Vowels
ɪ for e
substitute ɪ for e and vice versa
| pin-pen | sin-send |
| din-den | tin-ten |
| bin-Ben | lint-lend |
| kin-Ken | wind-wend |
Hand me a pen
Don’t pin it on me
Ben sent him an ink pen
can’t = keint
You can’t go
Can’t you see it
I can’t eat that
Vowels are nasalized before a nasal consonant.
| pam | pan | pang |
| ma’am | man | mangle |
| damn | dandy | dangle |
| Sam | sand | sang |
ɜː
| murder | earl | pearl | universe | turmoil |
Diphthongs
Diphthongs become long vowels.
| bay | buy | boy |
| may | my | mow |
| tray | try | troy |
Diphthongs of R are lengthened and softened
| peer | pear | poor | pour | par |
| deer | dare | dour | door | dark |
| fear | fair | fewer | for | far |
| sheer | share | sure | shore | shark |
| beer | bare | boor | bore | bar |
oʊrɪ
| story | glory | morning |
a:ʊ
| house | rouse | frown | allow | brown |
u: – ɪʊː
|
school
|
rule
|
jewel
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mule
|
tool
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Short vowels can sometimes sound like diphthongs.
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pin
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end
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can’t
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hood
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supper
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been
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send
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aunt
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could
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drunk
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win
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friend
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land
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wood
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luck
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