, breath'' bâte
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| debâte
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| rêbâte
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| -âte verb, -ət noun prédicate
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| índicâte
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| víndicâte
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| -ət certíficate
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| BrE -ət, AmE -âte - cándidate
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| fâte
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| hâte
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| lâte
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| -âte ''verb'', -ət ''adjective'' artículate
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| régulâte
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| mâte
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| -ít or -ət clîmate
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| -âte ''verb'', -ət ''adjective'' éstimate
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| spâte
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| séparate
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| -rət dísparate
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| -âte ''verb'', -ət ''adjective'' delíberate
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| exónerâte
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| -rət désperate
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| émigrate
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| ímmigrate
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| -âte ''verb'', -ət ''adjective'' eláborate
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| máj- mágistrâte
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| démonstrâte
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| rémonstrâte
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| -âte ''verb'', -ət ''adjective'' precípitate
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| áctivâte
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| effête
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| complête
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| .*sôshalîte sôcialîte
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| elìte
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| polîte
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| gráníte
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| fînîte
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| .*définət définite
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| .*ínfinət ínfinite
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| unîte
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| despîte
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| AmE réspíte - réspîte
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| hýpocríte
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| AmE -or- fâvouríte
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| Trótskyîte
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| ánecdote
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| ántidote
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| môte
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| nôte
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| vôte
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| fŏrtè
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| càste
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| hâste
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| châste
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| -étte
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| oô- oubliétte
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| serviétte
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| cf. hámlet - *ómlet ómelette
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| kitchenétte
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| tríbûte
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| cóntríbûte
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| dístríbûte
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| ''noun'' áttribûte
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| ''verb'' attríbute
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| .*mínít ''time'' mínute
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| .*mŷ-neŵt ''small'' mînûte
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| repûte
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| compûte
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| cf. ínput - impûte
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| bŷte
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| nêophŷte
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| silent unless shown with an accent -ue
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| âgûe
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| .*lêag lêague
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| ''persons'' Hãig = Hâigh = ''city, person'' Hâgue
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| .*plâig plâgue
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| .*Pràg Pràgue
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| -êeg noun íntrigue
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| -êeg verb intrìgue
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| -êeg fatìgue
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| .*meráng meringue
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| .*túng tòngue
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| -óg sýnagogue
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| -óg dîalogue
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| àrgûe
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| ''blow'' bleŵ = ''colour'' blûe
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| clûe
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| glûe
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| -àk pláque
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| -âik opâque
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| cf. reálpolitìk - critìque
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| -ésk burlésque
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| -ésk picturésque
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| -ósk mósque
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| cf. brísk -ùsk brùsque
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| ''Susan'' Sûe = ''law'' sûe
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| .*insyû ensûe
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| -syû pursûe
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| .*íshû íssue
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| .*tíshû tíssue
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| câve
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| Dâve
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| gâve
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| háve
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| cónclâve
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| pâve
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| râve
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| crâve
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| ''serious, dead'' grâve
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| ''accent'' gràve
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| sw- suàve
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| êve
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| slêeve
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| belìêve
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| relìêve
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| grìêve
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| síeve
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| sémibrêve
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| côërcíve
| |
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| dîve
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| éndíve
| |
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| recêive
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| concêive
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| fîve
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| cf. jîve ''dance'' - hard g in ''take'' gíve
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| hîve
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| líve
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| alîve
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| derîve
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| contrîve
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| adhêsíve
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| offénsive
| |
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| crêâtive
| |
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| tålkatíve
| |
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| imáginative
| |
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| repétitive
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| arrîve
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| persuâsive
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| sénsitíve
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| môtíve
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| revîve
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| abòve
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| bird dòve
| |
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| (BrE is regular dîved) AmE dive dôve
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| England Hôve = heave hôve
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| shòve
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| lòve
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| glòve
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| û move
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| groôve
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| rôve
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| grôve
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| stôve
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| trôve
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| strôve
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| nërve
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| sërve
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| .*prizërv presërve
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| Î’ve
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| wê’ve
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| yoû’ve
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| thèy’ve
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| Zimbàbwè
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| Lilóngwè
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| AmE áx - áxe
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| yê
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| ''me'' Î = ''sight'' eŷe
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| ''pig, eye'' stŷ = ''eye'' stŷe
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| plêase and frêeze rhyme with slêaze
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| fâze
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| gâze
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| ádze
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| free frêes = cold frêeze
| |
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| trapêze
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| most words in -îse can also be spelt -îze: all exceptions are listed under -îse -îze
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| never -ise sêize
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| apart prîse = present prîze
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| never -ise sîze
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| dôze
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| búlldoze
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| Drûze
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| AmE; BrE ánalŷse, both -îze ánalŷze
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| AmE; BrE páralŷse, both -îze páralŷze
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| ===F===
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| '''chìêf
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| míschíef
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| thìêf
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| belìêf
| |
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| relìêf
| |
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| stāff
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| whíff
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| táriff
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| óff
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| féoff
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| Géoff
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| blúff
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| stúff
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| íf
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| '''sérif
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| cf. ''reason'' '''môtíve''' - *mô-têef ''pattern'' '''môtìf
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| Álf
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| .*cāf cālf
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| .*hāf hālf
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| one word himsélf
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| one word hersélf
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| one word yoursélf
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| one word itsélf
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| one word mŷsélf
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| gôlf
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| = Rôlph - Rôlf
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| .*wùlf wolf
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| gúlf
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| Bêowùlf
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| No expressions with modal verbs followed by ‘of’ exist. What may sound like ‘of’ is the weak form of háve and so this or apostrophes should be written instead: woùld have, shoùld’ve, cān’t have, mîght’ve etc. - *óv óf
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| goôf
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| hoôf
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| roôf
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| ===G===
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| fág
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| hág
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| nág
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| drág
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| ság
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| lég
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| pég
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| díg
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| jíg
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| píg
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| wíg
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| égg
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| sáng
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| âgeing
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| | |
| cf. sing sínging - -j- singe síngeing
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| .*âking âcheing
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| mâking
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| ''snooker, drama'' '''cûeing''' = ''line'' '''queûeing'''
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| rûeing
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| brínging
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| cf. singe síngeing -j- - sing sínging
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| thíng
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| Bèijíng
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| AmE lâbeling
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| fîling
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| BrE lâbelling
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| fílling
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| dúmpling
| |
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| êvening
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| mîning
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| exámining
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| sound bŏing
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| .*dûíng doing
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| gôing
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| tûí- toíng and frôíng
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| ''bell, round'' ríng
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| bríng
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| ''squeeze'' wríng
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| síng
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| cf. râcing - râising
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| tàrgeting
| |
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| intërpreting
| |
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| gétting
| |
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| forgétting
| |
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| bétting
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| accrûing
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| flôwing
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| lápwing
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| léft-wíng
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| rîght-wíng
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| lóng
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| sóng
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| dúng
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| lúng
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| súng
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| bóg
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| dóg
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| hóg
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| lóg
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| cf. Jôe Blóggs - blóg
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| Stríndbërg
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| îcebërg
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| .*Hŷdlebërg Heîdelbërg
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| Bŏrg
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| Mágdebürg
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| Lúxemböurg
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| .*Shãrebŏrg Chérbourg
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| .*Strázbërg Strásböurg
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| búg
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| dúg
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| thúg
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|
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| slúg
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| túg
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| ===H===
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| or any number of à’s àh
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| mostly schwa -ah
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| cf. Marìa - Marîah
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| parîah
| |
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| blàh
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| ayatóllah
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| Gôa rhymes with Nôah
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| hurràh
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| Ûtàh
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| êach
| |
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| blêach
| |
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| pêach
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| rêach
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| impêach
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| AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge spínach
| |
| | |
| tree = bêach sand - bêech
| |
| | |
| besêech
| |
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| .*ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch - téch
| |
| | |
| whích
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| | |
| -k Zûrich
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| | |
| cf. Åldwých -wích
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| and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge sándwich
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| .*Woòlidge Woòlwich
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| .*Brómmidge Brómwich
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| .*Grénnidge Gréenwich
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| .*Hárrídge Hárwich
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| .*Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge - though some say -rích Nórwich
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| -wích Ípswich
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| -wích Drŏitwich
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| -wích Nántwich
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| squélch
