This document lists English vowels and consonants along with example words to demonstrate their typical sounds. For each vowel or diphthong, such as "a" or "肘", an example word like "calm" or "ear" is provided to illustrate the sound. The same is done for consonants, with a letter like "b" paired with a word like "baby" to exemplify its pronunciation. In total, it provides an overview of the key sounds of the English language through example words for each common vowel and consonant.
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1. vowels
up muck
a hard calm
脱 cat flagellate
away dictator
e head emperor
learn herbal
肘 six imp
i see evil
hot oxymoron
call awesome
wood whoops!
u you moody
a肘 I irate
a ow! spout
o go Mona Lisa
e air wary
e肘 say alien
肘 ear happier
肘 oil spoilt brat
pure yurt
2. consonants
b baby bonanza
d did dilettante
f fish fief
g gift glimmer
h hello hell-raiser
j yes younger
k back capitulate
l leg legerdemain
m lemon manipulate
n no notorious click for mp3
sing humdinger
p pet peculiar
r red resistance
s sun sucker
she splash
t tea telemetry
t chess childish
慮 think theory
丹 mother themselves
v voice vex
w we sweltering
z zoo sneeze
pleasure measured
d gym gibber