COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD PLEASE Eha Mngel

COULD YOU TRANSCRIBE THE WORD, PLEASE. Eha Mängel Tallinn University Language Centre

Transcription signs � Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u) � Long vowels: i: , ɑ: , ɔ: , u: , ɜ: � Diphthongs: � Consonants � (voiceless): � (voiced): � eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə) k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ, ʧ g, b, d, z, ʒ, v, ð, ʤ j, w, m, n, ŋ, l, r, h

Three NOs � 1 No connection between the signs � 2 No capital signs � 3 No double consonants

� The ghost of ancient sights haunts the lonely stroller � ðə gəʊst əv eɪnʃənt saɪts hɔ: nts ðə ləʊnli strəʊlə

Often occurring mistakes � Vowels � /ɪ/ � women � /wɪmɪn/ � busy � /bɪzi/ /e/ � bury � /beri/ � says/said � /sez/ /sed/ �

� breath � /breθ/ � BUT: to breathe /bri: ð/ � leisure � /leʒə/ US /li: ʒə/ � jeopardy � /ʤepədi/ � heifer � /hefə/

� /ʌ/ � blood / flood � /blʌd/ /flʌd/ � onion � /ʌnjən/ � among � /ə’mʌŋ/ � ton / won � /tʌn/ /wʌn/ � southern � /sʌð(ə)n/

� twopence � /tʌpən(t)s/ � threepence � /θrʌpən(t)s/ �/ ɑ: / � clerk � /klɑ: k/ � sergeant � /sɑ: ʤənt/ � aunt � /ɑ: nt/

� /ɒ/ � knowledge � /nɒlɪʤ/ /nɒləʤ/ � bureaucracy � /bjʊə’rɒkrəsi/ � swan � /swɒn/ � Swan swam over the sea� Swim swan, swim; � Swan swam back again� Well swum swan. � yacht /jɒt/

� /u: / � tomb, womb � /tu: m/ /wu: m/ � blue, glue � /blu: / /glu: / � suit, juice, cruise, bruise � /su: t/ /ʤu: s/ /kru: z/ /bru: z/

Diphthongs � /eə/ � hair � bear � air � fair � rare � pear and /ɪə/ - here, hear - beer - ear - fear - rear - pier dare - dear, deer chair - cheer Clare - clear stare - steer spare - spear rarely - really

Consonants � Silent letters � /p/ and /b/ � cupboard, comb, bomb, climb, doubt, debt � /kʌbəd//kəʊm//klаɪm//dаʊt//det/ � psychology, psalm, pseudo, psychi/psycho � /sаɪ’kɒləʤi/ /sɑ: m/ /sju: dəʊ/ /saɪki/saɪkəʊ/ � /t/ and /d/ � castle, hasten, Christmas, mustn’t, handsome � /kɑ: sl/ /heɪsn/ /krɪsməs/ /mʌsnt//hænsəm/

� /h/ � honour, heir, exhaust, exhibit, vehicle � /ɒnɪst//eə//ɪg’zɔ: st//ɪg’zɪbɪt//vi: əkl//vɪəkl/ � /l/ � salmon � /sæmən/

/ʧ/ or /ʤ/ CHIN CHEER CHOKE CHAIN GIN JEER JOKE JANE RICH SEARCH H LARCH RIDGE SURGE AGE LARGE Look out! He’s choking/joking. The audience cheered/jeered at her speech. It’s not a little fir tree, It’s a larch/large tree. What happened to your chin/gin

First names � Ian � /i: ən/ � Sean � /ʃɔ: n/ � Seamus � /ʃeməs/ � Sinead � /ʃɪ’neɪd/ � Scylla � /sɪlə/

� Scythia � /sɪðiə/ � Deirdre � /dɪədri/ � Isla � /аɪlə/

Family names � Cholomondeley � /ʧʌmli/ � Colquhoun � /kə’hu: n/ � Dalziel � /di: ’el/ or /dælzi: l/ � Featherstonehawe � /fænʃɔ: / or /feðəst(ə)nhɔ: / � Quesnel � /keɪn(ə)l/

Placenames � Marylabone � /mɑ: lɪbə(ʊ)n/ � Grosvenor � /grəʊvnə/ � Alnwick � /ænɪk/ � Leicester � /lestə/ � Gloucester � /glɒstə/ or /mær(ə)ləbən/

� Worcester � /wʊstə/ � Cirencester � /sɪsɪtə/ or /saɪər(ə)nsestə/ � Woolfardisworthy � /wʊlz(ə)ri/ or /fʊlfɑ: dɪswɜ: ði/ � Tucson � /tu: sɒn/ � Arkansas � /ɑ: kənsɔ: / BUT: river /ɑ: ’kænzəs/

How to pronounce certain letter combinations � Vowel diagraphs � In strong syllables � AE (Br. E) E (in US) � aesthetic � i: s’θetɪk es’θetɪk � Caesar � si: zə � When followed by /r/ � aeroplane � eərəpleɪn erəpleɪn

In weak syllables � gynaecology gynecology � gaɪnə’kɒləʤi gaɪnə’kɑ: ləʤi � Transcribe the following words: � aether/(US)ether, aery, aestival/(US)estival � i: θə eəri/eɪəri i: s’tаɪvəl/ ‘estəvəl

OE in US also E � Oedipus, oesophagus, oecumenic � i: dɪpəs/edɪpəs, i: ’sɒfəgəs/ɪ’sɑ: fəgəs, i: kjʊ’menɪk/ ekjə’menɪk