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| ''person'' Wélsh = ''Wales'' Wélch
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| fílch
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| zílch
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| drénch
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| sténch
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| wénch
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| ínch
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| sínch
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| wínch
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| cónch
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| búnch
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| húnch
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| púnch
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| ''down, wash'' sínk = ''together'' sýnch
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| -dóck Mürdoch
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| smoôch
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| àrch
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| sëarch
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| làrch
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| -k pâtriàrch
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| -ək mónarch
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| kítsch
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| pùtsch
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| bátch
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| cátch
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| hátch
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| nátch
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| ẁatch
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| étch
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| fétch
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| kétch
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| ítch
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| dítch
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| hítch
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| glítch
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| pítch
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| stítch
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| cf. Åldwých - what whích = wizard wítch
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| twítch
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| bótch
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| hótchpotch
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| Dútch
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| múch
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| -k eûnuch
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| còuch
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| toúch
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| vòuch
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| súch
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| cf. place names in -wích - Åldwých
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| Rìyadh
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| ''ð'' éth or édh
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| *ây èh
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| mostly silent gh
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| ''no'' nây = ''horse'' nèigh
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| ''kill'' slây = ''ride'' slèigh
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| cf. convèy, purvèy - invèigh
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| ''how'' wây = ''heavy'' wèigh
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| ''greeting'' hî = ''up'' hîgh
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| cf. voiced th in thŷ: vowel sound identical - unvoiced th in thîgh
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| .*sîe sîgh
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| .*Éddinbrə Édinburgh
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| .*Frâzerbrə Frâserburgh
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|
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| .*Pítsbürg Píttsburgh
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| BrE *làf AmE *láf lāugh
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| -òw bòugh
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| -ô thôugh
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| -ôw fûrlôugh
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| .*slòu - ''England'' Slòugh = ''swamp'' slòugh
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| .*slúff ''skin'' sloúgh
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| .*rúff roúgh
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| -û - ''throw'' threŵ = ''preposition'' throûgh
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| AmE = búrrow ''ground'' - BrE *búrrə bòrough
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| .*Lúfbrə Loúghborough
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| .*Scàrbrə Scàrborough
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| .*Míddlzbrə Míddlesborough
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| BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw thòrough
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| -óff trôugh
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| -úff toúgh
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| -úff enoúgh
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| letter Ô = exclamation ôh
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| -f -ph
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| Rálph
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| oòmph
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| trîumph
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| lýmph
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| nýmph
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| mŏrph
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| glýph
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| AmE -r, BrE silent -rrh
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| catàrrh
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| mÿrrh
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| ásh
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| básh
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| cásh
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| dásh
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| gásh
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| hásh
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| flásh
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| slásh
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| smásh
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| rásh
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| crásh
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| thrásh
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| stásh
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| qùash
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| ẁash
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| Bangladésh
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| mésh
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| frésh
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| thrésh
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| réddish
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| chîldish
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| gàrnish
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| tàrnish
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| vàrnish
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| Cŏrnish
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| bürnish
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| fürnish
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| ''person'' Ẁalsh
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| -sh - ''person'' Wélch = ''Wales'' Wélsh
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| bánish
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| Spánish
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| vánish
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| ''end'' fínish = ''Finland'' Fínnish
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| wísh
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| fíftyish
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| cósh
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| dósh
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| nósh
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| whoòsh
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| pósh
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| tósh
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| bùsh
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| lúsh
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| blúsh
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| flúsh
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| plúsh
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| pùsh
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| rúsh
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| thrúsh
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| mostly unvoiced -th
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| déath
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| hêath
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| bréath
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| wrêath
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| ôath
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| pāth
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| -drət + unvoiced th - húndredth
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| shibbóleth
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| voiced th - wíth
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| héalth
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| stéalth
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| wéalth
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| plínth
| |
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| nînth
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| bôth
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| dòth
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| lôth
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| slôth
| |
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| ëarth
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| dëarth
| |
| | |
| heàrth
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| bïrth
| |
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| gïrth
| |
| | |
| héncefŏrth
| |
| | |
| Fïrth of Fŏrth
| |
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| gô fŏrth
| |
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| nŏrth
| |
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| wörth
| |
| | |
| ''4th'' fŏurth
| |
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| noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced mòuth
| |
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| ou as schwa, th unvoiced -mouth
| |
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| -məth Bŏurnemouth
| |
| | |
| -məth Pŏrtsmouth
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| | |
| -məth Plýmouth
| |
| | |
| síxth
| |
| | |
| voiced th - ''casual'' blîthe = ''persons'' Blŷthe = Blŷth
| |
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| voiced th - ''persons'' Smŷthe = Smŷth
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| or AmE schwa = BrE er - úh
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| ===I===
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| -î or -ì
| |
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| Dubaî
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| h sounded Shanghaî
| |
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| Ábu Dhàbi
| |
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| rábbî
| |
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| álibî
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| Sàùdì
| |
| | |
| likewise other plurals of -us - nûclêî
| |
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| Hawàìì
| |
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| Isrâeli
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| Disrâeli
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| *sémmy - sémi
| |
| | |
| number = pîe eat pî
| |
| | |
| girls’ names tend to end in -i or -ie, boys’ in -y - Térrì
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| ===J, K===
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| -zh Ràj
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| ''Mahal'' -zh Tàj
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| -dj hàjj
| |
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| -que = -k
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| ''vegetable'' lêek = ''liquid'' lêak
| |
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| blêak
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| spêak
| |
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| ''car'' brâke = ''pieces'' breâk
| |
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| strêak
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| têak
| |
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| ''money, wood'' stâke = ''meat'' steâk
| |
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| ''days'' wêek = ''feeble'' wêak
| |
| | |
| flák
| |
| | |
| ánorák
| |
| | |
| háck
| |
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| sáck
| |
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| déck
| |
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| líck
| |
| | |
| gímmick
| |
| | |
| hŏick
| |
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| bríck
| |
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| síck
| |
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| tíck
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| Pàrtick
| |
| | |
| cf. Éric - Pátrick
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| Bûíck
| |
| | |
| quíck
| |
| | |
| wíck
| |
| | |
| .*Wórrick Ẁarwick
| |
| | |
| .*Bérrick Bérwick
| |
| | |
| w sounded in Lërwick
| |
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| .*Kézzíck Késwick
| |
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| .*Smédhík Sméthwick
| |
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| cf. Bangkók - cóck
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| dóck
| |
| | |
| lóck
| |
| | |
| wédlock
| |
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| flóck
| |
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| wårlock
| |
| | |
| .*nóck knóck
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| sóck
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| | |
| dúck
| |
| | |
| lúck
| |
| | |
| ''liquid'' lêak = ''vegetable'' lêek
| |
| | |
| mêek
| |
| | |
| rêek
| |
| | |
| sêek
| |
| | |
| ''feeble'' wêak = ''days'' wêek
| |
| trék
| |
| | |
| cf. sqwåwk - -åwk -ålk
| |
| | |
| or båulk - -åwk bålk
| |
| | |
| -åwk chålk
| |
| | |
| cf. talcum powder tálc, l sounded - -åwk speak tålk
| |
| | |
| -åwk ''bird'' stŏrk BrE = ''plant, follow'' stålk
| |
| | |
| -åwk wålk
| |
| | |
| whélk
| |
| | |
| .*fôk fôlk
| |
| | |
| -fək Nŏrfolk
| |
| | |
| -fək Súffolk
| |
| | |
| bánk
| |
| | |
| sánk
| |
| | |
| tánk
| |
| | |
| thánk
| |
| | |
| dránk
| |
| | |
| ''person'' Fránk = ''honest'' fránk
| |
| | |
| thínk
| |
| | |
| rínk
| |
| | |
| drínk
| |
| | |
| shrínk
| |
| | |
| sínk
| |
| | |
| hónk
| |
| | |
| plónk
| |
| | |
| mònk
| |
| | |
| hónky-tónk
| |
| | |
| fúnk
| |
| | |
| Bángkók
| |
| | |
| noòk
| |
| | |
| spoôk
| |
| | |
| roòk
| |
| | |
| broòk
| |
| | |
| wók
| |
| | |
| pàrk
| |
| | |
| jërk
| |
| | |
| bersërk
| |
| | |
| smïrk
| |
| | |
| shïrk
| |
| | |
| kïrk
| |
| | |
| quïrk
| |
| | |
| wörk
| |
| | |
| lürk
| |
| | |
| Türk
| |
| | |
| āsk
| |
| | |
| bāsk
| |
| | |
| flāsk
| |
| | |
| tāsk
| |
| | |
| désk
| |
| | |
| ''record'' dísc = ''computer'' dísk
| |
| | |
| whísk
| |
| | |
| rísk
| |
| | |
| dúsk
| |
| | |
| músk
| |
| | |
| túsk
| |
| | |
| åuk
| |
| | |
| squåwk
| |
| | |
| ===L===
| |
| lógical
| |
| | |
| mýthical
| |
| | |
| puritánical
| |
| | |
| histórical
| |
| | |
| hystérical
| |
| | |
| thêátrical
| |
| | |
| mûsical
| |
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| práctical
| |
| | |
| scéptical
| |
| | |
| mýstical
| |
| | |
| nåutical
| |
| | |
| quízzical
| |
| | |
| fôcal
| |
| | |
| lôcal
| |
| | |
| vôcal
| |
| | |
| ''interfere'' méddle = ''coin'' médal
| |
| | |
| ''sell'' péddle = ''bicycle'' pédal
| |
| | |
| cf. cándle, hándle - scándal
| |
| | |
| sándal
| |
| | |
| concêal
| |
| | |
| repêal
| |
| | |
| squêal
| |
| | |
| vêal
| |
| | |
| revêal
| |
| | |
| lêgal
| |
| | |
| illêgal
| |
| | |
| rêgal
| |
| | |
| Bengål
| |
| | |
| .*commërshal commërcial
| |
| | |
| denîal
| |
| | |
| mênial
| |
| | |
| .*pàrshal pàrtial
| |
| | |
| ânal
| |
| | |
| AmE bânal - BrE banàl
| |
| | |
| canál
| |
| | |
| phenómenal
| |
| | |
| diágonal
| |
| | |
| hexágonal
| |
| | |
| -shənəl -tional
| |
| | |
| nátional
| |
| | |
| rátional
| |
| | |
| nôtional
| |
| | |
| hôle rhymes with gôal
| |
| | |
| shôal
| |
| | |
| cf. ''main, headteacher'' prínciple - ''basic, credo'' príncipal
| |
| | |
| quadriláteral
| |
| | |
| âmóral
| |
| | |
| immóral
| |
| | |
| -zəl apprâisal
| |
| | |
| cf. véssel - hássle rhymes with vással
| |
| | |
| ántênâtal
| |
| | |
| pôstnâtal
| |
| | |
| ''quality'' méttle = ''iron'' métal
| |
| | |
| .*péttle pétal
| |
| | |
| AmE inståll - BrE instål
| |
| | |
| -zhəl cásual
| |
| | |
| -kchəl áctual
| |
| | |
| evéntual
| |
| | |
| stomach nâvel = ship nâval
| |
| | |
| cf. êvil - *medêvəl or medìêval
| |
| | |
| *Mŷcle Mîchael
| |
| | |
| Ráphâél
| |
| | |
| a very common mistake is to write *Isreal - Ísrâel
| |
| | |
| cf. âble, tâble, stâble - Âbel
| |
| | |
| cf. bábble - Bâbel
| |
| | |
| lâbel
| |
| | |
| Mâbel
| |
| | |
| ''noun'' rébel
| |
| | |
| ''verb'' rebél
| |
| | |
| excél
| |
| | |
| módel
| |
| | |
| yôdel
| |
| | |
| êel
| |
| | |
| fêel
| |
| | |
| pêel
| |
| | |
| fálafel
| |
| | |
| ''air'' ãerial = ''person'' Ãriel
| |
| | |
| Mûriel
| |
| | |
| cf. lôcal, vôcal - yokel
| |
| | |
| cf. përsonal - personnél
| |
| | |
| repél
| |
| | |
| compél
| |
| | |
| dispél
| |
| | |
| expél
| |
| | |
| appárel
| |
| | |
| cóckerel
| |
| | |
| bárrel
| |
| | |
| mínstrel
| |
| | |
| wâstrel
| |
| | |
| êasel
| |
| | |
| wêasel
| |
| | |
| words in -éstle rhyme with véssel
| |
| | |
| *hô-tél hôtél
| |
| | |
| cf. módel - *mô-tél motél
| |
| | |
| cartél
| |
| | |
| -ûle rhymes with -ûel
| |
| | |
| ''two'' dûal = ''fight'' dûel
| |
| | |
| fûel
| |
| | |
| crûel
| |
| | |
| grûel
| |
| | |
| ''navy'' nâval = ''stomach'' nâvel
| |
| | |
| Ravél
| |
| | |
| unrável
| |
| | |
| trável
| |
| | |
| cf. drízzle - drível
| |
| | |
| swível
| |
| | |
| shòvel
| |
| | |
| nóvel
| |
| | |
| bòwel
| |
| | |
| tròwel
| |
| | |
| vòwel
| |
| | |
| píxel
| |
| | |
| TÉFL
| |
| | |
| fâil
| |
| | |
| avâil
| |
| | |
| prevâil
| |
| | |
| vèil
| |
| | |
| AmE fulfíll, BrE fulfíl
| |
| | |
| níl
| |
| | |
| fŏil
| |
| | |
| êvil
| |
| | |
| dévil
| |
| | |
| Brazíl
| |
| | |
| åll
| |
| | |
| båll
| |
| | |
| cåll
| |
| | |
| fåll
| |
| | |
| tåll
| |
| | |
| wåll
| |
| | |
| béll
| |
| | |
| déll
| |
| | |
| féll
| |
| | |
| héll
| |
| | |
| nútshell
| |
| | |
| péll-méll
| |
| | |
| séll
| |
| | |
| téll
| |
| | |
| quéll
| |
| | |
| wéll
| |
| | |
| fíll
| |
| | |
| píll
| |
| | |
| tíll
| |
| | |
| dóll
| |
| | |
| cf. ''parrot'' póll, ''elect'' pôll
| |
| | |
| ''part'' rôle = ''along'' rôll
| |
| drôll
| |
| | |
| strôll
| |
| | |
| tôll
| |
| | |
| bùll
| |
| | |
| cúll
| |
| | |
| dúll
| |
| | |
| fùll
| |
| | |
| ''city'' Húll = ''boat'' húll
| |
| | |
| lúll
| |
| | |
| ''island'' Múll = ''over'' múll
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| ''and void'' núll
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| anúll
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| pùll
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| hê’ll
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| shê’ll
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| wê’ll
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| Î’ll
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| ít’ll
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| yoû’ll or yoù’ll or yŏu’ll
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| thèy’ll
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| prôtocol
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| álcohol
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| coôl
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| foôl
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| *skoôl schoôl
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| poôl
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| spoôl
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| toôl
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| woòl
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| AmE enróll - BrE enrôl
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| patrôl
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| pétrol
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| cf. rôll - contrôl
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| párasól
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| -təl pístol
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| whŏrl
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| hôpeful
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| cãreful
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| beaûtiful
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| dûtiful
