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There was a section of Andalusians next to us

/ðeə wəz ə ˈsekʃәn əv ændəˈluːsiənz nekst tu ʌs

in the line now. I do not know quite how they got to

ɪn ðə lɑɪn naʊ. aɪ du nɒt nəʊ kwaɪt haʊ ðeɪ gɒt tə

this front. The current explanation was that they

ðɪs frʌnt. ðə ˈkʌrənt ekspləˈneɪʃәn wəz ðət ðeɪ

had run away from Málaga so fast that they had

həd rʌn əˈweɪ frəm ˈmæləgə səʊ fɑːst ðət ðeɪ həd

forgotten to stop at Valencia; but this, of course,

fəˈgɒtәn tə stɒp ət vələnʃiə; bət ðɪs, əv kɔːs,

came from the Catalans, who professed to look down

keɪm frəm ðə ˈkætəlænz, huː prəˈfest tə lʊk daʊn

on the Andalusians as a race of semi-savages.

ɒn ðə ændəˈluːsiənz əz ə reɪs əv semiˈsævɪdʒɪz.

Certainly the Andalusians were very

ˈɜːtәnli ði ændəˈluːsiənz wə ˈveri

ignorant. Few if any of them could read, and they

ˈɪgnərənt. fjuː ɪf ˈeni əv ðəm kʊd riːd ənd ðeɪ

seemed not even to know the one thing that

siːmd nɒt ˈiːvәn tə nəʊ ðə wʌn ðɪŋ ðət

everybody knows in Spain, which political

ˈevribɒdi nəʊz ɪn spein, wɪtʃ pəˈlɪtɪkәl

party they belonged to.

ˈpɑːti ðeɪ bɪˈlɒŋd tuː/

 

 

 

 

 

Vocal  tract 

 

The vocal tract is the cavity in human beings and in animals where sound that is produced at the sound source (larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered.

 In birds it consists of the trachea, the syrinx, the oral cavity, the upper part of the esophagus, and the beak. In mammals it consists of the laryngeal cavity, the pharynx, the oral cavity, and the nasal cavity.    

 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

 

 

 Minimal pairs exercise

 

lit - light

read - red

sing - sang

bed - bad

saw - sought

boot - boat

soot - suit

but - boot

why - way

know - now

wreath - wreathe

leak - lick

look - luck

sock - suck

vest - vast

cod - card

dug - dog

thirst - first

fair - fear

pay - bay

read - lead

need - mead

zoo - sue

near - ne'er

catch - cash

azure - assure

jet - chet

leige - lease

whistle - thistle

beige - bays

fur - fear

care - chur

noon - nun