Vous pensez que vous avez un super niveau en anglais ? Que vous avez un super accent very english et une prononciation hors du commun ? Je vous propose un challenge !
Vous pensez que vous avez un super niveau en anglais ? Que vous avez un super accent very english et une prononciation hors du commun ? Je vous propose un challenge !
Serez-vous capable de prononcer ce poème sans faire de faute ?
👉 Je vous donne la solution à la fin de cet article avec une vidéo et la retranscription en phonétique.
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation — think of Psyche!
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It's a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough —
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!*
Pas si facile, n'est-ce pas ?
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Dearest creature in creation,ˈdiərist 'kriːʧə ın kriː'eıʃən
Studying English pronunciation. ˈstʌdiıŋ 'ıŋglıʃ prəʊnʌnsiːˈeıʃən
I will teach you in my verse, aı wıl tiːʧ juː ın maı vɜːs
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. saʊndz laık kɔːps kɔə hɔːs ənd wɜːs
It will keep you, Susy, busy, ıt wıl kiːp juː 'suːzi, 'bızi
Make your head with heat grow dizzy. meık jɔː hɛd wıð hiːt grəʊ 'dızi
Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear, tıərın aı jɔː drɛs juːl tɛə
Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer. kwiə fɛə 'siːə hıə maı prɛə
Pray, console your loving poet, preı kən'səʊl jɔː 'lʌvıŋ 'pəʊıt
Make my coat look new, dear, sew it. meık maı kəʊt lʊk njuː diə səʊ ıt
Just compare heart, hear and heard, ʤʌst kəm'pɛə hɑːt hıə ənd hɜːd
Dies and diet, lord and word, daız ənd 'daııt lɔːd ənd wɜːd
Sword and sward, retain and Britain, sɔːd ənd swɔːd rı'teın ənd 'brıtn
(Mind the latter how it's written). maınd ðə 'lætə haʊ ıts 'rıtn
Made has not the sound of bade, meıd həz nɒt ðə saʊnd ɒv bæd
Say-said, pay-paid, laid but plaid. seı sɛd peı peıd leıd bət plæd
Now I surely will not plague you, naʊ aı ˈʃʊəli wıl nɒt pleıg juː
With such words as vague and ague. wıð sʌʧ wɜːdz əz veıg ənd 'eıgjuː
But be careful how you speak. bət biː 'kɛəfʊl haʊ juː spiːk
Say: gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak, seı gʌʃ bʊʃ steık striːk breık bliːk
Previous, precious, fuchsia, via, 'priːvıəs 'prɛʃəs 'fjuːʃə 'vaıə
Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir, 'rɛsipi paıp 'stʌdnsəl 'kwaiə
Woven, oven, how and low, 'wəʊvn 'ʌvən haʊ ənd ləʊ
Script, receipt, shoe, poem, toe. skrıpt rı'siːt ʃuː ˈpəʊim təʊ
Say, expecting fraud and trickery, seı ıkˈspɛktıŋ frɔːd ənd 'trıkəri
Daughter, laughter and Terpsichore, ˈdɔːtə ˈlɑːftə ənd tɜːp'sıkəri
Branch, ranch, measles, topsails, aisles, brɑːnʧ rɑːntʃ 'miːzlz ˈtɒpslz ˈaılz
