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ðə keɪ.ɒs

Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation,
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.

ˈdɪərɪs(t) ˈkr ər ɪ kr ˈeɪ |
ˈs ʌd ɪŋ ˈɪŋɡlɪ prəˌ ʌ s ˈeɪ |
aɪ wɪl
ju ɪ maɪ vɜ s |
saʊ (d)z ˈlaɪk kɔ ps | kɔ | hɔ s ə (d) wɜ s |

I will keep you, Susy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy;
Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear;
Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.

aɪ wɪl k p ju | ˈsu z | ˈbɪz |
meɪk jɔ: hed wɪð h ɡrəʊ ˈdɪz |
ɪər ɪ aɪ | jɔ: dres jul ˈ eə |
kwɪə | feə sɪə | hɪə maɪ preə |

Pray, console your loving poet,
Make my coat look new, dear, sew it!
Just compare heart, hear and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word.

preɪ | kə ˈsəʊl jɔ: ˈlʌvɪŋ ˈpə(ʊ)ɪ |

meɪk maɪ kəʊ lʊk ju | dɪə | sə(ʊ) ɪ |
dʒəs( ) kəmˈpeə hɑ | hɪər ə (d) hɜ d |
daɪz ə (d) ˈda(ɪ)ə | lɔ d ə (d) ˈwɜ d |

Sword and sward, retain and Britain
(Mind the latter how it's written).
Made has not the sound of bade,
Say-said, pay-paid, laid but plaid.

sɔ d ə (d) swɔ d | rɪˈ eɪ ə (d) ˈbrɪ
maɪ (d) ðə ˈl ə ha(ʊ) ɪ s ˈrɪ |
meɪd h z ɒ ðə ˈsaʊ d əv b d |
seɪ sed | peɪ peɪd | leɪd bə pl d |

Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as vague and ague,
But be careful how you speak,
Say: gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak ,

a(ʊ) aɪ ˈ ʊəl wɪl ɒ pleɪɡ ju: |
wɪð sʌ ˈwɜ dz əz veɪɡ ə d ˈeɪɡju |
bə b ˈkeəfl haʊ ju sp k |
seɪ | ɡʌ | bʊ | s eɪk | s r k | breɪk | bl k |

Previous, precious, fuchsia, via
Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir;
Woven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, shoe, poem, toe.

ˈpr v əs | ˈpre əs | ˈfju ə | ˈva(ɪ)ə |

ˈresəp | paɪp | ˈs ʌ sl | ˈkwa(ɪ)ə |
ˈwəʊvə | ˈʌv | haʊ ə (d) ləʊ |
skrɪp | rɪˈs | u | ˈpə(ʊ)ɪm | əʊ |

Say, expecting fraud and trickery:
Daughter, laughter and Terpsichore,
Branch, ranch, measles, topsails, aisles,
Missiles, similes, reviles.

seɪ | ɪkˈspek ɪŋ frɔ d ə (d) ˈ rɪkər |
ˈdɔ ə | ˈlɑ f ər ə (d) ˈ ɜ psəˌkɔ |
brɑ
| rɑ
| ˈm zlz | ˈ ɒpseɪlz | aɪlz |
ˈmɪsaɪlz | ˈsɪmɪlɪz | rɪˈvaɪlz |

Wholly, holly, signal, signing,
Same, examining, but mining,
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far.

ˈhəʊl l | ˈhɒl | ˈsɪɡ əl | ˈsaɪ ɪŋ |
seɪm | ɪɡˈz mɪ ɪŋ | bə ˈmaɪ ɪŋ |
ˈskɒlə | ˈvɪkə | ə (d) sɪˈɡɑ |
ˈsəʊlə | ˈmaɪkə | wɔ r ə (d) ˈfɑ |

From "desire": desirable-admirable from
"admire",
Lumber, plumber, bier, but brier,
Topsham, brougham, renown, but known,

