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Try to transcript these tonguetwisters:

she says she shall sew a sheet                 a soft shot-silk sash shop           sheila shut the shop shutter          was that your ewer of yore?      six sportsmen shooting snipe

ʃiː  ses   ʃɪ  ʃæl   suː  ə  ʃɪt                            ə  sɒft  ʃɒt  sɪlk  sæʃ   ʃɒp              ʃɪlæ  ʃʌt   ðə  ʃɒp  ʃʌtə                     wɒz  ðæt  jər‘juːər  əf  jɔːr        sɪks spɔːtsmen ʃuːtɪŋ  snaip

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i was walking home from work when i came across a friend from primary school. i called out her name and she turned around. we asked each other how we were and

we went for a coffee. it had been a long time and i was happy to see her. we decided to meet the next day to talk about a school dinner with the rest of our friends.

 ai wɒz wɔːlkɪŋ  həʊm frɒm wɔːk wen ai keim akrɒs ə frend frɒm p raiməri skuːl// ai kɔːld əʊt hə neim ən ʃɪ tənd ərəʊnd// wi æskd iːʈʃ ʌdʌ həʊ wɪ we ænd wɪ went fə ə

kɒfɪ// it hæd bɪn ə lɒŋ taim ænd ai wɒz hæpi tə sɪ hə// wɪ disaided tə mɪt ðə nekst dei tɘ tɒk əbaʊt ə skuːl dinə wiθ ðe rest əv əuə frends

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vowels

                               front                                          central                                    back

close                    · iː          ɪ·                                                                                      uː ·

half-close                                                                                                                     ·ʊ

                             ·e                                                         ɜː                                         ɔː

                                                                                         ə

half-open   

                                                                                   ʌ

                                 æ                                                                                                  ɒ

open                                                                                                                      ɑː

english consonants

                                      bilabial           labiodental           dental        alveolar        post-alveolar        palato-alveolar       palatal       velar         glottal

stops                              p    b                                                                 t    d                                                                           k    g

fricatives                                                   f     v                  θ    ð            s    z                                              ʃ        ɜ                                                         h

affricates                                                                                                                                                     tʃ       dɜ       

nasals                              m                                                                      n                                                                                                   ŋ

laterals                                                                                                       l                   

approximants                  w                                                                                                r                                                          j

Limericks :

there was a young person of smyrna                                there was an old person of cadiz                           there was an young lady of ryde                     

whose grandmother threatened to burn her                     who was always polite to all ladies                        whose shoe-strings were seldom untied

but she seized on the cat                                                    but in handing his daughter                                    she purchased some clogs

and said ‘’granny burn that!                                                he fell into the water                                                and some small spotted dogs

you incongruous old woman of smyrna!                            which drowned that old person of cadiz               and frequently walked about ryde

ðə wɒz ə jʌŋ pɜːsn əv smɜːnæ                                            ðe wɒz ən əʊld pɜːsn əv kædɪs                            ðe wɒz ɘ jʌŋ leɪdɪ əv raɪd

huːs grændmʌðə θretnt tə bɜːn hə                                      hʊ wɒz ɔːlweɪz pɒlaɪt tə ɔːl leɪdɪs                        hʊs ʃuː strɪŋs weə seldɒm ʌntaɪd

bʌt ʃiː sɪsd ɒn ðe kæt                                                           bʌt ɪn hændɪŋ hɪs dɔːtər                                       ʃiː pɜːrtʃɘsd sʌm klɒgs

ænnd sed græniː bɜː ðæt                                                    hiː fel ɪntʊ ðe wɔːtər                                               ænd sʌm smɔːl spɒted dɒgs

juː ɪnkɑːŋgruəs əʊld wʊmən əv smɜːnæ                            wɪtʃ draʊnd ðæt əʊld pɜːsn əv kædɪs                 ænd frɪkuentli wɔːkd əbaʊt raɪd

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