Accented English
I wrote this in 2001… now got it out, blowed off the dirt on it, and here you are, look.
| Words | IPA | Accented |
|---|---|---|
| Vowels | ||
| cut, rough, son | ʌ | a, A |
| father, alms, heart | ɑː | ā, Ā |
| act, plait | æ | ä, Ä |
| bet, ate, bury | ɛ | e, E |
| burn, learn, term | ɛː | ē, Ē |
| alone, nation, the | ǝ | ë, Ë |
| build, women | ɪ | i, I |
| see, evil, siege | iː | ī, Ī |
| pot, botch, sorry | ɒ | o, O |
| broad, fault, halt | ɔː | ō, Ō |
| pull, should, woman | ʊ | u, U |
| do, true, you | uː | ū, Ū |
| Diphthongs | ||
| dive, guy, might | aɪ | á, Á |
| fire, buyer, liar | aɪǝ | áë, ÁË |
| out, bough, crowd | aʊ | ă, Ă |
| flour, cower, flower | aʊǝ | ăë, ĂË |
| paid, day, grey | eɪ | é, É |
| bear, dare, where | ɛǝ | eë, EË |
| fear, beer, mere | ɪǝ | ië, IË |
| note, hoe, slow | ǝʊ | ëu, ËU |
| void, boy, destroy | ɔɪ | ó, Ó |
| poor, skewer, sure | ʊǝ | uë, UË |
| bile, byke | ǝɪ | ëi, ËI |
| Consonants | ||
| bed, bike | b | b, B |
| chew, nature | tʃ | č, Č |
| draw, medium | d | d, D |
| these, lather | ð | ð, Ð |
| far, phone | f | f, F |
| get, give, guard | g | g, G |
| hat, how | h | h, H |
| kitten, car | k | k, K |
| jaw, lodge | dʒ | j, J |
| low, like | l | l, L |
| mother, master | m | m, M |
| now, next | n | n, N |
| sing, finger | ŋ | ŋ, Ŋ |
| power, part | p | p, P |
| range, rubber | r | r, R |
| set, ceiling | s | s, S |
| ship, mission, sugar | ʃ | š, Š |
| tower, tell | t | t, T |
| veil, vow | v | v, V |
| wall, warm | w | w, W |
| loch | x | x, X |
| yes, onion | j | y, Y |
| zebra, zeil | z | z, Z |
| treasure, evasion | ʒ | ž, Ž |
| thin, three | θ | þ, Þ |
Sëu, lets sī nă ðë ful ébīsī:
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Wī häv nă fōti-wan letëz, fiftīn mō ðän prīviësli.
Iz it difikëlt tu mūv tu ðë nyū wé? Probëbli. Bat it’s simpli ë kwesčën ov ëkastëmednis. Ðë nyū wé ov Iŋgliš rátiŋ iz mō īzili rīdëbël ðän ðë ăld IPA (á-pī-é) stál, wič iz ful ov strénj simbëlz, hād tu rīd, rát änd ádentifá, sam ov ðem ā kamiŋ from nëuweë.
Ði ëdvāntijiz ov Äksëntid Iŋgliš ā obviëz. It kīps evridé yūzij in sát. It dazn’t distiŋgwiš bitwīn fōmz wot mëust spīkëz kënsidë mīniŋlis (sač äz ðë tū prënansiéšënz ov ë in „rīdëbël”), bat it daz distiŋgwiš meni fōmz wot trëdišënël Iŋgliš daz not: ðë tū n săndz, ðë konsënënts ð änd þ, änd ispešëli ðë văëlz. Wál ăld Iŋgliš häz siks letëz fō văëlz, ðis sistëm häz sikstīn, ov wič fō ā difþoŋz. Yūziŋ ðis meþëd, wī mé folëu ðë riël spīč veri klëusli.