Knowledge, done, lone, gone, none, tone,

frəm dɪˈza(ɪ)ə dɪˈza(ɪ)ərəbl ædmrəbl | frəm
ədˈma(ɪ)ə |
ˈlʌmbə | ˈplʌmə | bɪə | bə ˈbra(ɪ)ə |
ɒpsəm | ˈbru əm | rɪˈ aʊ | bə əʊ |
ˈ ɒlɪdʒ | dʌ | ləʊ | ɡɒ | ʌ | əʊ |

One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel.

wʌ | əˈ emə | b lˈmɒrəl |
ˈkɪ ɪ | ˈlaɪkə | ˈlɔ dr | ˈlɒrəl |

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Gertrude, German, wind and wind,
Beau, kind, kindred, queue, mankind,

ˈɡɜ ru d | ˈdʒɜ mə | wɪ d ə (d) waɪ d |
bəʊ | kaɪ d | ˈkɪ drɪd | kju | ˌm ˈkaɪ d |

Tortoise, turquoise, chamois-leather,
Reading, Reading, heathen, heather.
This phonetic labyrinth

Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth.

ˈ ɔ əs | ˈ ɜ kwɔɪz | ˈ m leðə |
ˈr dɪŋ | ˈredɪŋ | ˈh ð | ˈheðə |
ðɪs fəˈ e ɪk ˈl bərɪ θ |
ɡɪvz mɒs | ɡrəʊs | brʊk | brəʊ | aɪ θ | plɪ θ |

Have you ever yet endeavoured
To pronounce revered and severed,
Demon, lemon, ghoul, foul, soul,
Peter, petrol and patrol?

həv ju ˈevə je ɪ ˈdevəd |
ə prəˈ aʊ s rɪˈvɪəd ə (d) ˈsevəd |
ˈd mə | ˈlemə | ɡu l | faʊl | səʊl |
ˈp ə | ˈpe rəl ə (d) pəˈ rəʊl |

Billet does not end like ballet;
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.

ˈbɪlɪ dəz ɒ e (d) laɪk ˈb leɪ |
()
bʊˈkeɪ | ˈwɒlɪ | ˈm lɪ | ˈ leɪ |
blʌd ə (d) flʌd ə ɒ laɪk fu d |
ɔ r ɪz məʊl(d) laɪk ʊd ə (d) wʊd |

Banquet is not nearly parquet,
Which exactly rhymes with khaki.

Discount, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward,

ˈb ŋkwɪ
wɪ ɪɡˈz
ˈdɪskaʊ
əˈwɔ d |

Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet?
Right! Your pronunciation's OK.
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.

ˈrɪk.ə. eɪd ə (d) ˈkrəʊ eɪɪŋ | ˈkrəʊkeɪ |
raɪ | jɔ: prəˌ ʌ sɪˈeɪ ɪz ˌəʊˈkeɪ |
ˈraʊ dɪd | ˈwu dɪd | ˈɡr v ə (d) sɪv |
ˈfre d ə (d) f d | əˈlaɪv ə (d) lɪv |

Is your r correct in higher?
Keats asserts it rhymes Thalia.
Hugh, but hug, and hood, but hoot,
Buoyant, minute, but minute.

ɪz jɔ:r ɑ kəˈrek ɪ ˈha(ɪ)ə |
ˈk s əˈsɜ s ɪ raɪmz θəˈla(ɪ)ə |
hju | bə hʌɡ | ə (d) hʊd | bə hu |
ˈbɔɪə | ˈmɪ ɪ | bə maɪˈ ju |

Say abscission with precision,
Now: position and transition;

Would it tally with my rhyme
If I mentioned paradigm?

se(ɪ) bˈsɪ n / bˈsɪʒn/ wɪð prɪˈsɪʒ |
aʊ | pəˈzɪ ə (d) r ˈzɪ |
wʊd ɪ ˈ l wɪð maɪ raɪm |
ɪf aɪ ˈme d ˈp rədaɪm |

Twopence, threepence, tease are easy,
But cease, crease, grease and greasy?
Cornice, nice, valise, revise,
Rabies, but lullabies.