Missiles, similes, reviles, ˈmisailz ˈsimiliz riˈvailz
Wholly, holly, signal, signing, 'həʊli ˈhɒli 'sıgnl 'saınıŋ
Same, examining, but mining. seım ıgˈzæmınıŋ bət 'maınıŋ
Scholar, vicar, and cigar, 'skɒlə 'vıkə ənd sı'gɑː
Solar, mica, war and far. 'səʊlə 'maıkə wɔː ənd fɑː
From desire: desirable-admirable from admire, frəm dı'zaıə dı'zaırəbl 'ædmırəbl frəm ædˈmaiə
Lumber, plumber, bier, but brier, 'lʌmbə 'plʌmə biə bət 'braıə
Topsham, brougham, renown, but known, ˈtɒpʃəm 'bruːm rı'naʊn bət nəʊn
Knowledge, done, lone, gone, none, tone, 'nɒlıʤ dʌn ləʊn gɒn nʌn təʊn
One, anemone, Balmoral, wʌn ə'nɛməniː bælˈmɒrəl
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel. 'kıʧın 'laıkn ˈlɔːndri 'lɒrəl
Gertrude, German, wind and Wind, 'gɜːtruːd 'ʤɜːmən wınd ənd waind
Beau, kind, kindred, queue, mankind, bəʊ kaınd 'kındrıd kjuː mænkˈaınd
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Tortoise, turquoise, chamois-leather, 'tɔːtəs 'tɜːkwɔız ˈʃæmi ˈlɛðə
Reading, Reading, heathen, heather. 'riːdıŋ 'rɛdıŋ 'hiːðən 'hɛðə
This phonetic labyrinth ðıs fəʊˈnɛtik 'læbırınθ
Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth. gıvz mɒs grəʊs brʊk brəʊʧ naınθ plınθ
Have you ever yet endeavoured hæv juː 'ɛvə jɛt ɛnˈdɛvəd
To pronounce revered and severed, tə prəʊ'naʊns riˈviəd ənd ˈsɛvəd
Demon, lemon, ghoul, foul, soul, 'diːmən 'lɛmən guːl faʊl səʊl
Peter, petrol and patrol? 'piːtə 'pɛtrəl ənd pə'trəʊl
Billet does not end like ballet; 'bılıt dʌz nɒt ɛnd laık 'bæleı
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. buːˈkeı 'wɒlıt 'mælıt 'ʃæleı
Blood and flood are not like food, blʌd ənd flʌd ɑː nɒt laık fuːd
Nor is mould like should and would. nɔː ız məʊld laık ʃʊd ənd wʊd
Banquet is not nearly parquet, 'bæŋkwıt ız nɒt ˈniəli 'pɑːki
Which exactly rhymes with khaki. wıʧ ıg'zæktli raımz wıð ˈkɑːki
Discount, viscount, load and broad, 'dıskaʊnt 'vaıkaʊnt ləʊd ənd brɔːd
Toward, to forward, to reward, ˈtɔːd tə 'fɔːwəd tə rı'wɔːd
Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet? ˈrıkəʃeıd ənd ˈkrəʊʃeiıŋ krəʊ'keı
Right! Your pronunciation's OK. raıt jɔː prəʊnʌnsiːˈeıʃənz əʊ'keı
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, 'raʊndıd 'wuːndıd griːv ənd sıv
Friend and fiend, alive and live. frɛnd ənd fiːnd ə'laıv ənd lıv
Is your R correct in higher? ız jɔː[r] ɑː kə'rɛkt ın 'haıə
Keats asserts it rhymes Thalia. kiːts ə'sɜːts ıt raımz θə'laıə
Hugh, but hug, and hood, but hoot, hjuː bət hʌg ənd hʊd bət huːt
Buoyant, minute, but Minute. 'bɔıənt 'mınıt bət maiˈnjuːt
Say abscission with precision, seı æb'sıʃən wıð prıˈsıʒən
Now: position and transition; naʊ pəˈziʃən ənd trɑːnˈsiʒən
Would it tally with my rhyme wʊd ıt 'tæli wıð maı raım
If I mentioned paradigm? ıf aı ˈmɛnʃənd 'pærədaım
