{Vowels}   

aa  �
(comment)  {in aat, baarister}

ae   �
(comment)       {aet, baek, sundae (As for "aet", see discussion of how to
(comment)               distinguish "eight" from "ate" at entry for Q,
(comment)               below, Note 8.)

ai1   �l
(comment)   { airmail [See Note 1.]  }

ao    a
(comment)     {  (See O/AO, below.)      }

au    a
(comment)     {    aufool, taut, lau    }

e     �
(comment)     {   end, erer2 [See Note 2.] }

ee    i
(comment)     {  eet, beest, be(e)3 [See Note 3.]  }

i     �
(comment)     {    it   }

ie    ay
(comment)    {    shied, ie,4 tri(e) [See Note 4.]  }

o     a
(comment)     {  General American: not, bother, fother
(comment)              English Received: naot, baotha; fotha   [See Note 5.]

oe    o
(comment)     { oek, oekae, bloek, to(e)  }

oi    oy
(comment)    {   point, foiyer, boi, boiyal }

oo    �
(comment)     {   book, good, byuetifool     }
ou    aw
(comment)    {  ou!, out, hou, wou!         }

u     e
(comment)     {  up     }

a e
(comment) correct value for their a

ue    u
(comment)     {  buez, nuez, vyuez; puer, muet (poor, moot);
(comment)               pyuer, myuet (pure, mute)

(comment) {Consonants}

b      b
(comment) { as in    bob  }
c   (zero)
(comment)  {(Used only in CH; see below. SILENT alone.)   }
d      d
(comment)   {      did      }
f      f
(comment)   {       fluf    }
g      g
(comment)   {      gaag     }
h      h
(comment)   {      hu       }
j      �
(comment)   {         juj   }
k      k
(comment)   {      klok     }
l      l
(comment)   {  lul, koeld,7 wunderfool [See Note 7.]  }
m      m
(comment)   {     miem        }
n      n
(comment)   {      nien    }
p      p
(comment)   {      pop     }
q   (zero)
(comment)  {       (SILENT)8 [See Note 8.]  }
r      r
(comment)   {       raur    }
rr  (zero)
(comment) {  (tapped-R) verre(e)  "very" as some Britons say it: 'veddy'
(comment)               (mainly for conveying dialect and teaching foreign languages)
         
s      s
(comment) {  saus, sees (sauce, cease; not saws, seas,
 (comment)               which are spelled sauz, seez)
           
t      t
(comment) {   tiet    }
v      v
(comment)   {   verv    }
w      w

wh w
(comment)   {   win, houwever, wether (weather; see HW, below) }
x   (zero)
(comment) {    (SILENT)9 [See Note 9.] }
z      z
(comment)   {  zielafoenz, zuez }

ch     �
(comment)   { cherch, maach, woch (church, match, watch) cf. kemistre, Mok
(comment)                      1, aek, shagrin,
         
sh     x
(comment)    { shaame (chemistry, Mach 1, ache, chagrin,
(comment)              chamois) shush
         
zh     j
(comment)   {    telavizhan, garozh  }
th     �
(comment)  {     this, breeth (voiced)  }
tth    <
(comment)   {   Maatthyu, tthing, bretth, (unvoiced)  }
hw     w
(comment)   {   hwut, hwich, hwether (whether)10 [See Note 10.] }
ng     �
(comment)   {   pingpong, singsaung, flinging }
(comment)            {ngg ngg  fingger, funggas11 [See Note 11.]   }

(comment){ Non-English Sounds (for conveying dialect,
(comment)  teaching foreign languages)


kh  �
(comment) {  as in   German "ach"; Scottish "loch"; Spanish J; Arabic, Hebrew and
(comment)               Russian (transliterated) KH or CH: a harsh,
(comment)              throat-clearing, guttural H
         
hh  �
(comment)   {  German "ich": a softer, palatal H }
nn  �
(comment)   {    boenn veevonn (French bon vivant): signals nasalization of
(comment)                 preceding vowel
         
rrr �
(comment)   {     Scottish burr, Spanish RR: trilled R }
rh  �
(comment)   {  French (uvular) R: sounds like a gargled English R }
uu  �
(comment)   {  French "plume", German (U-umlaut) UE, or Y ("typisch") }
oa  �
(comment)   {  German + (O-umlaut) or OE: "koenig" }