ˈ ʌpə s | ˈθrepə s | z ər ˈ z |
bə s s | kr s | ɡr s ə (d) ˈɡr s |
ˈkɔ ɪs | aɪs | vəˈl z | rɪˈvaɪz |
ˈreɪb z | bə ˈlʌləbaɪz |

Of such puzzling words as nauseous,
Rhyming well with cautious, tortious,
You'll envelop lists, I hope,
In a linen envelope.

əv sʌ ˈpʌzlɪŋ ˈwɜ dz əz ˈ ɔ s əs |
ˈraɪmɪŋ wel wɪð ˈkɔ əs | ˈ ɔ: əs |
jul ɪ ˈveləp lɪs s | aɪ həʊp |
ɪ ə ˈlɪ ɪ ˈe vələʊp |

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ɪz ɒ ˈ ɪəl / pɑ:k /ˈpɑ keɪ |
k l raɪmz wɪð ˈkɑ k |
| ˈvaɪkaʊ | ləʊd ə (d) brɔ d |
ə ˈfɔ wəd | ə rɪˈwɔ d |

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Would you like some more? You'll have it!
Affidavit, David, davit.
To abjure, to perjure. Sheik
Does not sound like Czech but ache.

wʊd ju laɪk səm mɔ | jul h v ɪ |
ˌ fɪˈdeɪvɪ | ˈdeɪvɪd | ˈd vɪ |
u əbˈdʒʊə | ə ˈpɜ dʒə | eɪk |
dəz ɒ saʊ (d) laɪk ek bə eɪk |

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, loch, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed but vowed.

ˈlɪbə | ˈlaɪbrər | h v ə (d) ˈhev |
ˈreɪ l | lɒx | məˈs ɑ | ɪˈlev |
w ˈseɪ ˈh ləʊd | bə əˈlaʊd |
ˈp pl | ˈlepəd | əʊd bə vaʊd |

Mark the difference, moreover,
Between mover, plover, Dover.

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice,

mɑ k ðə ˈdɪfrə s | mɔ ˈrəʊvə |
bɪˈ w ˈmu və | ˈplʌvə | ˈdəʊvə |
ˈl ɪz | ˈbr ɪz | waɪz | prɪˈsaɪs |
ˈ lɪs | bə pəˈl s ə (d) laɪs |

Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, penal, and canal,
Wait, surmise, plait, promise, pal,

ˈk məl | ˈkɒ s əbl | ʌ ˈs eɪbl |
ˈprɪ səpl | dɪˈsaɪpl | ˈleɪbl |
ˈpe l | ˈp l | ə (d) kəˈ l |
weɪ | səˈmaɪz | pl | ˈprɒmɪs | p l |

Suit, suite, ruin. Circuit, conduit
Rhyme with "shirk it" and "beyond it",
But it is not hard to tell
Why it's pall, mall, but Pall Mall.

su | sw | ˈru ɪ | ˈsɜ kɪ | ˈkɒ dwɪ |
raɪm wɪð ɜ k ɪ ə (d) bɪˈjɒ d ɪ |
bə ɪ ɪz ɒ hɑ d ə el |
wa(ɪ) ɪ s pɔ l | mɔ l | bə pæl mæl |

Muscle, muscular, gaol, iron,
Timber, climber, bullion, lion,

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor,

ˈmʌsl | ˈmʌskjʊlə | dʒeɪl | a(ɪ)ə |
ˈ ɪmbə | ˈklaɪmə | ˈbʊl ə | la(ɪ)ə |
wɜ m ə (d) s ɔ m | eɪz | ˈkeɪ.ɒs | eə |
ˈse ə ə | spekˈ eɪ ə | meə |

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
Has the a of drachm and hammer.
Pussy, hussy and possess,
Desert, but desert, address.

ˈaɪv | ˈprɪv | ˈfeɪməs | ˈkl mə |
hæz ði e(ɪ) əv dr m ə (d) ˈh mə |
ˈpʊs | ˈhʌs ə (d) pəˈzes |
ˈdezə | bə dɪˈzɜ | əˈdres |

Golf, wolf, countenance, lieutenants
Hoist in lieu of flags left pennants.
Courier, courtier, tomb, bomb, comb,
Cow, but Cowper, some and home.