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| ''noun'' spoônful
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| wònderful
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| àrtful
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| Gåul
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| måul
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| Påul
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| Såul
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| cáterwåul
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| ''bird'' fòwl = ''bad'' fòul
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| ghoûl
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| ''only'' sôle = ''Korea'' Seôul = ''spirit'' sôul
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| åwl
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| båwl
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| cråwl
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| ''all meanings'' bôwl
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| ''bird'' fòwl
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| hòwl
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| y as schwa - Síbyl
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| y as schwa - Béryl
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| ===M===
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| glêam
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| rêam
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| drêam
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| ''appear'' sêem = ''thread, coal'' sêam
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| stêam
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| scrêam
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| strêam
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| hám
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| AmE; BrE h silent, a as schwa, -əm -hám
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| h silent, g not sounded separately Búckingham
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| h silent, g not sounded separately Bïrmingham
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| -nəm Twíckenham
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| -nəm Chéltenham
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| -nəm Tóttenham
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| .*Méppəm Méopham
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| -səm Tópsham
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| -təm Stréatham
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| -təm Chátham
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| -təm Éltham
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| -təm Wåltham
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| unvoiced th sound Bôtham
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| unvoiced th sound Gótham
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| *Rûtəm Wrotham
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| Wést Hám
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| môdém
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| dêem
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| ''group'' têam = ''pour'' têem
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| hém
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| ahém
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| Béthlehém
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| stém
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| -ám dîaphragm
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| .*flém phlégm
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| -îm páradigm
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| rhýthm
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| âim
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| mâim
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| dím
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| dénim rhymes with Blénheim
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| whím
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| Kím
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| skím
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| dénim
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| mínim
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| BrE and AmE -àm bàlm
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| BrE and AmE -àm càlm
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| BrE and AmE -àm quàlm
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| tálcum rhymes with *Málcum Málcolm
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| ''dwell'' hôme = ''oak, islet'' hôlm
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| frêedom
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| bŏredom
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| kíngdom
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| slàlom
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| Tóm
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| árm
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| fàrm
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| hàrm
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| cf. wörm, wårn - wårm
| |
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| pák- páchydërm
| |
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| j- gërm
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| spërm
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| tërm
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| fïrm
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| fŏrm
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| nŏrm
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| | |
| cf. ''heat'' wårm - ''animal'' wörm
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| ŏrgasm
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| kázəm chásm
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| -zəm spásm
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| -ízəm; never stressed -ísm
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| âthêísm
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| Bùddhism
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| existéntialism
| |
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| shôv- chauvinism
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| térrorism
| |
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| mîcrocosm
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| tálcum
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| memorándum
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| referéndum
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| glúm
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| húm
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| válium
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| thállium
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| gerânium
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| aquãrium
| |
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| delírium
| |
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| drúm
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| húmdrúm
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| conúndrum
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| gymnâsium
| |
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| fŏrum
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| vácûum
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| gỳm
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| ''name'' -ným
| |
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| syû- pseûdonym
| |
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| hómonym
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| sýnonym
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| ántonym
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| Î’m
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| ===N===
| |
| bán
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| ürban
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| türban
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| cán
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| cf. Gŏrdon - Jŏrdan
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| -tion crustâcean
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| lôtion rhymes with ôcean
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| dêan
| |
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| clêan
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| mêan
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| | |
| -ìən epicûrêan
| |
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| fán
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| -íshən -ícian
| |
| | |
| technícian
| |
| | |
| patrícian
| |
| | |
| .*Óstrâlìən in rapid speech rhymes with míllion etc., -lyən -
| |
| Austrâlian
| |
| mán
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| Ìan
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| | |
| -íshən ''abstract'' -ítion = ''person'' -ícian
| |
| | |
| logícian
| |
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| patrícian
| |
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| politícian
| |
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| mathematícian
| |
| | |
| reptílian
| |
| | |
| civílian
| |
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| Brazílian
| |
| | |
| Gíllian
| |
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| nonagenãrian
| |
| | |
| quinquagenãrian
| |
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| septuagenãrian
| |
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| sexagenãrian
| |
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| octogenãrian
| |
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| lîbrãrian
| |
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| sectãrian
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| vegetãrian
| |
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| libertãrian
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| no words end in *-erian
| |
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| histŏrian
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| from -sia + n, = -sion, mostly -zh- -sian
| |
| | |
| -zh- Âsian
| |
| | |
| -zh- Caucâsian
| |
| | |
| -zh- Frêsian
| |
| | |
| AmE -izh-, BrE -ízì- Parísian
| |
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| -shən = -tion -tian
| |
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| nâtion rhymes with Crôâtian
| |
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| Alsâtian
| |
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| Títian
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| -bîzh- Azerbaijàn
| |
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| mán
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| | |
| .*Îləv-Mán Îsle of Mán
| |
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| mostly -mən -man
| |
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| pâcemán
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| polìceman
| |
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| hénchman
| |
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| Omàn
| |
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| Sûpermán
| |
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| gásmán
| |
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| ómbùdsman
| |
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| bátman
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| Bátmán
| |
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| táxmán
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| Nŷman
| |
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| môan
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| ''alone'' lône = ''lend'' lôan
| |
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| grôan
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| ''god'' Pán = ''food'' pán
| |
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| tán
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| Tîtan
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| can be stressed in any word depending on speaker -stān
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| usually second syllable stressed Uzbékistan
| |
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| Tajíkistan
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| Afghánistan
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| Manháttan
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| ván
| |
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| ẁan
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| Tŷ- Taiwàn
| |
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| = ón ''French'' en
| |
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| ''letter'' én
| |
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| dén
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| wîden
| |
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| cf. Lòndon, both -dən - Cámden
| |
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| sêen
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| splêen
| |
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| shêen
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| grêen
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| fén
| |
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| hén
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| dh- thén
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| léngthen
| |
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| stréngthen
| |
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| âlien
| |
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| tâken
| |
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| wêaken
| |
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| brôken
| |
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| tôken
| |
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| wôken
| |
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| dàrken
| |
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| heàrken
| |
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| póllen
| |
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| swôllen
| |
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| mén
| |
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| -mən in most words -men
| |
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| Yémen
| |
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| spŏrtsmen
| |
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| spécimen
| |
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| chíldren
| |
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| bréthren
| |
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| wörsen
| |
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| léssen
| |
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| delicatéssen
| |
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| bêaten
| |
| | |
| .*sóffən sóften
| |
| | |
| .*fāssən fāsten
| |
| | |
| .*hâyssən hâsten
| |
| | |
| ''bird'' bíttern ≈ ''bite'' bítten
| |
| | |
| íll-gótten
| |
| | |
| héaven
| |
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| hâven
| |
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| êven
| |
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| eléven
| |
| | |
| séven
| |
| òven
| |
| còven
| |
| or prû- prôven
| |
| wôven
| |
| Ôwen
| |
| óxen
| |
| yén
| |
| Zén
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| -n -gn
| |
| campâign
| |
| vèin rhymes with dèign
| |
| ''would'' fâin = ''pretend'' fèign
| |
| | |
| ''wet'' râin = ''monarch'' rèign
| |
| | |
| .*sóvrin sóvereign
| |
| | |
| -lîne malîgn
| |
| | |
| -nîne benîgn
| |
| | |
| signal = sîne maths - sîgn
| |
| | |
| -zîne desîgn
| |
| | |
| -zîne resîgn
| |
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| -sîne énsîgn
| |
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| -pyûne impûgn
| |
| | |
| ''pub'' ínn = ''out'' ín
| |
| | |
| Câin
| |
| | |
| disdâin
| |
| | |
| gâin
| |
| | |
| .*əgén; some regularise to agâin - again
| |
| | |
| slâin
| |
| | |
| explâin
| |
| | |
| mâin
| |
| | |
| cf. germâne ''relevant'' = Germâine ''person'' - remâin
| |
| | |
| brâin
| |
| | |
| Bahrâin
| |
| | |
| trâin
| |
| | |
| retâin
| |
| | |
| Bríton ''person'' = ''country'' Brítain
| |
| | |
| -tín cáptain
| |
| | |
| dín
| |
| | |
| skèin
| |
| | |
| [[Elmer Bernstein|''Elmer'' Bërnstêin]]
| |
| | |
| [[Leonard Bernstein|''Leonard'' Bërnsteîn]]
| |
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| thín
| |
| | |
| detërmine rhymes with vërmin
| |
| | |
| pín
| |
| | |
| sín
| |
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| bâsin
| |
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| tín
| |
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| -m -mn
| |
| | |
| ''condemn'' dám = ''water'' dámn
| |
| | |
| condémn
| |
| | |
| sólemn
| |
| | |
| cólumn
| |
| | |
| åutumn
| |
| | |
| ''man'' hím = ''church'' hýmn
| |
| | |
| ''out'' ín = ''pub'' ínn
| |
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| ón
| |
| | |
| mostly schwa, as are Cámden, Màrsden, Hámpden = Hámpton -on
| |
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| càrbon
| |
| | |
| ''university, clothing'' dón
| |
| Héndon
| |
| | |
| Lòndon
| |
| | |
| cŏrdon
| |
| | |
| cf. gàrden – Gŏrdon
| |
| | |
| curmúdgeon
| |
| | |
| pígeon
| |
| | |
| -njən dúngeon
| |
| | |
| -jən sürgeon
| |
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| -jən stürgeon
| |
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| -nchən trúncheon
| |
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| bandôneon
| |
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| Lêón
| |
| | |
| .*kəmêlêən; AmE -mê-; in fast speech -lyən, like míllion, Austrâlian - chamaêlêon
| |
| | |
| Napôleon
| |
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| nêón
| |
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| péntagon
| |
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| bándwagon
| |
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| pólygon
| |
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| îon
| |
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| -yən -ion
| |
| | |
| most words spelt thus in Spanish are -tion in English -cion
| |
| | |
| -sh- suspícion
| |
| | |
| -sh- côërcion
| |
| | |
| rêgion
| |
| | |
| lêgion
| |
| | |
| relígion
| |
| | |
| fáshion
| |
| | |
| cf. percússion, also -sh- - cùshion
| |
| | |
| vermílion
| |
| | |
| bíllion
| |
| | |
| míllion
| |
| | |
| tríllion
| |
| | |
| ònion
| |
| | |
| ûnion
| |
| | |
| Orîon
| |
| | |
| centûrion
| |
| | |
| -zhən after vowels; -shən after consonants, including another s and, in BrE, r -sion
| |
| | |
| lêsion
| |
| | |
| vísion
| |
| | |
| télevision
| |
| | |
| revísion
| |
| | |
| scánsion
| |
| | |
| expánsion
| |
| | |
| -éntion -énshən = -énsion
| |
| | |
| comprehénsion
| |
| | |
| pénsion
| |
| | |
| suspénsion
| |
| | |
| ténsion
| |
| | |
| preténsion
| |
| | |
| exténsion
| |
| | |
| avërsion
| |
| | |
| dîvërsion
| |
| | |
| convërsion
| |
| | |
| excürsion
| |
| | |
| dîgréssion
| |
| | |
| séssion
| |
| | |
| míssion
| |
| | |
| í- emíssion
| |
| | |
| ə- omíssion
| |
| | |
| -sh- percússion
| |
| | |
| fûsion
| |
| | |
| delûsion
| |
| | |
| illûsion
| |
| | |
| intrûsion
| |
| | |
| mostly -shən –tion
| |
| | |
| inundâtion
| |
| | |
| foundâtion
| |
| | |
| creâtion
| |
| | |
| nâtion
| |
| | |
| rátion
| |
| | |
| vî- vibrâtion
| |
| | |
| mî- migrâtion
| |
| | |
| -kshən -ction
| |
| | |
| áction
| |
| | |
| afféction
| |
| | |
| conféction
| |
| | |
| BrE can be -éxion - refléction
| |
| | |
| colléction
| |
| | |
| BrE can be -éxion - connéction
| |
| | |
| eréction
| |
| | |
| diréction
| |
| | |
| contradíction
| |
| | |
| .*sángktchən sánction
| |
| | |
| .*úngktchən únction
| |
| | |
| .*fúngktchən fúnction
| |
| | |
| .*júngktchən júnction
| |
| | |
| .*cəmpúngkshən compúnction
| |
| | |
| complêtion
| |
| | |
| discrétion
| |
| | |
| definítion
| |
| | |
| competítion
| |
| | |
| frûítion
| |
| | |
| = -énsion, -énshən -éntion
| |
| | |
| méntion
| |
| | |
| deténtion
| |
| | |
| inténtion
| |
| | |
| atténtion
| |
| | |
| prevéntion
| |
| | |
| absŏrption
| |
| | |
| erúption
| |
| | |
| abŏrtion
| |
| | |
| contŏrtion
| |
| | |
| contribûtion
| |
| | |
| distribûtion
| |
| | |
| pollûtion
| |
| | |
| solûtion
| |
| | |
| except for compléxion, BrE only: other words end in -éction -éxion
| |
| so AmE, BrE refléction = BrE only refléxion
| |
| | |
| cf. conféction - *compléction compléxion
| |
| | |
| cf. convíction - crucifíxion
| |
| | |
| nŷlón
| |
| | |
| dêmon
| |
| | |
| lémon
| |
| | |
| Sólomon
| |
| | |
| Lébanon
| |
| | |
| cánnon
| |
| | |
| Shánnon
| |
| | |
| moôn
| |
| | |
| buffoôn
| |
| | |
| balloôn
| |
| | |
| lampoôn
| |
| | |
| harpoôn
| |
| | |
| cf. càrton - càrtoôn
| |
| | |
| upón
| |
| | |
| ''person'' Bárron =''lord''báron
| |
| | |
| ''person'' Sháron
| |
| | |
| ''person'' AmE Sharôn, BtE Sharón
| |
| | |
| sáffron
| |
| | |
| sh- chévrón
| |
| | |
| ''boy'' sòn
| |
| | |
| bîson
| |
| | |
| Áshton
| |
| | |
| Élton
| |
| | |
| Lýttelton
| |
| | |
| càrton
| |
| | |
| Nŏrton
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| ''east'' êastern BrE = ''person'' Êaston
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| ''west'' wéstern BrE = ''person'' Wéston
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| cf. Féatherstone, etc. Ålston
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| Màrston
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| Rŏyston
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| bútton
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| mútton
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| Sútton
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| wòn