Twopence, threepence, tease are easy, 'tʌpəns 'θrıpəns tiːz ɑː 'iːzi
But cease, crease, grease and greasy? bət siːs kriːs griːs ənd 'griːzi
Cornice, nice, valise, revise, 'kɔːnıs naıs və'liːs rı'vaız
Rabies, but lullabies. 'reıbiːz bət ˈlʌləbaiz
Of such puzzling words as nauseous, ɒv sʌʧ ˈpʌzlıŋ wɜːdz əz ˈnɔːʃəs
Rhyming well with cautious, tortious, 'raımıŋ wɛl wıð 'kɔːʃəs 'tɔːʃəs
You'll envelop lists, I hope, juːl ınˈvɛləp lısts aı həʊp
In a linen envelope. ın ə 'lının 'ɛnvələʊp
Would you like some more? You'll have it! wʊd juː laık sʌm mɔə juːl hæv ıt
Affidavit, David, davit. æfı'deıvıt 'deıvıd 'dævıt
To abjure, to perjure. Sheik tə æb'ʤʊə tə 'pɜːʤə ʃeik
Does not sound like Czech but ache. dʌz nɒt saʊnd laık ʧɛk bət eık
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Liberty, library, heave and heaven, 'lıbəti 'laıbrəri hiːv ənd 'hɛvən
Rachel, loch, moustache, eleven. rəˈʃɛl lɒx mʊˈstɑːʃ ı'lɛvən
We say hallowed, but allowed, wiː seı 'hæləʊd bət ə'laʊd
People, leopard, towed but vowed. 'piːpl 'lɛpəd təʊd bət vaʊd
Mark the difference, moreover, mɑːk ðə 'dıfərəns mɔəˈrəʊvə
Between mover, plover, Dover. bı'twiːn 'muːvə 'plʌvə 'dəʊvə
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, ˈliːʧız 'brıʧız waız prı'saıs
Chalice, but police and lice, 'ʧælıs bət pə'liːs ənd laıs
Camel, constable, unstable, 'kæməl ˈkʌnstəbl ʌn'steıbl
Principle, disciple, label. 'prınsıpl dıˈsaıpəl 'leıbl
Petal, penal, and canal, 'pɛtl 'piːnəl ənd kə'næl
Wait, surmise, plait, promise, pal, weıt sə'maız plæt 'prɒmıs pæl
Suit, suite, ruin. Circuit, conduit sjuːt swiːt ˈruːin 'sɜːkıt ˈkɒndit
Rhyme with shirk it and beyond it, raım wıð ʃɜːk ıt ənd biˈjɒnd ıt
But it is not hard to tell bət ıt ız nɒt hɑːd tə tɛl
Why it's pall, mall, but Pall Mall. waı ıts pɔːl mɔːl bət pɛl mɛl
Muscle, muscular, gaol, iron, 'mʌsl 'mʌskjʊlə ʤeıl 'aıən
Timber, climber, bullion, lion, 'tımbə 'klaımə 'bʊliən 'laıən
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, wɜːm ənd stɔːm ʃeız 'keıɒs ʧɛə
Senator, spectator, mayor, 'sɛnətə spɛk'teıtə mɛə
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour 'aıvi 'prıvi 'feıməs 'klæmə
Has the A of drachm and hammer. həz ðə eı ɒv dræm ənd 'hæmə
Pussy, hussy and possess, 'pʊsi 'hʌzi ənd pə'zɛs
Desert, but desert, address. dı'zɜːt bət ˈdɛzət ə'drɛs
Golf, wolf, countenance, lieutenants gɒlf wʊlf 'kaʊntınəns lɛfˈtɛnənts
Hoist in lieu of flags left pennants. hɔıst ın ljuː ɒv flægz lɛft ˈpɛnənts
Courier, courtier, tomb, bomb, comb, ˈkʊriə 'kɔətiə tuːm bɒm kəʊm
Cow, but Cowper, some and home. kaʊ bət ˈkuːpə sʌm ənd həʊm
Solder, soldier! Blood is thicker, ˈsɒldə 'səʊlʤə blʌd ız 'θıkə
Quoth he, than liqueur or liquor, kwəʊθ hiː ðæn liˈkjʊə ə 'lıkə