ɡɒlf | wʊlf | ˈkaʊ ɪ ə s | lefˈ e ə s |
hɔɪs ɪ lu əv fl ɡz lef(t) ˈpe ə s |
ˈkʊr ə | ˈkɔ ə | u m | bɒm | kəʊm |
kaʊ | bə ˈkaʊpə | sʌm ə (d) həʊm |

"Solder, soldier! Blood is thicker",
Quoth he, "than liqueur or liquor",

Making, it is sad but true,
In bravado, much ado.

ˈsɒldə | ˈsəʊldʒə | blʌd ɪz ˈθɪkə |
kwəʊθ h | ðə lɪˈkjuər ɔ ˈlɪkə |
ˈmeɪkɪŋ | ɪ ɪz s d bə ru |
ɪ brəˈvɑ dəʊ | ˈmʌ əˈdu |

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Pilot, pivot, gaunt, but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand and grant.

ˈs reɪ dʒə dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð ˈ ŋɡə |
ˈ aɪðə dəz dɪˈva(ʊ)ə wɪð ˈkl ŋə |
ˈpaɪlə | ˈpɪvə | ɡɔ | bə ɑ |
fɒ | frʌ | wəʊ | wɒ | ɡr d ə (d) ɡrɑ

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Arsenic, specific, scenic,
Relic, rhetoric, hygienic.
Gooseberry, goose, and close, but close,
Paradise, rise, rose, and dose.

ˈɑ s ɪk | spəˈsɪfɪk | ˈs ɪk |
ˈrelɪk | ˈre ərɪk | haɪˈdʒ ɪk |
ˈɡʊzbər | ɡu s | ə (d) kləʊz | bə kləʊs |
ˈp rədaɪs | raɪz | rəʊz | ə (d) dəʊs |

Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle,
Make the latter rhyme with eagle.
Mind! Meandering but mean,
Valentine and magazine.

se(ɪ) ɪ ˈveɪ | eɪ | bə / ɪ ˈveɪɡl / ɪ ˈv :ɡl|
meɪk ðə ˈl ə raɪm wɪð ˈ ɡl |
maɪ d | m ˈ dərɪŋ bə m |
ˈv lə aɪ ə (d) ˌm ɡəˈz |

And I bet you, dear, a penny,
You say mani-(fold) like many,
Which is wrong. Say rapier, pier,
Tier (one who ties), but tier.

ə d aɪ ˈbe ju dɪər ə ˈpe |
ju seɪ ˈmɑ fəʊld laɪk ˈme |
wɪ ɪz rɒŋ | seɪ ˈreɪp ə | pɪə |
ta(ɪ)ə | wʌ hu aɪz | bə ɪə |

Arch, archangel; pray, does erring
Rhyme with herring or with stirring?
Prison, bison, treasure trove,
Treason, hover, cover, cove,

ɑ | ˈɑ kˌeɪ dʒəl | preɪ | dəz ˈɜ rɪŋ |
raɪm wɪð ˈherɪŋ ɔ wɪð ˈs ɜ rɪŋ |
ˈprɪz | ˈbaɪs | ˈ reʒə rəʊv |
ˈ r z | ˈhɒvə | ˈkʌvə | kəʊv |

Perseverance, severance. Ribald
Rhymes (but piebald doesn't) with nibbled.
Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw,
Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw.

ˌpɜ sɪˈvɪərə s | ˈsevərə s | ˈrɪbəld |
raɪmz | bə ˈpaɪbɔ ld ˈdʌz | wɪð ˈ ɪbld |
ˈfeɪ | ˈp ə |
| ɡɔ | ɔ |
lɪə | ˈsaɪkɪk | ɒ | bəʊ | p ɔ: |

Don't be down, my own, but rough it,
And distinguish buffet, buffet;
Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon,
Worcester, Boleyn, to impugn.

dəʊ (t) b daʊ | ma(ɪ) əʊ | bə rʌf ɪ |
ə (d) dɪˈs ɪŋɡwɪ ˈbʊfeɪ | ˈbʌfɪ |
bru d | s ʊd | ru f | rʊk | sku l | wʊl | bu |
ˈwʊs ə | bəˈlɪ | u ɪmˈpju |

