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+========================
+ English pronunciation.
+========================
+.. contents::
+   :local:
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+Allophone.
+==========
+
+  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone
+    Is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) or
+    signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language.
+
+  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Allophony
+  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone#English
+  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_consonants
+  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_vowels
+
+Russian analog.
+===============
+
+``[æ]``::
+
+  пять [pʲætʲ]
+
+
+Exercises.
+==========
+
+[iː] vs [ɪ].
+============
+::
+
+  These six silly sisters are sweet to meet.
+  [ðiːz sɪks sɪlɪ sɪstə aː swiːt tuː miːt]
+
+  sheep    ship
+  heat     hit
+  eel      ill
+  receive  sieve
+  leave    live
+
+[ɪ] vs [e].
+===========
+::
+
+  Did Ed wed Liz or did Liz wed Ted?
+  tin     ten
+  hill    hell
+  did     dead
+
+[e] vs [æ].
+===========
+::
+
+  I bet you bat better then your fans in the fens.
+  head    had
+  shell   shall
+  net     gnat
+
+[æ] vs [ʌ].
+===========
+::
+
+  Cut the cackle and come up with the cash!
+  cat    cut
+  dam    dumb
+  stamp  stump
+
+[æ] vs [aː].
+============
+::
+
+  My hard hearted aunt had a fat cat in her flat.
+  cat    cart
+  hat    heart
+  had    hard
+  am     arm
+  chat   chart
+