Making, it is sad but true, 'meıkıŋ ıt ız sæd bət truː
In bravado, much ado. ın brə'veidəʊ mʌʧ ə'duː
Stranger does not rhyme with anger, 'streınʤə dʌz nɒt raım wıð 'æŋgə
Neither does devour with clangour. ˈnaiðə dʌz dı'vaʊə wıð 'klæŋgə
Pilot, pivot, gaunt, but aunt, 'paılət 'pıvət gɔːnt bət ɑːnt
Font, front, wont, want, grand and grant. fɒnt frʌnt wəʊnt wɒnt grənd ənd grɑːnt
Arsenic, specific, scenic, 'ɑːsnık spɛˈsıfık 'siːnık
Relic, rhetoric, hygienic. 'rɛlık 'rɛtərık haı'ʤiːnık
Gooseberry, goose, and Close, but close, ˈgʊzbəri guːs ənd kləʊz bət kləʊs
Paradise, rise, rose, and dose. 'pærədaıs raız rəʊz ənd dəʊs
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Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle, seı ın'veı neı bət ın'viːgl
Make the latter rhyme with eagle. meık ðə 'lætə raım wıð 'iːgl
Mind! Meandering but mean, maınd miːˈəndərıŋ bət miːn
Valentine and magazine. 'væləntaın ənd mægəˈziːn
And I bet you, dear, a penny, ənd aı bɛt juː diə ə 'pɛni
You say manifold like many, juː seı 'mænifəʊld laık 'mɛni
Which is wrong. Say rapier, pier, wıʧ ız rɒŋ seı 'reıpıə piə
Tier (one who ties), but tier. 'taıə wʌn hʊ taız bət tiə
Arch, archangel; pray, does erring ɑːʧ 'ɑːk'eınʤəl preı dʌz 'ɜːrıŋ
Rhyme with herring or with stirring? raım wıð 'hɛrıŋ ə wıð 'stɜːrıŋ
Prison, bison, treasure trove, 'prızn 'baısən 'trɛʃə trəʊv
Treason, hover, cover, cove, 'triːzn ˈhɒvə ˈkʌvə kəʊv
Perseverance, severance. Ribald pɜːsiˈviərəns 'sɛvərəns 'rıbəld
Rhymes (but piebald doesn't) with nibbled. raımz bət 'paıbɔːld 'dʌznt wıð 'nıbld
Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw, 'feııtn 'piːən næt gɔːt nɔː
Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw. ˈliːən 'saıkık ʃɒn bəʊn ʃɔː
Don't be down, my own, but rough it, dəʊnt biː daʊn maı əʊn bət rʌf ıt
And distinguish Buffet, buffet; ənd dıs'tıŋgwıʃ ˈbʊfei ˈbʌfit
Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon, bruːd stʊd ruːf rʊk skuːl wʊl buːn
Worcester, Boleyn, to impugn. 'wʊstə 'bʊlın tə ım'pjuːn
Say in sounds correct and sterling seı ın saʊndz kə'rɛkt ənd 'stɜːlıŋ
Hearse, hear, hearken, year and yearling. hɜːs hıə 'hɑːkn jiə ənd 'jɜːliŋ
Evil, devil, mezzotint, 'iːvl 'dɛvl ˈmɛdzəʊtint
Mind the Z! (A gentle hint.) maınd ðə zɛd eı 'ʤɛntl hınt
Now you need not pay attention naʊ juː niːd nɒt peı ə'tɛnʃən
To such sounds as I don't mention, tə sʌʧ saʊndz əz aı dəʊnt 'mɛnʃən
Sounds like pores, pause, pours and paws, saʊndz laık pɔəz pɔːz pɔəz ənd pɔːz
Rhyming with the pronoun yours; 'raımıŋ wıð ðə 'prəʊnaʊn jɔːz
Nor are proper names included, nɔː ɑː 'prɒpə neımz ın'kluːdıd
Though I often heard, as you did, ðəʊ aı ˈɔːfən hɜːd əz juː dıd
Funny rhymes to unicorn, 'fʌni raımz tə 'juːnıkɔːn