Say in sounds correct and sterling
Hearse, hear, hearken, year and yearling.
Evil, devil, mezzotint,
Mind the z! (A gentle hint.)

se(ɪ) ɪ saʊ (d)z kəˈrek ə (d) ˈs ɜ lɪŋ |
hɜ s | hɪə | ˈhɑ kə | j ər/ jɜ r ə d ˈjɜ lɪŋ |
ˈ vl | ˈdevl | ˈme səʊ ɪ |
maɪ (d) ðə zed | ə ˈdʒe l hɪ |

Now you need not pay attention
To such sounds as I don't mention,
Sounds like pores, pause, pours and paws,
Rhyming with the pronoun yours;

aʊ ju d ɒ pe(ɪ) əˈ e
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ə sʌ ˈsaʊ (d)z əz aɪ dəʊ (t) ˈme
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saʊ (d)z laɪk pɔ z | pɔ z | pɔ z ə (d) pɔ z |
ˈraɪmɪŋ wɪð ðə ˈprəʊ aʊ jɔ z |

Nor are proper names included,
Though I often heard, as you did,
Funny rhymes to unicorn,
Yes, you know them, Vaughan and Strachan.

ɔ r ə ˈprɒpə ˈ eɪmz ɪ ˈklu dɪd |
ðə(ʊ) aɪ ˈɒf hɜ d | əz ju: dɪd |
ˈfʌ raɪmz ə ˈju ɪkɔ |
jes | ju əʊ ðəm | ˈvɔ: ə (d) ˈs rɔ:n |

No, my maiden, coy and comely,
I don't want to speak of Cholmondeley. No. Yet

Froude compared with proud
Is no better than McLeod.

əʊ | maɪ meɪd | kɔɪ ə (d) ˈkʌml |
aɪ dəʊ wɒ ə sp k əv ʌlm | əʊ | je
fru:d kəmˈpeəd wɪð praʊd |
ɪz əʊ ˈbe ə ðə məˈklaʊd |

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But mind trivial and vial,
Tripod, menial, denial,
Troll and trolley, realm and ream,
Schedule, mischief, schism, and scheme.

bə maɪ (d) ˈ rɪvɪəl ə (d) ˈva(ɪ)əl |
ˈ raɪpɒd | ˈm əl | dɪˈ a(ɪ)əl |
rəʊl ə (d) ˈ rɒl | relm ə (d) r m |
ˈ edju l | ˈmɪs ɪf | ˈskɪzəm | ə (d) sk m |

Argil, gill, Argyll, gill. Surely
May be made to rhyme with Raleigh,
But you're not supposed to say
Piquet rhymes with sobriquet.

ˈɑ dʒɪl | dʒɪl | arˈɡaɪl | ɡɪl | ˈ ɔ:li |
meɪ b ˈmeɪd ə raɪm wɪð ˈrɔ:li |

bə jɔ: ɒ səˈpəʊzd ə ˈseɪ |
pɪˈke raɪmz wɪð ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ |

Had this invalid invalid
Worthless documents? How pallid,
How uncouth he, couchant, looked,
When for Portsmouth I had booked!

hæd ðɪs ˈɪ vəl :d ɪ ˈv lɪd |
ˈwɜ θləs ˈdɒkjʊme s | haʊ ˈp lɪd
ˈhaʊ ʌ ˈku θ h | ˈkaʊ ə | lʊk |
we fə ˈpɔ sməθ ˈaɪ həd bʊk |

Zeus, Thebes, Thales, Aphrodite,
Paramour, enamoured, flighty,
Episodes, antipodes,
Acquiesce, and obsequies.

zju s | ˈθ bz |ˈθeɪl :z | ˌ frəˈdaɪ |
ˈp rəmʊə | ɪˈ məd | ˈflaɪ |
ˈepɪsəʊdz |
ˈ ɪpəd z |
ˌ kw ˈes | ə d ˈɒbsɪkwɪz |

Please don't monkey with the geyser,
Don't peel 'taters with my razor,
Rather say in accents pure:
Nature, stature and mature.

pl z dəʊ (t) ˈmʌŋk wɪð ðə ˈɡ zə |

dəʊ (t) p l eɪ əz wɪð maɪ ˈreɪzə |
ˈrɑ ðə ˈse(ɪ) ɪ ˈ kse s pjʊə |
ˈ eɪ ə | ˈs
ər ə (d) məˈ ʊə |

Pious, impious, limb, climb, glumly,
Worsted, worsted, crumbly, dumbly,
Conquer, conquest, vase, phase, fan,
Wan, sedan and artisan.