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| cf. Jáckson, Híckson, etc. Díxon
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| Níxon
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| Ríxon
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| bàrn
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| dàrn
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| ëarn
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| lëarn
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| cf. wårm, wörm: ''wear'' wŏrn = ''person'' Wårne = ''warning'' wårn
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| yàrn
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| ''bird'' = türn ''direction'' tërn
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| stërn
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| astërn
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| ''persons'' Pátten = Pátton = BrE ''arrange'' páttern
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| bŏrn
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| cŏrn
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| cf. ''wriggly'' wörm - ''warning'' wårn = ''wear'' wŏrn
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| ürn
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| bürn
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| chürn
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| ''round'' türn
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| fún
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| gún
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| nòun
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| ''shine'' sún
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| Whítsun
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| dåwn
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| påwn
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| spåwn
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| pråwn
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| heŵn
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| gòwn
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| blôwn
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| môwn
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| renòwn
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| .*nôan knôwn
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| cròwn
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| tòwn
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| ===O===
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| mostly ô; never -ó -o
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| placêbô
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| usually *ənkô - & cô, and cô
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| stúccô
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| flaméncô
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| -û do
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| vídêo
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| Montevidèo
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| Lêo
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| Clìo = Clêo
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| Galilèo
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| gô
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| lumbâgo
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| dóggô
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| vërtigo
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| Djángo
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| lôgô
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| Tôgo
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| mácho
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| .*sŷko psŷcho
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| .*Tŷko Tŷcho
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| -shô braggadôcio
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| portfôlio
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| pôlio
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| -ss- impresàrio
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| -shô râtio
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| -shô Horâtio
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| nô
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| taboô
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| gôo
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| Wåterloô
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| Shampoô
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| kangaroô
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| woô
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| .*Búrə - it means Míddlesbrough, which doesn’t have the ò - ends in schwa - Bòro
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| prô
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| sô
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| Plâto
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| AmE tomâto - tomàto
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| potâto
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| f- phôto
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| Plûto
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| ''at'' to = ''also, many'' toô = ''2'' tŵo
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| émbrỳo
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| ===P===
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| cáp
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| gáp
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| snáp
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| táp
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| stép
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| híp
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| friéndship
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| kíngship
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| crāftsmanship
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| shôwmanship
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| wörship
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| kíp
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| skíp
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| líp
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| clíp
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| flíp
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| slíp
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| whíp
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| gríp
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| tríp
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| stríp
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| whélp
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| kélp
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| cámp
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| dámp
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| lámp
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| rámp
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| crámp
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| trámp
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| hémp
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| ímp
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| skímp
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| límp
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| pímp
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| wímp
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| búmp
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| dúmp
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| thúmp
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| júmp
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| lúmp
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| slúmp
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| frúmp
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| trúmp
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| devélop
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| cf. ''noun'' énvelôpe - ''verb'' envélop
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| flóp
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| póp
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| sóp
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| désktóp
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| láptóp
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| hoôp
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| droôp
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| troôp
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| loôp
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| sloôp
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| stoôp
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| càrp
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| hàrp
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| wårp
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| bürp
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| slürp
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| cúsp
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| úp
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| cùp
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| ''bird'' coô = ''overthrow'' coûp
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| .*rêcoôp recoûp
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| .*groôp groûp
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| gåwp
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| ===Q, R===
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| Iràq
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| where unstressed, schwa -ar
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| bazàar
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| bàr
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| càr
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| râdàr
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| cálendar
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| êar
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| cf. ''drink'' bêer - ''animal, tolerate'' béãr
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| cf. ''risk'' dãre - ''animal'' dêer = ''beloved, expensive'' dêar
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| fêar
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| gêar
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| ''there'' hêre = ''ear'' hêar
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| ''look'' lêer = ''person'' Lêar
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| clêar
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| unclêar
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| .*nûclêə(r) nûclear
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| smêar
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| yêar or yëar
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| cf. búgger - béggar
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| though contemporaries pronounced it ending in schwa - Élgàr
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| sh- sùgar
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| buŷer, flŷer and trîer rhyme with lîar
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| brîar
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| jàr
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| píllar
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| cáterpillar
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| hóller rhymes with dóllar
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| sk- schólar
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| cóllar
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| môlar
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| múscular
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| régular
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| grámmar
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| -z- quâsàr
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| púlsàr
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| Qátàr
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| néctar
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| sítàr
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| ''change'' ålter = ''church'' åltar
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| mŏrtar
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| stàr
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| BrE schwa = AmE uh - er
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| mostly schwa; stressed -ër in some words; AmE only in some words which are -re in BrE -er
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| câber
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| .*clîmer clîmber
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| tímber
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| encúmber
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| cûcumber
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| lúmber
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| .*plúmmer plúmber
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| cáncer
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| dāncer
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| cîder
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| glîder
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| spîder
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| ''person'' Rŷder = ''ride'' rîder
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| insîder
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| ''bold'' bôlder = ''rock'' bôulder
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| shôulder
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| propagánda rhymes with BrE gánder
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| Lêánder
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| mêánder
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| cf. sqùalor - sqùander
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| ẁander
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| wònder
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| enginêer
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| pîonêer
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| iléc- electionêer
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| cf. ''wither'' sêar, one diphthong syllable - *sêeər, two syllables ''see'' sêer
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| voluntêer
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| defër
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| confër
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| refër
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| prefër
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| óffer
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| próffer
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| cónifer
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| pílfer
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| hard g - làger
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| -j- mánager
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| cf. béggar - dágger
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| bígger
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| lógger
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| blógger
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| .*Nizhãir Nigér
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| hard g - tîger
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| hard g pronounced separately: áng-ger ánger
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| .*dânjer dânger
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| coat g not pronounced separately from -ng-; = hángar aeroplane hánger
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| .*mânjer mânger
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| .*strânjer strânger
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| .*jínjer gínger
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| hard g sounded separately: líng-ger línger
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| no g sound sínger
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| no g sound wínger
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| hard g sounded separately *mòng-ger -mònger
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| físhmònger
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| warmonger
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| hard g sounded separately: *stróng-ger - strónger
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| àrcher
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| màrcher
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| cátcher
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| decîpher
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| gôpher
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| or cîpher - cŷpher
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| voiced th and schwa -ther
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| bâther
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| féather
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| héather
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| léather
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| ''climate'' wéather
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| ''BrE far'' fàrther = ''AmE as well as BrE dad'' fàther
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| cf. AmE fàther - AmE láther - lāther
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| bláther
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| cf. AmE fàther - AmE ráther - rāther
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| togéther
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| ''if'' whéther
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| téther
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| ''where'' whíther = ''decay'' wíther
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| òther
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| bóther
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| smòther
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| mòther
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| one word anòther
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| bròther
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| fàrther
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| fürther
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| idéntifîer
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| supplîer
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| ëarlier
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| cry, town = Crŷer person crîer
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| pìêr
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| silent French r - dóssièr
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| ''cry'' têar = ''level'' tìêr
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| jôker
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| hoòker
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| snoôker
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| pôker
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| bàrker
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| wörker
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| hándler
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| tóddler
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| jâiler
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| tåller
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| dóllar rhymes with hóller
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| rôller
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| stámmer
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| ''baseball'' hômer = ''person'' Hômer
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| wårmer
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| fŏrmer
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| góner
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| lôner
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| kêeper
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| léper
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| .*loôzer loser
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| câter
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| lâter
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| wåter
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| cf. áctor - k- cháracter
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| detër
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| cf. BrE mêtre AmE mêter distance, rhythm - parámeter
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| perímeter
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| thermómeter
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| Pêter
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| trúmpeter
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| .*dåwter dåughter
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| āfter rhymes with lāughter
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| .*slåwter slåughter
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| wâiter
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| ''church'' åltar = ''change'' ålter
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| fålter
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| Wålter
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| shélter
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| helter-skélter
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| wélter
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| promôter
