LNG 201/ENGL 202
Prof. G. Steinberg
Phonetics Exercise

Give the phonemic transcription (in the IPA) for the following words as pronounced in Standard American English.
 

spar

Yuppie

tell

tutu

nasty

kernel

uncle

lunch

belch

budge

liberate

dust

draft

hitting

gape

gleam

proof

vote

thought

three

bother

psychology

bass

Xerox

zipper

nation

wish

visual

ahoy

José

wait

what

loose

hail

tear

stir

mind

sum

winner

wind

bank

cream

serene

hit

been

grain

great

lead

sever

panic

Vancouver

brew

Lucy

put

throat

toe

loyal

normal

cot

collide

telegraph

udder

was

plow

tide

phone

suit

myth

theme

pro

quake

catch

George

aisle

teased

vague

chef

screeched

clicked

wished

eighth

isle

warmth

drunk

say

sod

sight

pair

purr

tape

edge

itch

thigh

rich

these

thaws

case

cues

cease

says

course

cares

cough

couch

crispy

culprit

attire

stem

mostly

chord

blacklist

lecher

germ

wedge

rob

huddle

madder

writer

mugger

flash

phlegmatic

oven

ether

bathroom

teethe

fasten

curse

scissors

fuzzy

mission

measure

garage

forehead

use

weird

where

lock

prod

early

purr

humor

thumb

angel

singer

twinkle

believe

amoeba

income

they

gauge

sleigh

says

guest

racket

to

balloon

through

hood

though

oaf

coin

caught

father

afford

suspect

tough

flood

bough

thigh

ledge

suite

phlegm

hymn

guides

tried

barks

heart

used

cause

chance

housed

shopped

eaves

schemed

sleigh

Fritz

pure

seat

sad

sewed

soy

peer

par

tip

each

thy

thee

ridge

this

though

keys

sues

sighs

sis

cures

curse

cuff

coach

upper

bumper

terror

hunter

cow

scatter

likely

ditch

journal

boat

blast

sled

matter

rider

twig

coughing

gopher

prove

teeth

then

bathe

lunacy

science

desire

shock

glacier

rouge

who

behind

few

queen

when

alive

arrive

hurt

doctor

shimmer

now

sign

longer

she

receive

highly

definition

clay

engage

led

said

air

laugh

two

Louise

should

no

slow

O'Conner

oral

bought

rob

hinted

other

lucky

house

my

buy

soot

soothe

these

knead

few

wrong

brains

heard

leased

strengths

choir

laughed

oiled

fixed

height

heir

struck

psalm

sit

suds

south

sought

pear

tap

type

etch

thou

reach

thighs

tease

those

cause

sews

sees

sauce

cars

Coors

cog

cow



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