ˈpaɪ.əs | ˈɪmp əs | lɪm | klaɪm | ˈɡlʌml |
ˈwʊs ɪd | ˈwɜ:s ɪd | ˈkrʌmbl | ˈdʌml |
ˈkɒŋkə | ˈkɒŋkwes | vɑ z | feɪz | f
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wɒ | sɪˈd
ə d ˌɑ ɪˈz
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The th will surely trouble you
More than r, ch or w.
Say then these phonetic gems:
Thomas, thyme, Theresa, Thames.

ðə ˈ ˈeɪ wɪlˈ ʊəl ˈ rʌbl ju |
mɔ ðə ɑ | s : eɪ ɔ ˈdʌblju |
seɪ ðe ð z fəˈ e ɪk dʒemz |
ˈ ɒməs | aɪm | əˈr zə | ˈ emz |

Thompson, Chatham, Waltham, Streatham,
There are more but I forget 'emWait! I've got it: Anthony,

Lighten your anxiety.

ˈ ɒmpsə | ˈ
əm | ˈwɒlθəm | s re əm |
ðər ə mɔ bə aɪ fəˈɡe əm |
weɪ | aɪv ˈɡɒ ɪ | ˈ
ə |
ˈlaɪ jɔ:r ŋˈza(ɪ)ə |

The archaic word albeit
Does not rhyme with eight-you see it;
With and forthwith, one has voice,
One has not, you make your choice.

ði ɑ ˈkeɪ.ɪk ˈwɜ d ˌɔ lˈb ɪ |
dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð eɪ ju: ˈs ɪ |
wɪð ə (d) ˌfɔ θˈwɪθ | wʌ h z vɔɪs |
wʌ h z ɒ | ju ˈmeɪk jɔ: ɔɪs |

Shoes, goes, does *. Now first say: finger;
Then say: singer, ginger, linger.
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, age,

u z | ɡəʊz | dʌz | aʊ ˈfɜ s(t) ˈseɪ | ˈfɪŋɡə |
ðe ˈseɪ | ˈsɪŋə | ˈdʒɪ dʒə | ˈlɪŋɡə |
rɪəl | z l | məʊv | ɡɔ z ə (d) ɡeɪdʒ |
ˈm rɪdʒ | ˈfəʊl ɪdʒ | ˈmɪrɑ ʒ | eɪdʒ

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Hero, heron, query, very,
Parry, tarry fury, bury,
Dost, lost, post, and doth, cloth, loth,
Job, Job, blossom, bosom, oath.

ˈhɪərəʊ | ˈherə | ˈkwɪər | ˈver |
ˈp r | ˈ ɑ r ˈfjʊər | ˈber |
dʌs | lɒs | pəʊs | ə (d) dʌθ | klɒθ | ləʊθ |
dʒɒb | dʒəʊb | ˈblɒsəm | ˈbʊzəm | əʊθ |

Faugh, oppugnant, keen oppugners,
Bowing, bowing, banjo-tuners
Holm you know, but noes, canoes,
Puisne, truism, use, to use?

fɔ | əpju: ə | k əpju: əz |
ˈbɑ(ʊ)ɪŋ | ˈbə(ʊ)ɪŋ | b dʒəʊ  ju: əz |
ˈhəʊm ju əʊ | bə ˈ əʊz | kəˈ u z |
ˈpju | ˈ ru ɪzəm | ˈju s | ə ˈju z |

Though the difference seems little,
We say actual, but victual,
Seat, sweat, chaste, caste, Leigh, eight, height,
Put, nut, granite, and unite.