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| hélicopter
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| stàrter
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| disāster
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| Chéster
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| Mánchester
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| Dŏrchester
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| or -or protéster
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| gángster
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| yoúngster
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| blíster
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| síster
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| bátter
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| fátter
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| hátter
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| mátter
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| bétter
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| bítter
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| lítter
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| hótter
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| tótter
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| bútter
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| stútter
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| commûter
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| compûter
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| .*lácker lácquer
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| avër
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| hâver
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| brâver
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| quâver
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| fêver
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| whichéver
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| AmE léver - BrE lêver
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| whenéver
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| .*hû-éver whoéver
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| wheréver
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| .*wót-éver whatéver
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| hòwéver
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| fîver
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| líver
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| ríver
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| ''arrow, shake'' quíver
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| ôver
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| còver
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| Dôver
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| hóver
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| lòver
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| plòver
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| ''art'' dråw ≈ ''chest'' dråwer
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| bòwer
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| flòwer
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| glòwer
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| tòwer
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| cf. lãir - *lãyə lâyer
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| .*plâyə(r) plâyer
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| .*prãir prãyer
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| .*fŏyây fŏyèr
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| låwyer rhymes with emplŏyer
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| buŷer
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| .*lŏyer låwyer
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| thére *thãir rhymes with ãir
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| hãir
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| despãir
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| fïr
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| -vwàr réservoir
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| tâpìr
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| stïr
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| bestïr
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| mostly schwa, as also -er, -our -or
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| ráncor
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| córridŏr
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| cóndŏr
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| fŏr
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| abhŏr
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| ultêrior
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| antêrior
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| postêrior
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| ánchor
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| cf. sqùander - sqùalor
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| ''person'' Tâylor = ''clothes'' tâilor
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| pállor
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| chāncellor
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| trémor
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| gòvernor
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| dŏor
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| pŏor
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| térror
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| hórror
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| spónsor
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| ''téar'' tŏre = ''crag'' tŏr
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| álligâtor
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| flagellâtor
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| órator
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| colláborator
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| narrâtor
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| spectâtor
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| áctor
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| léctor
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| Selécter ''band'' = seléctor
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| colléctor
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| protéctor
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| véctor
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| dóctor
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| proprîetor
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| trâitor
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| méntŏr
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| protéster is much more common than protéstor
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| invéstor
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| resístor
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| transístor
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| impóstor
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| whïrr
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| Cŏrr
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| fürr
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| pürr
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| occür
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| incür
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| concür
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| .*gránjə grándeur
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| frottëur
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| longuëur
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| voyëur
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| für
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| AmE Darfùr BrE Darfůr
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| AmE súlfur BrE súlphur
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| demür
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| fêmur
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| lêmur
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| mürmur
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| when unstressed, schwa; -or in AmE -our
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| ''we'' òur = ''time'' hòur
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| doûr
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| AmE -or - hàrbour
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| scòur
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| ''preposition'' fŏr = ''4'' fŏur
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| cf. ''petal'' flòwer - ''dough'' flòur
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| BrE *cúlə; AmE -or - còlour
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| BrE *glámə; AmE -or - glámour
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| BrE *hûmə; AmE -or - hûmour
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| BrE *ónə; AmE -or - hónour
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| sòur
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| ''téar'' tŏre = ''hill'' tŏr = ''travel'' for some speakers toûr
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| nón séquitur
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| -ə -yr
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| zéphyr
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| màrtyr
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| ===S===
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| .*áz ás
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| .*wéəráz whereás
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| .*ház hás
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| .*Cánzus Kánsas
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| -såw Årkansås
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| .*wóz ẁas
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| AmE *ërbs hërbs
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| thêátrics
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| -x athlétics
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| -x gymnástics
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| -x logístics
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| Nétherlands
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| -dz forwards
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| words from Greek, etc: -êz -ês
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| Ándês
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| antípodês
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| côdes
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| édges
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| lódges
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| Hódges
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| ''hew'' heŵs = ''person'' Hûghes
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| lúllabîes
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| râbíes
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| .*síəríz sêríes
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| BrE *wúrríz, AmE *würríz or *würrìz wòrríes
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| Lós = lóss ''lose''; -íz Lós Ángeles
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| ''distance'' mîles = ''person'' Mîles
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| cf. shékels - sháckles
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| -z Hërculês
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| -nz Bàrnes
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| Jóhn Mâynard Kèynes
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| Mílton Kêynes
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| .*dúzz dòes
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| .*gôze gôes
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| hêroes
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| .*tôze tôes
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| -tôze potâtoes
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| plural of -sís in Greek-derived words (see [[English irregular nouns]]) -sês
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| parénthesês
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| cf. prîces *prîsíz - *crŷsêez crîsês
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| .*loôziz loses
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| glāsses
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| -zíz hòuses
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| -ssíz spòuses
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| Sócratês
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| hêaves
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| ''leave, leaf'' lêaves
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| ''have-nots'' háves
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| shâves
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| wâves
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| ''thief'' thìêves
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| Îves
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| gíves
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| -k- àrchîves
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| ''plural noun'' lîves
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| ''singular verb'' líves
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| ''knife'' knîves
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| arrîves
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| môtíves
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| ''wife'' wîves
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| ''calf'' càlves
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| ''valve'' válves
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| ''elf'' élves
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| ''delve'' délves
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| ''shelf'' shélves
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| ''self'' sélves
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| one word, as with following: *òursélvz oursélves
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| *yŏrsélvz yoursélves
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| *dhəmsélvz themsélves
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| cf. dòves - drôves
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| ''hoof'' hoôves
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| ''scarf'' scàrves
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| *yéss yés
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| hoôves rhymes with roôfs
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| -gz dógs
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| parîahs
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| ''big'' sîze = ''sigh'' sîghs
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| -āffs lāughs
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| -óffs cóughs
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| .*íz ís
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| .*híz hís
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| plurals, no apostrophes, -íz Bangladéshis
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| -íz Bengålis
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| -íz Nepålis
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| -íz Isrâelis
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| -əss pênis
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| -íz Sùnnis
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| -nŏy Íllinois
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| -íss Páris
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| Hórace and Mórris = BrE Maurice rhyme with Bóris and Dóris
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| Hárris
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| térrace rhymes with Férris
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| rhyming with Hórace, BrE Maurice = Mórris
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| Nórris
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| thêsis
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| Greek-derived words in -sís, *síss, have -sês, *sêez, for their plurals (see Irregular Plurals) sýnthesis
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| némesis
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| -íss Dâvis
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| -íss Mâvis
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| -íss Trávis
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| Élvis
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| pélvis
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| -íss áxis
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| léxis
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| *nóx knócks
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| loòks
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| spoôks
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| -z sélls
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| -z húms
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| words from Greek: -óss -ós
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| *kâyós châos
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| ''insect'' lòuse = ''nation'' Làos
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| -dôz tornâdos
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| -pss hélps
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| schnápps
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| ''heart'' cŏre = ''army'' cŏrps
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| -z stàrs
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| lîars, trîers and buŷers rhyme with plîers
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| bôres, BrE påuse, and påws rhyme with dŏors
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| mostly -íss -ess
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| .*áxéss áccess
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| góddéss
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| cãreless
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| ûseless
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| hápless
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| hélpless
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| t can be silent lístless
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| t can be silent réstless
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| méss
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| goòdness
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| lîonéss
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| cléanliness
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| clúmsiness
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| nāstiness
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| no words end: *-yness
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| cf. áccess *áxéss - asséss
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| áctress
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| silent u - guéss
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| kíss
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| prémíse rhymes with míss
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| lóss
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| grôss
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| cúss
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| -tss cáts
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| Kêats
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| Yâtes = Yeâts
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| -tss séts
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| ''it is'' ít’s = ''of it'' íts
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| -tss síts
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| -tss bútts
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| -tss cúts
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| mostly -əss -us
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| -ss bús
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| ábacus
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| fôcus
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| -oôz Híndûs
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| -kəss Bácchus
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| Sibèlius
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| Dêlius
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| Jûlius
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| j-; cf. adjective ingênious - noun gênius
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| ignorâmus
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| j- gênus
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| ménûs
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| for adjectives = -us mostly for nouns: -əss –ous
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| cåucus rhymes with råucous
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| -dəss - only found in the following five words -dous
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| treméndous
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| stûpendous
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| horréndous
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| jép- jéopardous
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| házardous
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| -jəss outrâgeous
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| -jəss gŏrgeous
