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Key to the Pronunciations

This dictionary uses a simple respelling system to show how entries are pro-
nounced, using the symbols listed below. Generally, only the first of two or more
identical headwords will have a pronunciation respelling. Where a derivative simply
adds a common suffix such as -less, -ness, or -ly to the headword, the derivative
may not have a pronunciation respelling unless some other element of the
pronunciation also changes.

æ

as in hat|hæt|, fashion |"fæ

SH

@n|, carry |"kære-|

a-

as in day |da-|, rate |ra-t|, maid |ma-d|, prey |pra-|

ä

as in lot |lät|, father |"fä

T

-H

-

@r|, barnyard |"bärn%yärd|

b

as in big |big|

CH

as in church |

CH

@r

CH

|, picture |"pik

CH

@r|

d

as in dog |dôg|, bed |bed|

e

as in men |men|, bet |bet|, ferry |"fere-|

e-

as in feet |f e-t|, receive |ri"se-v|

er

as in air |er|, care |ker|

@

as in about |@"bowt|, soda |"so-d@|, mother |"m@

T

-H

-

@r|, person |"p@rs@n|

f

as in free |fre-|, graph |græf|, tough |t@f|

g

as in get |get|, exist |ig"zist|, egg |eg|

h

as in her |h@r|, behave |bi"ha-v|

i

as in fit |fit|, guild |gild|, women |"wimin|

l

-

as in time |t

l

-m|, guide |g

l

-d|, hire |h

l

-r|, sky |sk

l

-|

ir

as in ear |ir|, beer |bir|, pierce |pirs|

j

as in judge |j@j|, carriage |"kærij|

k

as in kettle |"ket-l|, cut |k@t|, quick |kwik|

l

as in lap |læp|, cellar |"sel@r|, cradle |"kra-dl|

m

as in main |ma-n|, dam |dæm|

n

as in need |ne-d|, honor |"än@r|, maiden |"ma-dn|

NG

as in sing |si

NG

|, anger |"æ

NG

g@r|

o-

as in go |go-|, promote |pr@"mo-t|

ô

as in law |lô|, thought |

TH

ôt|, lore |lôr|

oi

as in boy |boi|, noisy |"noize-|

oo

˘

as in wood |woo

˘ d|, football |"foo

˘ t%bôl|, sure |

SH

oo

˘ r|

oo

-

as in food |foo

- d|, music |"myoo

- zik|

ow

as in mouse |mows|, coward |"kow(-@)rd|

p

as in put |poo

˘ t|, cap |kæp|

r

as in run |r@n|, fur |f@r|, spirit |"spirit|

s

as in sit |sit|, lesson |"les@n|, face |f a-s|

SH

as in shut |

SH

@t|, social |"so-

SH

@l|, action |"æk

SH

@n|

t

as in top |täp|, seat |se-t|

t-

as in butter |"b@tt-@r|, forty |"fôrt-e

-|, bottle |"bät

-l|

TH

as in thin |

TH

in|, truth |troo

-

TH

|

T

-H

-

as in then |

T

-H

-

en|, father |"fä

T

-H

-

@r|

v

as in never |"nev@r|, very |"vere-|

w

as in wait |wa-t|, quit |kwit|

(h)w as in when |(h)wen|, which |(h)wi

CH

|

y

as in yet |yet|, accuse |@"kyoo

- z|

z

as in zipper |"zip@r|, musician |myoo

- "zi

SH

@n|

ZH

as in measure |"me

ZH

@r|, vision |"vi

ZH

@n|