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     3 ========================

     4  English pronunciation.

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     6 .. contents::

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     9 Allophone.

    10 ==========

    11 

    12   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone

    13     Is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) or

    14     signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language.

    15 

    16   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Allophony

    17   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone#English

    18   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_consonants

    19   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_vowels

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    21 Russian analog.

    22 ===============

    23 

    24 ``[æ]``::

    25 

    26   пять [pʲætʲ]

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    29 Exercises.

    30 ==========

    31 

    32 [iː] vs [ɪ].

    33 ============

    34 ::

    35 

    36   These six silly sisters are sweet to meet.

    37   [ðiːz sɪks sɪlɪ sɪstə aː swiːt tuː miːt]

    38 

    39   sheep    ship

    40   heat     hit

    41   eel      ill

    42   receive  sieve

    43   leave    live

    44 

    45 [ɪ] vs [e].

    46 ===========

    47 ::

    48 

    49   Did Ed wed Liz or did Liz wed Ted?

    50   tin     ten

    51   hill    hell

    52   did     dead

    53 

    54 [e] vs [æ].

    55 ===========

    56 ::

    57 

    58   I bet you bat better then your fans in the fens.

    59   head    had

    60   shell   shall

    61   net     gnat

    62 

    63 [æ] vs [ʌ].

    64 ===========

    65 ::

    66 

    67   Cut the cackle and come up with the cash!

    68   cat    cut

    69   dam    dumb

    70   stamp  stump

    71 

    72 [æ] vs [aː].

    73 ============

    74 ::

    75 

    76   My hard hearted aunt had a fat cat in her flat.

    77   cat    cart

    78   hat    heart

    79   had    hard

    80   am     arm

    81   chat   chart

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