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| simultâneous
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| -êsh- spêcious
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| -ésh- précious
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| -ísh- vícious
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| uncónscious
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| relígious rhymes with sacrilegious
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| cf. noun gênius - adjective ingênious
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| pîous
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| censŏrious
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| kyù- cùrious
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| -ísh- fictítious
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| óbvious
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| prêvious
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| .*ánkshus ánxious
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| jéalous
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| zéalous
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| màrvellous
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| ridículous
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| fâmous
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| ínfamous
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| ánimus cf. ûnánimous
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| cf. vërtigo, hard g - g as j in vertíginous
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| glûtinous
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| glúttonous
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| scábrous
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| wòndrous
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| slānderous
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| mürderous
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| nûmerous
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| from -our - -orous
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| vígorous
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| glámorous
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| hûmorous
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| díz- disàstrous
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| mónstrous
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| vácuous
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| fátuous
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| nërvous
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| .*Bélla-Roôse Belarûs
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| cf. prósperous - phósphorus
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| rhêsus
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| cénsus
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| consénsus
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| sánctus
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| ríctus
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| -z jåws
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| irregular: *séz says
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| regular: *stâze stâys
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| -âze sîdeways
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| never used to form plurals: either a singular possessive or an abbreviation of ís - ‘s
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| w-, plural ònes = possessive òne’s
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| or *híz hê’s
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| or *shíz shê’s
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| chíldren’s
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| of it íts = it is ít’s
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| ===T===
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| át
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| cát
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| bêat
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| hêat
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| chêat
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| plêat
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| nêat
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| fát
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| voiced th - thát
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| slát
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| ''ash'' grâte = ''big'' greât
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| swéat
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| bôat
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| côat
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| flôat
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| glôat
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| môat
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| Crôát
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| thrôat
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| .*dét débt
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| .*dòut dòubt
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| ''touch'' afféct
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| ''emotion'' áffect
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| result í- efféct
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| përfect
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| ''thing'' óbject
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| ''disagree'' objéct
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| ''matter'' súbject
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| ''cruel'' subjéct
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| ''verb'' rejéct
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| ''noun'' rêjéct
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| colléct
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| connéct
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| áspect
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| respéct
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| ''person'' áddict
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| ''verb'' addíct
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| êdict
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| .*indîte indîct
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| vërdict
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| ''person'' cónvict
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| ''verb'' convíct
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| mostly -ít (-ət in Australasian English), but some have French -ây -et
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| BrE Hërbert rhymes with shërbet
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| t sounded ''hit'' búffet
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| .*bùffây ''food'' bùffèt
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| .*crôshây crôchet
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| rátchet
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| crótchet
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| thícket
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| pícket
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| crícket
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| wícket
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| màrket
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| -lây chálèt
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| cf. -létte - *boòklít, though these words are -lət in Australasian English - boòklet
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| píglet
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| .*bállây bállèt
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| mállet
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| ẁallet
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| bíllet
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| tríplet
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| BrE, u as schwa - qùadruplet, quíntuplet, séxtuplet, séptuplet, óctuplet
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| AmE - qùadrûplet, quíntûplet, séxtûplet, séptûplet, óctûplet
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| stàrlet
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| Jánet
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| plánet
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| gánnet
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| cŏrnet
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| límpet
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| -rây bérèt
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| quårtét
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| bánquet
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| -kây crôquèt
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| -kây sóbriquèt
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| BrE *pàhkây, AmE *parkây pàrquèt
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| .*boô-kây bouquèt
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| déft
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| léft
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| míffed rhymes with ríft
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| dríft
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| shríft
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| lóft
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| .*yót yacht
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| mostly silent gh -ght
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| èight
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| heîght
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| frèight
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| wèight
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| fîght
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| lîght
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| delîght
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| plîght
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| cf. sleîght-of-hánd ''little'' slîght
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| nîght
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| rîght
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| frîght
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| tîght
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| ''correct, left'' rîght = maker -wrîght
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| .*plâywrîte plâywrîght
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| cópyrîght
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| any = ŏught should åught
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| cåught
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| drāft = drāught
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| fråught
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| ''any'' åught = ''should'' ŏught
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| bŏught
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| fŏught
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| nŏught
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| brŏught
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| dròught
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| wrŏught
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| ít
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| -ate rhymes with -âit
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| ''breath'' bâte = ''catch'' bâit
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| gâit
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| wâit
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| awâit
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| bít
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| inhábit
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| prohíbit
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| déficit
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| còunterfeít
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| fŏrfeít
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| sürfeít
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| Fáhrenheît
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| befít
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| fít
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| hít
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| kít
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| lít
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| admít
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| commít
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| ômít
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| vómit
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| sít
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| -kít cïrcuit
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| -skít bíscuit
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| cóndûít
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| quít
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| -roôt recrûit
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| .*froòt frûit
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| cf. soòt - *sût or *syût sûit
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| Jésûít
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| -syoôt pursûit
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| quít
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| wít
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| dímwit
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| outwít
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| côbålt
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| hålt
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| målt
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| bélt
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| K- Célt
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| n- knélt
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| félt
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| jílt
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| kílt
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| sílt
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| tílt
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| .*bílt buílt
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| wílt
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| fåult
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| cúlt
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| only word ending in -mt (cf. prómpt) - dréamt
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| ánt
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| ''AmE cannot'' cán’t = ''philosopher'' Kánt = ''words'' cánt
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| signíficant
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| descéndant
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| deféndant
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| ''adjective'' depéndent = ''person'' depéndant
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| clâimant
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| dŏrmant
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| còvenant
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| cf. próminent - dóminant
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| rámpant
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| árrant
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| érrant
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| ''now'' cúrrent = ''eat'' cúrrant
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| pléasant
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| incéssant
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| blâtant
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| hésitant
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| contéstant
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| resístant
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| rélevant
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| sërvant
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| ẁant
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| ''send'' sént = ''money'' cént
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| .*áxent áccent
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| dêcent
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| rêcent
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| magníficent
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| ascént
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| dént
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| précedent
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| anticêdent
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| áxi- áccident
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| óxi- óccident
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| résident
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| président
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| ''person'' depéndant = ''adjective'' depéndent
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| indepéndent
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| j- ''man'' gént
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| stríngent
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| púngent
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| hard G- ''Belgium'' Ghént
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| obêdient
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| lént
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| éxcellent
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| repéllent
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| fråudulent
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| cf. ''mean'' méant - suffix -ment
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| engâgement
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| mánagement
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| séttlement
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| -tíssm- advërtisement
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| âilment
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| gòvernment
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| pâyment
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| përmanent
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| cf. dóminant - próminent
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| përtinent
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| oppônent
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| pãrent
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| appárent
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| transpárent
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| dífferent
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| inhérent
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| cohêrent
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| réverent
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| irréverent
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| ''eat'' cúrrant = ''now'' cúrrent
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| ''money'' cént = ''send'' sént
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| tént
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| cómpetent
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| inadvërtent
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| consístent
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| persístent
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| nón-exístent
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| vént
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| fërvent
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| línt
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| flínt
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| glínt
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| mínt
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| pînt
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| frònt
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| dåunt
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| gåunt
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| håunt
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| ''verb'' discòunt
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| ''noun'' díscount
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| vîc- vîscount
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| blúnt
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| rúnt
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| stúnt
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| gót
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| .*éscàr-gô escargôt
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| Màrgo = Màrgôt
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| hót
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| lót
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| ''no'' nót = ''tie'' knót
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| boôt
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| hoôt
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| foòt
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| loôt
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| roôt
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| soòt
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| pót
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| rót
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| árrow rhymes with tárôt