Yes, you know them, Vaughan and Strachan. jɛs juː nəʊ ðɛm vɔːn ənd strɔːn
No, my maiden, coy and comely, nəʊ maı 'meıdn kɔi ənd ˈkʌmli
I don't want to speak of Cholmondeley. aı dəʊnt wɒnt tə spiːk ɒv kəl'mʌndli
No. Yet Froude compared with proud nəʊ jɛt fruːd kəm'pɛəd wıð praʊd
Is no better than McLeod. ız nəʊ 'bɛtə ðæn məˈklaʊd
But mind trivial and vial, bət 'trıvıəl ənd 'vaıəl
Tripod, menial, denial, 'traıpɒd 'miːnıəl dı'naıəl
Troll and trolley, realm and ream, trəʊl ənd 'trɒli rɛlm ənd riːm
Schedule, mischief, schism, and scheme. 'ʃɛʤuːl 'mıstʃıf sızm ənd skiːm
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Argil, Gill, Argyll, gill. Surely 'ɑːʤıl ʤıl ɑː'gaıl gıl ˈʃɔːli
May be made to rhyme with Raleigh, meı biː meıd tə raım wıð 'rɔːli
But you're not supposed to say bət jɔː nɒt sə'pəʊzd tə seı
Piquet rhymes with sobriquet. pıˈkɛt raımz wıð ˈsəʊbrikei
Had this invalid Invalid hæd ðıs 'invəlid ın'vælıd
Worthless documents? How pallid, 'wɜːθlıs ˈdɒkjʊmənts haʊ 'pælıd
How uncouth he, couchant, looked, haʊ ʌn'kuːθ hiː 'kaʊʧənt lʊkt
When for Portsmouth I had booked! wɛn fɔː ˈpɔətsməθ aı hæd 'bʊkt
Zeus, Thebes, Thales, Aphrodite, zjuːs θiːbz 'θeıliːz æfrəʊ'daıti
Paramour, enamoured, flighty, 'pærəmʊə ɛˈnæməd 'flaıti
Episodes, antipodes, ˈɛpısəʊdz æn'tıpədiːz
Acquiesce, and obsequies. ækwiː'ɛs ənd ˈɒbsikwiːz
Please don't monkey with the geyser, pliːz dəʊnt 'mʌŋki wıð ðə ˈgeizə
Don't peel taters with my razor, dəʊnt piːl ˈteitəz wıð maı 'reızə
Rather say in accents pure: ˈrɑːðə seı ın ˈæksənts pjʊə
Nature, stature and mature. 'neıʧə ˈstætjə ənd mə'tjʊə
Pious, impious, limb, climb, glumly, 'paıəs 'ımpıəs lım klaım ˈglʌmli
Worsted, worsted, crumbly, dumbly, 'wʊstıd ˈwɜːstid ˈkrʌmbli dʌmli
Conquer, conquest, vase, phase, fan, 'kɒŋkə 'kɒŋkwɛst vɑːz feız fæn
Wan, sedan and artisan. wɒn sı'dæn ənd ɑːtı'zæn
The TH will surely trouble you ði ˈtiːˈeıʧ wıl ˈʃʊəli 'trʌbl juː
More than R, CH or W. mɔə ðæn ɑː 'siː'eitʃ ə 'dʌbljuː
Say then these phonetic gems: seı ðɛn ðiːz fəʊˈnɛtik ʤɛmz
Thomas, thyme, Theresa, Thames. 'tɒməs taım tə'riːsə tɛmz
Thompson, Chatham, Waltham, Streatham, 'tɒmpsən 'ʧætəm 'wɒltəm 'strɛtəm
There are more but I forget them ðɛə ɑː mɔə bət aı fə'gɛt ðɛm
Wait! I've got it: Anthony, weıt aıv gɒt ıt 'æntəni
Lighten your anxiety. 'laıtn jɔː æŋ'zaıəti
The archaic word albeit ði ɑː'keıık wɜːd ɔːl'biːıt
Does not rhyme with eight-you see it; dʌz nɒt raım wıð eıt juː siː ıt
With and forthwith, one has voice, wıð ənd fɔəθˈwiθ wʌn həz vɔıs
One has not, you make your choice. wʌn həz nɒt juː meık jɔː ʧɔis
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say: finger; ʃuːz gəʊz dʌz naʊ fɜːst seı 'fıŋgə
Then say: singer, ginger, linger. ðɛn seı ˈsiŋə 'ʤınʤə 'lıŋgə
