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dearest creature in creation
studying English pronunciation,
I will teach you in my verse
sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.
I will keep you, Susy, busy,
make your head with heat grow dizzy;
tear in your dress you'll tear;
queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.
pray, console your loving poet,
make my coat look new, dear sew it!

 

dɪ́rəst krítʃər ɪn kriéʃən
stə́diɪŋ ɪ́ŋglɪ̀ʃ pronə̀nsiéʃən,
áj wɪ́l títʃ jú ɪn máj və́rs
sáwndz lájk kɔ́rps, kɔ́r, hɔ́rs ǽnd wə́rs.
áj wɪ́l kíp jú, súzi, bɪ́zi,
mék jɔ́r hɛ́d wɪ
θ hít gró dɪ́zi;
tɛ́r ɪn jɔ́r drɛ́s júl tɛ́r;
kwɪ́r, fɛ́r sír, hɪ́r máj prɛ́r.
pré, kɑ́nsol jɔ́r lə́vɪŋ póət,
mek maj  kót lʊ́k nú, dɪ́r só ɪ́t!

 

Just compare heart, beard and heard,
dies and diet, Lord and word,
sword and sward, retain and Britain
(Mind the latter how it is written);
made has not the sound of bade,
say, said, pay, laid but not plaid.
Now I surely will not plague you
with such words as vague and ague,
but be careful how you speak,
say gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak,
previous, precious,fuchsia, via,
recipe, pipe, studding sail, choir,
woven, oven, how and low,
script, receipts, shoe, poem, toe.
Hear me say,devoid of trickery,
daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore
typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles
exiles, similes, reviles.

dʒəst kəmpɛr hɑrt, bɪrd ænd hərd,
dajz ænd dajət, lɔrd ænd wərd,
sɔrd ænd swɑrd, rəten ænd brɪtən
( majnd ðə lætər haw ɪt ɪz rɪtən);
med hæz nɑt ðə sawnd əv bed,
se, sɛd, pe, led bət nɑt plæd.
naw aj ʃʊrli wɪl nɑt pleg ju
θ sətʃ wərdz æz veg ænd ægju,
bət bi kɛrfəl haw ju spik,
se gəʃ, bʊʃ, stek, strik, brek, blik,
priviəs, prɛʃəs,
fuchsia, vajə,
rɛsəpi, pajp,
studding sel, kwajər,
wovən, əvən, haw ænd lo,
skrɪpt, rəsits, ʃu, poəm, to.
hɪr mi se, dɪvɔjd əv trɪkəri,
dɒtər, læftər, ænd tərpsəkɔr
tajfɒjd, mizəlz, tɑpselz, ajlz
ɛgzɑjlz, sɪməliz, rivajlz.