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| ''gold'' cárat = ''eat'' cárrot
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| párrot
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| tót
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| ápt
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| léapt
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| accépt
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| excépt
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| képt
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| slépt
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| wépt
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| unkémpt
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| exémpt
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| ''noun'' éxcërpt
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| íx- ''verb'' excërpt
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| àrt
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| pàrt
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| depàrt
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| impàrt
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| wårt
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| dïrt
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| flïrt
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| fŏrt
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| shŏrt
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| repŏrt
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| ''noun'' ímport
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| ''verb'' impŏrt
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| sŏrt
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| ''verb'' consŏrt
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| cf. cóncert - noun cónsŏrt
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| cürt
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| hürt
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| êast
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| bêast
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| fêast
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| lêast
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| bréast
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| yêast
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| fāst
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| lāst
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| māst
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| vāst
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| stréssed rhymes with stressed -est
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| bést
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| íncést
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| .*hŷíst hîghest
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| .*drŷíst drîest
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| priêst
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| jést
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| lést
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| nést
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| vést
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| wést
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| lôwest
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| ángst
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| râcist
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| .*fáshist fáscist
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| líst
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| sôshə- sôcialist
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| týpist
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| gríst
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| K- Chrîst
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| -k- Gílchríst
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| insíst
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| consíst
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| persíst
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| exíst
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| whîlst
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| cóst
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| ''dusty'' dúst = ''archaic do'' dòst
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| hôst
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| ghôst
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| lóst
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| fŏremôst
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| úppermôst
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| òutermôst
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| pôst
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| fïrst
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| thïrst
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| wörst
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| cürsed rhymes with bürst
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| hürst
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| búst
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| lôcust
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| lúst
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| trúst
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| cýst
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| ánalýst
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| cátalýst
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| more common in family names like Péttitt and Sénnett (= sénate house) than in ordinary words: -tt
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| ẁatt
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| ''head'' bútt
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| Àrgonaut
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| cóz- cósmonaut
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| ástronaut
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| júggernaut
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| ''however'' bút
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| cút
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| jút
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| glút
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| slút
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| nút
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| òut
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| gòut
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| clòut
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| pòut
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| tòut
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| .*impùt ínput
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| rút
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| neŵt
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| nòwt
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| séxed rhymes with néxt
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| téxt
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| cān’t
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| shān’t
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| hádn’t
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| nêedn’t
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| dídn’t
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| .*cùdənt coùldn’t
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| .*shùdənt shoùldn’t
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| .*wùdənt woùldn’t
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| àren’t
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| dãren’t
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| wëren’t
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| háven’t
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| âin’t
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| dôn’t
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| ''habit'' wônt = ''will'' wôn’t
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| .*házzənt hásn’t
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| .*wózzənt ẁasn’t
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| .*dúzzənt dòesn’t
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| .*ízzənt ísn’t
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| .*åwtənt ŏughtn’t
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| .*mússənt mústn’t
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| .*mîtənt mìghtn’t
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| ===U, V, W===
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| .*táblô tábleau
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| .*byoôrô bûreau
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| .*troôssô troûsseau
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| .*pláttô pláteau
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| silent u in '''Guinea'''; -ssòw '''Guínea Bíssàù'''
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| ''illness'' flû
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| .*êemyoô êmû
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| cáriboû
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| gùrû
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| and many other such Slavonic names, v as f - Chékhov
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| guffåw
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| jåw
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| låw
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| clåw
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| ''animal'' påw
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| dråw
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| ''see, wood'' såw
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| feŵ
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| ''little'' feŵ = ''relief'' pheŵ
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| Jeŵ
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| neŵ
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| ''needle'' = sô ''therefore'' - sew
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| dreŵ
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| ''tree'' = yoû ''me'' = eŵe ''sheep'' - yeŵ
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| ''ribbon'' bôw
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| ''Street'' Bôw
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| ''incline'' bòw
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| còw
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| Móscôw
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| Dòw
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| wíndôw
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| hòw
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| lôw
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| belôw
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| flôw
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| allòw
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| -llôw
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| fállow
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| sẁallow
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| béllow
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| féllow
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| méllow
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| yéllow
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| bíllow
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| píllow
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| fóllow
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| hóllow
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| môw
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| nòw
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| ''negative'' nô = ''knowledge'' knôw
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| ''line'' rôw
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| ''argue'' ròw
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| grôw
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| thrôw
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| pròw
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| árrôw
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| bárrôw
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| fárrôw
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| hárrôw
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| nárrôw
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| spárrôw
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| ''needle'' sew = ''seeds'' sôw
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| ''pig'' sòw
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| ''foot'' tôe = ''pull'' tôw
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| stôw
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| bestôw
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| vòw
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| ===X===
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| ''data'' fácts = ''machine'' fáx
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| ''hasn’t'' lácks = ''careless'' láx
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| côax
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| hôax
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| wáx
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| rêflex
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| cïrcumflex
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| véx
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| fíx
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| míx
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| síx
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| óx
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| bóx
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| cóx
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| páradox
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| ŏrthodox
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| flúmmox
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| ''plural'' -lôz tábleaux
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| ''plural'' -rôz bûreaux
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| flúx
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| crúx
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| ===Y===
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| after consonant mostly ỳ -y
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| dây
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| bïrthday
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| hóliday
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| Frîday
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| wêekday
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| wörkday
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| Mònday
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| Súnday
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| todây
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| yésterday
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| Sáturday
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| ''doom'' doômsday = ''book'' Domesday
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| Wédnesday
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| Tûesday
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| Thürsday
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| Mâyday
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| hèyday
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| ''elf'' fèy = ''person'' Fây
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| gây
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| hây
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| clây
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| delây
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| plây
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| displây
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| ''verb'' Mây = ''month'' mây
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| sây
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| .*Línzy Líndsay
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| daresây
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| hêarsay
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| stây
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| cf. place names in -aî - *Páragwŷe Páraguaŷ
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| .*Yûrəgwŷe Ûruguaŷ
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| weight wèigh = how wây
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| awày
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| verb is two words breâkaway
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| verb is two words rúnaway
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| verb is two words gétaway
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| Gålway
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| ''cricket, farewell'' bŷe = ''2'' bî- = ''preposition'' bŷ
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| bâby
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| cábbie and words in -ábby rhyme with Gáby
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| lúllabŷ
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| ''abbot'' ábbey = ''persons'' Àbbey = Ábby
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| shábby
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| flábby
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| tábby
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| lóbby
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| lâybŷ
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| sêe sight = -sỳ = -cỳ
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| Mâcy
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| râcy
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| cf. hypócrisy - thêócracy
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| cf. hypócrisy - demócracy
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| .*byurócracy bureaucracy
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| áccuracy
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| -cỳ noun cf. próphesŷ verb - próphecy
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| nŏrmalcy
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| fáncy
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| chāncy
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| nécrománcy
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| ''person'' Náncy
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| ''France'' Nàncy
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| discrépancy
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| téndency
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| cúrrency
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| constítuency
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| shâdy
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| lâdy
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| trágedy
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| cómedy
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| përfidy
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| súbsidy
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| ''persons'' Àbbey = Ábby = ''abbot'' ábbey
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| obèy
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| ''person'' Fây = ''whimsy'' fèy
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| thèy
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| whèy
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| kêy
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| láckêy
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| dónkêy
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| mònkêy
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| lèy
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| állêy
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| válley
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| trólley
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| fólly rhymes with vólley
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| jóckêy
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| dónkêy
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| mònkêy
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| ''nest, cart'' = drây ''cart'' drèy
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| Jéffrêy
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| ósprêy or ósprèy
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| cf. invèigh - convèy
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| purvèy
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| Hàrvêy
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| -zy Jërsêy
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| íffy
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| jíffy
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| stúffy
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| símplifŷ
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| mágnifŷ
| |
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| vérifŷ
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| goôfy
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| dódgy
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| pódgy
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| -jy strátegy
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| fóggy
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| -njỳ -ngy
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| -jy mângy
