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US English phonetic pronunciation
This topic provides a US English phonetic chart to assist you in correcting US English baseform phonetic sounds. Table 1. Guide to the US English phonetic alphabet: vowelsSound Symbol As in Suggested Comments“ae” AE add cat pan ae The short “a” sound. “ah” AA are drop collar ah Rarely wrong but sometimes an open 'o' sound is used instead of the 'ah'. So spell 'mot' as 'maht' to change it from 'moat' to 'mott'. “uh” AH one come 'Uh' or double the following letter Very rarely wrong; sometimes an unstressed sound is used instead. So spell 'merom' as 'meromm'. Short “o” AO all off caution or Very rarely wrong. Try spelling 'Audi' as 'Ordi'. “au” AW how about ou au ow If 'ow' is mispronounced as 'oh' try switching to 'au' or 'ou'. “eh” AX enable moment eh The unstressed “eh” sound as in “moment” or “enable” but not as in “enter”. “er” AXR another over or er The unstressed “er” sound as in “another” over or “or” but not as in “her”. Long “i” AY fire why eye y ai add an e Rare but if 'Byron' is mispronounced more like “Birron” then try spelling it as 'Bairon' or “Byeron” or even 'Byre-on'. “eh” EH enter pleasant eh Rare but replacing the vowel letter or letters by 'eh' usually works. For example if 'pleasant' were mispronounced as “pleesant” then 'plehsant' corrects it. “er” ER bird turn her er Never observed but 'er' should work. Long “a” EY train eight A ai ay ey If 'wacome' is mispronounced “wah-come” then one of 'waicome' 'waycome' or 'weycome' should fix. Short “i” IH if it pick ih The short I sound as in “it” “if ” or “pick” but not as in “lasting”. 'Piro' should be pronounced with a short I and is mispronounced as “pyro” then 'pihro' should work. “ix” IX discuss saving budgeted decided ix The unstressed short “i” sound as in “discuss” “budgeted” “decided” or “saving”. Long “e” IY any he obvious ee ey ie If 'matrio' was mispronounced as “mah-try-oh” then 'matreeo' 'matreeoh' or 'mahtreeoh' should fix. Long “o” OW quote open go oh ow oe 'bow' should be right for 'beau' and 'dohl' should work for 'dole'. “oi” OY avoid enjoy dive why oy The long “i” sound (or oi sound) as in “avoid” “employ” “dive” or “why”. Short “u” UH good full could put uh The short “u” sound as in “good” “put” “full” or “could”. If 'clough' should be pronounced as in “cluf” then 'cluhf' should work. Long “u” UW tooth blue view use you oo yoo The stressed long “u” sound as in “to” “use” “you” or “view”. Try 'bloomehn' for the German pronunciation of 'blumen'. Usually non-vowel sounds are not a problem for the Run Time baseform engine unless the name is of foreign extraction, as in the British pronunciation of Schedule (Schxhule). The table below lists the consonant sounds if you need to select a different sound than that produced by the automatic pronunciation rules. Table 2. Guide to the US English phonetic alphabet: consonantsSound Symbol As in Comments“b” B be able The “b” sound as in “be” or “able”. “bd” BD sob tab blurb The hard “b” sound at the end of a word. “ch” CH cheap child The soft “c” sound before “h”. The “ch” sound as in “cheap”. “d” D and David The “d” sound as in “David” or “and”. “dd” DD
The “d” sound at the end of a word. “dh” DH the either The voiced “th” sound as in “the” or “either” but NOT as in “thesis” or “thing”. “dx” DX butter greater regarding order The very short “t” or “d” sound as in “butter” “greater” “regarding” or “order”. “d$” D$
A dummy sound that marks the beginning and end of a sentence. “f” F father rough The soft “f” sound. “g” G again peg The hard “g” sound. “gd” GD log tug The “g” sound at the end of a word. “hh” HH here who The “h” sound. “jh” JH jeep roger The soft “g” sound. “k” K because dark scale The “k” sound but not the “j” sound at the beginning of a word. “kd” KD cake The “k” sound at the end of a word. “L” L level parallel The “L” sound. “m” M am must The “m” sound. “n” N final not none The starting “n” or the unaccented “n” in the middle of a word as in “final” “not” or “none”. “ng” NG bang think singing The “n” followed by a “g” or “k” sound. “p” P adoption amps rapid The “p” sound but not at the beginning of a word. “pd” PD pop tarp mop The “p” sound at the end of a word. “r” R abroad brace read The “r” sound followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable. “s” S sit circus decide The “s” not followed by an “h” sound. “sh” SH action shade splash The “sh” sound. “t” T adapter retry let The “t” (not “th”) sound not at the beginning of a word. “td” TD date quit The “t” sound at the end of word. “th” TH thesis thing The unvoiced “th” sound but NOT as in “the” or “either”. “ts” TS
The “ts” sound at the end of a word. “v” V eleven improve very The “v” sound. “w” W frequent way question anywhere The “w” sound. “y” Y emulate yes senior you The “y” sound that leads into a vowel. “z” Z pans goes zero The “z” sound. “zh” ZH Asia pleasure Zho The soft “z” sound. Parent topic: Tuning speech resources for effective applications Terms of use | Feedback(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2009. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. |
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