ðəʊ ðə ˈdɪfrə s ˈs mz ˈlɪ l |

w ˈseɪ ˈ k uəl | bə ˈvɪ l |
s | swe | eɪs | kɑ s | l | eɪ | haɪ |
ˈpʊ | ʌ | ˈɡr ɪ | ə d juˈ aɪ |

Reefer does not rhyme with deafer,
Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Dull, bull, Geoffrey, George, ate, late,
Hint, pint, senate, but sedate.

ˈr fə dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð ˈdefə |
fefə dʌz | ə (d) ˈzefə | ˈhefə |
dʌl | bʊl | ˈdʒefr | dʒɔ dʒ | e | leɪ |
hɪ | paɪ | ˈse ɪ | bə sɪˈdeɪ |

Gaelic, Arabic, pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific;
Tour, but our, dour, succour, four,
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

ˈɡeɪlɪk | ˈ rəbɪk | pəˈsɪfɪk |
ˈsa(ɪ)ə s | ˈkɒ ə s | ˌsa(ɪ)ə ˈ ɪfɪk |
ʊə | bə ˈa(ʊ)ə | dʊə | ˈsʌkə | fɔ |
ɡ s | əˈl s | ə d ɑ kə sɔ |

Say manoeuvre, yacht and vomit,
Next omit, which differs from it
Bona fide, alibi
Gyrate, dowry and awry.

seɪ məˈ u və | jɒ ə (d) ˈvɒmɪ |

eks əˈmɪ | wɪ ˈdɪfəz frɒm ɪ |
bə(ʊ) ə faɪdi | ˈ ləbaɪ |
ˌdʒaɪˈreɪ | ˈda(ʊ)ər ə d əˈraɪ |

Sea, idea, guinea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean,
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

s | aɪˈdɪə | ˈɡɪ | ˈeər ə |
sɑ m | məˈr ə | bə məˈleər ə |
ju θ | saʊθ | ˈsʌðə | kle z ə (d) kl
ˈdɒk rɪ | ˈ ɜ pə aɪ | məˈr |

Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion with battalion,
Rally with ally; yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay!

kəmˈpeər ˈeɪl ə wɪð ɪˈ ljə |
ˈd dɪla(ɪ)ə wɪð bəˈ ljə |
ˈr l wɪð ˈ laɪ | jeɪ | j |
aɪ | ˈaɪ | aɪ | aɪ | weɪ | k | k |

Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, receiver.
Never guess-it is not safe,
We say calves, valves, half, but Ralf.

ˈse(ɪ) əˈvɜ | bə ˈevə | ˈf və |

ˈ aɪðə | ˈleʒə | skeɪ | rɪˈs və |
ˈ evə ges | ɪ ɪz ɒ seɪf |
w ˈseɪ kɑ vz | v lvz | hɑ f | bə ˈr lf |

Starry, granary, canary,
Crevice, but device, and eyrie,
Face, but preface, then grimace,
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

ˈs ɑ r | ˈɡr ər | kəˈ eər |
ˈkrevɪs | bə dɪˈvaɪs | ə d ˈeər |
feɪs | bə ˈprefɪs | ðe ɡrɪˈmeɪs |
flem | fleɡˈm ɪk | s | ɡlɑ s | ˈbeɪs |

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Bass, large, target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, oust, joust, and scour, but
scourging;
Ear, but earn; and ere and tear
Do not rhyme with here but heir.

ˈb s | lɑ dʒ | ˈ ɑ ɡɪ | dʒɪ | ɡɪv | ˈvɜ dʒɪŋ |
ˈɔ | aʊs | dʒaʊs | ə (d) ˈska(ʊ)ə | bə
ˈskɜ dʒɪŋ |

ɪə | bə ɜ | ə d eər ə (d) ˈ eə |
də ɒ raɪm wɪð hɪə bə eə |

Mind the o of off and often
Which may be pronounced as orphan,
With the sound of saw and sauce;
Also soft, lost, cloth and cross.

maɪ (d) ð əʊ əv ɒf /ˈɔ f ə d ˈɒf /ˈɔ f |
wɪ meɪ b prəˈ aʊ s əz ˈɔ f |
wɪð ðə ˈsaʊ d əv ˈsɔ ə (d) sɔ s |
ˈɔ lsəʊ sɒf | lɒs | klɒθ ə (d) krɒs |

Pudding, puddle, putting. Putting?
Yes: at golf it rhymes with shutting.
Respite, spite, consent, resent.
Liable, but Parliament.

