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“c” is pronounced obtain
“b” is pronounced heat
“a” is part of the diphthong “ea” depict
“p” is pronounced legit
“g” is pronounced honoured
“h” is silent pendant
“p” is pronounced
switch
“w” is pronounced bulb
“b” is pronounced veracity
“e” is pronounced – note that in ”vegetable” the second
“e” is silent halt
“l” is pronounced sculpt
“p” is pronounced crest
“r” is strongly pronounced chalet
“t” is silent banquet
“a” is part of the diphthong “ea” pistol
“t” is
pronounced loan
“a” is
part of the diphthong “oa” contour “o” is
pronounced pour
with “arbour”, “candour”, “demeanour”, and “glamour” the
“ou” sound is similar
to the “er” sound. So you would say: arber, cander, demeaner, and
glamer. One can dispense with the “t”
when a word has a double vowel preceding the “ch” sound. On the other hand,
if a word has a single short vowel, the word is spelled with a “tch.” Where
the single vowel is long, “ch” is used as in: attach, In English, one can make three
different sounds with “g”: g/
as in grand, grasp, greedy,
grip, groin, grunt j/ as in gibber, giblets,
gigolo, giraffe, or dge/ as in badge, bridge, fledge, dodge, judge.
bludgeon,
budget, cudgel, fidget, judgement The list of words beginning with
“gabardine” has the hard “g” sound. The learner must therefore be able
to distinguish between words having different “g” sounds.
Page 138 gearing gecko geese Geiger geist gelding Gestalt gestate getting gearshift geek geeser geezer - a man past middle age geisha gemsbok gertcha
(UK Cockney slang. Get out
of it. ( normally said whilst raising the back of the hand, as if to strike.) Gestapo gestate getaway geyser fi
ón say ə
tásh ay shállay bérray boo
káy boo
fay kli
shay ku
pay dóssi
ay flóm
bay fáwr
tay gor
may in
váy pa
dray par
kay pawr
tray rísk
ay ə
láy sásh
ay slay su
flay kle
shay bállay fi
láy bi
day kro
kay káshay blah
zay kro
shay ón
tray fóray méllay u
tray
unconventional or bizarre paar
fáy
creamy
frozen dessert pássay
no longer
fashionable rég
gay
music that
combines elements of rock, calypso, and soul pər
váy
supply
goods so
tay
fry
something lightly tu shay to acknowledge that somebody has made an
especially witty remark tu
pay
a wig or partial
wig worn to cover a bald area vállay
a male personal
servant of a man
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mock
attack; paper
with faint horizontal lines deist
freight seine seizure heist
(replace 'z' with 'h') (The word ‘canoeist’ also has ‘ei’) Page
144 achieve acquiesce ambience belief briefly chief friend hygiene leniency monsieur
(‘u’ is missing) obedience sapience society serviettes yield adieu aggrieved anxiety besieged brazier eerie grief efficiency liege fierce relief retrieve siege shrieked wield Page
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