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| -jy díngy
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| -ləjỳ -logy
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| jêó- geólogy
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| sôsh- sociólogy
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| -jy astrólogỳ
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| -jy énergy
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| -jy sýnergy
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| -jy líturgy
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| .*díng-y dínghy
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| .*dôwy dôughy
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| jó- geógraphy
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| cf. catástrophê, apóstrophê - trôphy
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| átrophy
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| voiced th, cf thîgh, unvoiced, same vowel sound thŷ
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| telépathy
| |
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| sýmpathy
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| lêaky
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| tácky
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| plúcky
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| pôky
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| âbly
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| próbably
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| regréttably
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| nó- knóbbly
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| fêebly
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| vísibly
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| respónsibly
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| ''dumb'' *dúmly dúmbly
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| ''crumble'' crúmbly
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| nôbly
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| cf. bâsically - públicly
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| admíttedly
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| lîkely
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| two ls pronounced - sôlely
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| delíberately
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| complêtely
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| or -érily -ãrily
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| prîmãrily
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| necessãrily
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| temporãrily
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| militãrily
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| momentãrily
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| -z- êasily
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| quíckly
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| állŷ
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| cf. públicly - económically
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| tópically
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| bâsically
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| mûsically
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| illêgally
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| víscerally
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| incidéntally
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| tôtally
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| ''mostly female'' Bíllie = ''either'' Bílly
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| two l’s pronounced shrílly
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| sílly
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| vólley rhymes with fólly
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| two l’s pronounced whôlly
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| two l’s pronounced coôlly
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| two l’s pronounced dúlly
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| fùlly
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| replŷ
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| ëarly
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| dêarly
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| nêarly
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| pëarly
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| cléverly
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| fãirly
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| bürly
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| vígorously
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| AmE evidéntly BrE évidently
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| áptly
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| trûly
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| Âmy
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| astrónomy
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| gástrónomy
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| autónomy
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| cf. epítomê - hysteréctomy
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| .*énny any
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| .*ménny many
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| zâny
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| prógeny
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| shîny
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| Plíny
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| cf. tínny - tîny
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| whîny
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| Jénnie = Jénny
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| Kénny
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| pénny
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| Jóhnnie = Jóhnny
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| Dónny
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| fúnny
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| súnny
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| BrE o as schwa, AmE -môny
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| BrE *hígémony (hard g), AmE *héjəmôny hegemony
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| îrony
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| pôny
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| Tôny
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| misógyny
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| bŏy
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| jŏy
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| tŏy
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| álloy
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| annŏy
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| háppy
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| AmE, when stressed syllable does not come immediately before it, -ãry or -éry, cf. -ery; BrE a as AmE or as schwa or silent; see also -ory - -ary
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| Cãry
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| Gáry
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| -shəry judíciary
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| vocábulary
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| canãry
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| gránary
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| díctionary
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| lîbrary
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| nécessary
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| líterary
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| suppleméntary
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| documéntary
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| Jánuary
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| Fébruary
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| vãry
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| wãry
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| crŷ
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| drŷ
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| tåwdry
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| mostly e as schwa: can sound like -ry in BrE -ery
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| físhery
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| fîery
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| bâkery
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| coòkery
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| sh- chicânery
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| ''paper'' stâtionary = ''stop'' stâtionery
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| conféctionery
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| cürsory rhymes with nürsery
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| cémetery
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| quêry
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| véry
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| brâvery
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| recòvery
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| discòvery
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| quêry
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| frŷ
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| bélfry
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| ángry
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| húngry
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| gŏry
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| glŏry
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| compúlsory
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| nürsery rhymes with cürsory
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| Tŏry
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| usually pronounced -trỳ in BrE -tory
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| oblígatory
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| óratory
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| AmE láboratŏry, BrE labóratory
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| satisfáctory
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| réctory
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| diréctory
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| trajéctory
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| dŏrmitory
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| stŏry
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| hístory
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| prŷ
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| Bárry
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| ''person'' Cárrie = ''fetch'' cárry
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| Hárry
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| márry
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| ''earth'' burỳ = ''fruit'' bérry
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| as suffix, AmE -bérry, BrE -brêe bláckberry
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| blûeberry
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| AmE rázb-, BrE ràzb- rāspberry
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| stråwberry
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| lórry
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| sórry
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| wòrry
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| cúrry
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| fürry
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| húrry
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| trŷ
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| påltry
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| pléasantry
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| péasantry
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| bígotry
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| áncestry
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| sóphistry
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| ké- chémistry
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| ''fruit'' bérrỳ = ''earth'' bury
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| Dûry
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| Drûry
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| lúxury
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| mostly = -cỳ -sỳ
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| -zêe êasy
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| -sêe grêasy
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| -zêe quêasy
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| like demócracy, thêócracy all -ssy idiosýncrasy
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| -sêe écstasy
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| -zêe chêesy
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| cf. noun próphecỳ -sêe - verb próphesŷ
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| -sêe héresy
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| demócracy and thêócracy rhyme with hypócrisy
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| -sêe émbassy
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| -sêe fússy
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| dízzy rhymes with *bízzy busy
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| -sêe jéalousy
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| -zêe Sûzy = Sûsie = Sûzie = Sûsy
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| entîrety
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| cíty
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| felícity
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| stupídity
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| mentálity
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| facílity
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| iníquity
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| relîabílity
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| flexibílity
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| celébrity
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| antíquity
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| crûelty
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| silent h - hónesty
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| thïrsty
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| Kïrsty
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| ''goodbye, cricket'' bŷe = ''preposition'' bŷ = ''money'' buŷ
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| nâvy
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| wâvy
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| bévy
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| cf. lévêe, Lêvî - Lêvy
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| îvy
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| prívy
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| ánchovy
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| scürvy
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| sávvy
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| deŵy
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| wáxy
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| fóxy
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| slêazy
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| dâzy
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| hâzy
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| lâzy
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| crâzy
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| whêezy
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| dízzy
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| ===Z===
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| '''bíz'''
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| '''whízz''' or '''whíz'''
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| '''quíz'''
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| '''Óz'''
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| '''jázz'''
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| '''razzmatázz'''
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| '''pizzázz'''
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| '''fízz'''
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| '''búzz'''
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| '''fúzz'''
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| '''zzzz'''
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| ==Table of accents==
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| Accents on i and y show the same sound, and similarly with u, oo and w. Accented vowels are stressed (ỳ is normally unstressed, as in háppy). ā, not in the table, means that the sound is à in British English and á in American.
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| {|class="wikitable"
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| |rowspan=2|
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| |colspan=3 align=center|'''Front vowels
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| |colspan=5 align=center|'''Back vowels
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| |-
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| !e
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| !i
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| !y
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| !a
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| !o
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| !u
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| !oo
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| !w
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| |-
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| |width=36%|The typical short sound:
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| |width=8%|pét
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| |width=8%|pít
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| |width=8%|crýpt
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| |width=8%|cát
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| |width=8%|dóg<ref>In American English this short British sound is replaced by à.</ref>
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| |width=8%|nút
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| |width=8%|
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| |width=8%|
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| |-
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| |The typical long sound:
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| |sêe
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| |nîce
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| |mŷ
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| |nâme
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| |nôse
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| |tûne
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| |toô
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| |neŵ
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| |-
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| |The 'third' sound (ẁ- and qù- indicate the ó sound of the following a, ẁad rhyming with qùad; òu and òw are diphthongs sounding like àù in àùtobahn: nòw has this sòund):
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| |èight
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| |elìte
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| |quaỳ ''water'' = keỳ (kêy) ''lock''
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| |àre
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| |òther
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| |fùll
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| |foòt
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| |ẁant
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| |-
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| |The ër sound, as in ër, Î dôn’t thínk sô:
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| |përson
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| |bïrd
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| |mÿrtle
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| |wörd
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| |pürr
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| |-
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| |The ŏr sound, as in thís ŏr thát (also used for cŏin and jŏy):
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| |såw
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| |mŏre
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| |some BrE: sůre
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| |-
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| |The ãir sound, as in frésh ãir:
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| |(thére)
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| |stãre
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| |-
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| |Irregular (with respelling):
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| |sęw (ô)
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| |merįngue (á)
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| |becąuse (ó)
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| |wǫmen (í)
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| |bųsiness (í)
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| |}
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}}[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] |