ˈpʊdɪŋ | ˈpʌdl | ˈpʊ ɪŋ | ˈpʌ ɪŋ |
jes | ə ɡɒlf ɪ raɪmz wɪð ˈ ʌ ɪŋ |
ˈrespaɪ | spaɪ | kə ˈse | rɪˈze
ˈla(ɪ)əbl | bə ˈpɑ ləmə |

Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, clerk and jerk,
Asp, grasp, wasp, demesne, cork, work.

ˈsev ɪz raɪ | bə ˈsə(ʊ) ɪz ˈ v |
ˈhaɪf | ˈrʌf | ˈ evju | ˈs v |

ˈmʌŋk | ˈdɒŋk | klɑ k ə (d) dʒɜ k |
sp | ɡrɑ sp | wɒsp | dɪˈmeɪ | kɔ k | ˈwɜ k |

A of valour, vapid vapour,
S of news (compare newspaper),
G of gibbet, gibbon, gist,
I of antichrist and grist,

eɪ əv ˈv lə | ˈv pɪd ˈveɪpə |
es əv ju z kəmˈpeə ˈ ju speɪpə |
dʒiː əv ˈdʒɪbɪ | ˈɡɪbə | dʒɪs |
aɪ əv ˈ
ɪkraɪs ə (d) ɡrɪs |

Differ like diverse and divers,
Rivers, strivers, shivers, fivers.
Once, but nonce, toll, doll, but roll,
Polish, Polish, Poll and poll.

ˈdɪfə ˈlaɪk daɪˈvɜ s ə (d) ˈdaɪvəz |
ˈrɪvəz | ˈs raɪvəz | ˈ ɪvəz | ˈfaɪvəz |
wʌ s | bə ɒ s | əʊl | dɒl | bə rəʊl |
ˈpɒlɪ | ˈpəʊlɪ | pɒl ə (d) pəʊl |

Pronunciation-think of Psyche!Is a paling, stout and spiky.
Won't it make you lose your wits
Writing groats and saying "grits"?

prə  ʌ s eɪ θɪŋk əv ˈsaɪk |
ɪz ə ˈpeɪlɪŋ | s aʊ ə (d) ˈspaɪk |

wəʊ ɪ meɪk ju lu z jɔ: wɪ s |
ˈraɪ ɪŋ ɡrəʊ s ə (d) ˈseɪɪŋ ɡrɪ s |

It's a dark abyss or tunnel
Strewn with stones like rowlock, gunwale,
Islington, and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.

ɪ s ə dɑ k əˈbɪs ɔ ˈ ʌ l |
s ru wɪð s əʊ z ˈlaɪk ˈrɒlək | ˈɡʌ l |
ˈɪzlɪŋ ə | ə d aɪl əv waɪ |
ˈhaʊswaɪf | ˈvɜ dɪk ə d ɪ ˈdaɪ |

Don't you think so, reader, rather,
Saying lather, bather, father?
Finally, which rhymes with enough,
Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough,
tough??

dəʊ ju ˈθɪŋk səʊ | ˈr də | ˈrɑ ðə |
ˈseɪɪŋ ˈlɑ ðə | ˈbeɪðə | ˈfɑ ðə |
ˈfaɪ əl | wɪ raɪmz wɪð ɪˈ ʌf |
ðəʊ | θru | baʊ | kɒf | ˈhɒk | sʌf |
ʌf |

Hiccough has the sound of sup...
My advice is: GIVE IT UP!

ˈhɪkʌp h z ðə ˈsaʊ d əv sʌp |
ma(ɪ) ədˈvaɪs ɪz | ɡɪv ɪ ʌp

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