Dearest Creature in creation

/diəst/ /kri: tɭ/ /in/ /kri: eiɭn/

Studying English pronunciation

/stʌdiɳ/ /ɪɳgliɭ / /prənʌnsɪeɪɭn/

I will teach you in my verse

/aɪ/ /wɪl/ /ti:tɭ/ /ju:/ /ɪn/ /mʌɪ/ /vɜ:s/

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse

/saʊndz/ /laɪk/ /kɔ:ps/ /kɔəs/ /hɔ:s/ /ənd/ /wɜ:s/

I will keep you, Susy, busy,

/aɪ/ /wil/ /ki:p/ /ju/ ....... /bɪzɪ/

Make your head with heat grow dizzy;

/meɪk/ /jʊə/ /hɛd/ /wɪ ??? /hi:t/ /grəʊ/ /dɪzɪ/

Tear in eye your dress you’ll tear

/tɪə/ /in/ /aɪ/ /juə/ /dres/ /jul/ /tɛə/

Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.

/kwɪə/ /feə/ /sɪə/ /hɪə/ /mʌɪ/ /prɛ:/

Pray, console your loving poet,

/preɪ/ /kənsəʊl/ /jʊə/ /loviɳ/ /pəʊt/

Make my coat look new, dear sew it!

/meɪk/ /maɪ/ /kəʊt/ /lʊk/ /nju:/ /dɪə/ /səʊ/ /ɪt/

Just compare heart, beard and heard,

/dʒʌst/ /kəmpeə/ /ha:t/ /bɪəd/ /ənd/ /hɜ:d/

Dies and diet, Lord and word,

/daɪz/ /ənd/ /daiət/ /lɔ:d/ /ənd/ /wəd/

Sword and sward, retain and Britain

/sɔ:d/ /ənd/ /swɔ:d/ /rɪteɪn/ /ənd/ /brɪtn/

(Mind the latter how it is written);

/meɪn/ /ðə/ /lætə/ /haʊ/ /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /rɪtən/

Made has not the sound of bade

/meɪt/ /həz/ /nɒt/ /ðə/ saʊnd/ /ɒv/ /beɪt/

Say, said, pay, laid but not plaid.

/seɪ/ /sed/ /peɪ/ /leɪd / /bʌt/ /nɒt/ /plad/

Now I surely will not plague you

/naʊ/ /aɪ/ /ɭʊəlɪ/ /wɪl/ /nɒt/ /pleɪg/ /ju/

With such words as vague and ague,

/wɪð/ /sʌtɭ / /wədz/ /əs/ /veɪg/ /ənd/ /eɪgju:/

But be careful how you speak,

/Bʌt/ /bi://kɛəfʊl/ /haʊ/ /ju/ /spi:k/

Say gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak,

/seɪ/ /gʌɭ/ /bʊɭ/ /steɪk/ /stri:k/ /breɪk/ /bli:k/

Previos, precious, fuchsia, via,

/pri:vɪəs/ /preɭəs/ /fju:ɭə/ /vi:ə/

Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir,

/rəsɪpi:/ /pʌip/ /stʌdɪɳseɪl/ /kwaiə/

Woven, oven, how and low,

/wəʊvən/ /ʌvn/ / haʊ/ /ənd/ /ləʊ/

Script, receipts, shoe, poem, toe.

/skrɪpt/ /risi:ts/ /ɭu:/ /pəʊɪm/ /təʊ/

Hear me say, devoid of trickery,

/hɪə/ /mɪ/ /seɪ/ /dɪvɔɪd/ /ɒv/ /trɪkərɪ/

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore

/dɔ:tə/ /lɑ: ftə/ /ənd/ /tɜ:psɪkərɪ/

Typhoid, measles, topsail, aisles

/taɪfɔɪd/ /mi:zlz/ /tɒpseɪl/

Exiles, similes, reviles,

/ɛgzaɪlz/ /sɪmɪlɪz/ /rɪvaɪlz/

Holy, holly, signal, signing

/həʊlɪ/ /hɒlɪ/ /sɪgnəl/ /saɪnɪɳ/

Same, examining but mining

/seɪm/ /ɛgzæminɪɳ/ /bʌt/ /maɪnɪɳ/

Scholar, vicar, but cigar,

/skɒlə/ /vɪkə/ /bʌt/ /sɪgɑ:/

Solar, mica, war, and far,

/səʊlə/ /maikə/ /wɔ:r/ /ənd/ /fɑ:r/

From „desire“ desirable,

/frɒm/ /dɪzaɪe/ /dɪzaɪərəbl/

Admirable from „admire“,

/ædmɪrəbəl/ /frɒm/ /ædmaɪə/

Lumber, plumber, bier, but brier,

/lʌmbə/ /plʌmə/ /biə/ /bʌt/ /braɪə/

Topsham, Brougham, renown, but known

/tɒpɭəm/ /bru:m/ /rɪnaʊn/ /bʌt/ /nəʊn/

Knowledge, done, lone, gone, none, tone,

/nɒlɪdʒ/ /dʌn/ /ləʊn/ /gʌn/ /nəʊn/ /təʊn/

One, anemone, Balmoral,

/wʌn/ /ənəmənɪ/ /bælmɒrəl/

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel,

/kɪtɭən/ /laɪkən/ /lɔ:ndrɪ/ /lɒrəl/

Gertrude, German, wind, and mind

/gertrju:d/ /dʒɜ:mən/ /wɪnd/ /ənd/ /maind/

Scene, Melpomene, mankind,

/si:n/ /?????/ /mænkaɪnd/

Tortoise, Turquoise, Chamois-leather

/tɔ:təs/ /tɜ:kwaɪz/ /ɭæmɒɪlɛðə/

Reading, Reading, heathen, heather,

/ri:dɪɳ/ /ri:dɪɳ/ /hi:ðən/ /hɜðə/

This phonetic labyrinth

/ðɪs/ /fənetɪk/ /læbɪrɪnɵ/

Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.

/givz/ /mɒs/ /grəʊs/ /bruk/ /brəʊtɭ/ /nʌɪnɵ/ /plɪnɵ/

Billet does not end like ballet,

/bɪlɪt/ /dʌz/ /nɒt/ /ɛnd/ /lʌɪk/ /baleɪ/

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

/bu:keɪ/ /wɒlɪt/ /malɪt/ /ɭale/

Blood and flood are not like wood,

/blʌd/ /ənd/ /flʌd/ /a:r/ /nɒt/ /lʌɪk/ /wʊd/

Nor is mouls, like should and could.

/nɔ:/ /iz/ /mu:lz/ /lʌik/ /ɭʊd/ / ənd/ /kʊd/

Banquet is not nearly parquet,

/bæɳkwɪt/ /ɪz/ /nɒt/ /nɪəlɪ/ /pa:keɪ/

Which doesn’t exactly rhyme with khaki.

/wɪtɭ/ /dʌzɳt/ /ɛgzæktlɪ/ /raɪm/ /wið/ /kɑ:ki:/

Discount, viscount, load and broad,

/dɪskaʊnt/ /vaɪkaʊnt/ /ləʊd/ /ənd/ /brɔ:d/

Towards, to forward, to reward,

/təwɔ:dz/ /tə/ /fɔ:wəd/ /tə/ /rɪwɔ:d/

Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet?

/rɪkəɭeit/ /ənd/ /krəʊɭetɪɳ/ /krəʊkeɪ/

Right! Your pronunciation’s O.K.

/raɪt/ /jʊə/ /prənʌnsɪeɪɭnz / /oʊ//keɪ/