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze and gauge, ˈriːəl ziːl məʊv gɔːz ənd geıʤ
Marriage, foliage, mirage, age, ˈmæridʒ 'fəʊliıʤ mı'rɑːʒ eıʤ
Hero, heron, query, very, 'hiərəʊ 'hɛrən ˈkwiəri 'vɛri
Parry, tarry, fury, bury, 'pæri 'tæri 'fjʊəri 'bɛri
Dost, lost, post, and doth, cloth, loth, dʌst lɒst pəʊst ənd dʌθ klɒθ ləʊθ
Job, Job, blossom, bosom, oath. ʤɒb ʤəʊb 'blɒsəm 'bʊzəm əʊθ
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Faugh, oppugnant, keen oppugners, fɔː ə'pʌgnənt kiːn əˈpjuːnəz
Bowing, bowing, banjo-tuners 'bəʊıŋ ˈbaʊiŋ ˈbænʤəʊ ˈtjuːnəz
Holm you know, but noes, canoes, həʊm juː nəʊ bət nəʊz kənˈuːz
Puisne, truism, Use, to use? 'pjuːni 'truːızm juːs tə juːz
Though the difference seems little, ðəʊ ðə 'dıfərəns siːmz 'lıtl
We say actual, but victual, wiː seı 'æktjuːəl bət 'vıtl
Seat, sweat, chaste, caste, Leigh, eight, height, siːt swɛt ʧeıst kɑːst liː eıt haıt
Put, nut, granite, and unite. pʊt nʌt 'grænıt ənd juː'naıt
Reefer does not rhyme with deafer, 'riːfə dʌz nɒt raım wıð dɛfə
Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer. 'fɛfə dʌz ənd 'zɛfə 'hɛfə
Dull, bull, Geoffrey, George, ate, late, dʌl bʊl 'ʤɛfri ʤɔːʤ ɛt leıt
Hint, pint, senate, but sedate. hınt paınt 'sɛnıt bət sı'deıt
Gaelic, Arabic, pacific, 'geılık 'ærəbık pə'sıfık
Science, conscience, scientific; 'saıəns ˈkɒnʃəns saıəntˈıfık
Tour, but our, dour, succour, four, tʊə bət aʊə dʊə 'sʌkə fɔə
Gas, alas, and Arkansas. gæs ə'lɑːs ənd 'ɑːkənsɔː
Say manoeuvre, yacht and vomit, seı mə'njuːvə jɒt ənd 'vɒmıt
Next omit, which differs from it nɛkst əʊ'mıt wıʧ ˈdıfəz frəm ıt
Bona fide, alibi 'bəʊnə ˈfaidi 'ælıbaı
Gyrate, dowry and awry. 'ʤaiəreıt 'daʊri ənd ə'raı
Sea, idea, guinea, area, siː aı'dıə 'gıni 'ɛərıə
Psalm, Maria, but malaria. sɑːm mə'rıə bət mə'lɛərıə
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean, juːθ saʊθ 'sʌðən klɛnz ənd kliːn
Doctrine, turpentine, marine. 'dɒktrın 'tɜːpəntaın mə'riːn
Compare alien with Italian, kəm'pɛə 'eılıən wıð ı'tælıən
Dandelion with battalion, ˈdəndilaiən wıð bə'tæliən
Rally with ally; yea, ye, 'ræli wıð əˈlai jeı jiː
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay! aı aı eı eı weı kiː kiː
Say aver, but ever, fever, seı əˈvɜː bət 'ɛvə 'fiːvə
Neither, leisure, skein, receiver. ˈnaiðə ˈlɛʒə skeın rı'siːvə
Never guess-it is not safe, 'nɛvə gɛs ıt ız nɒt seıf
We say calves, valves, half, but Ralf. wiː seı kɑːvz vælvz hɑːf bət reıf
Starry, granary, canary, 'stɑːri 'grænəri kə'nɛəri
Crevice, but device, and eyrie, 'krɛvıs bət dı'vaıs ənd 'ɛəri
Face, but preface, then grimace, feıs bət 'prɛfıs ðɛn griˈmeis
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. flɛm flɛg'mætık æs glɑːs beis
Bass, large, target, gin, give, verging, bæs lɑːʤ 'tɑːgıt ʤın gıv ˈvɜːʤıŋ
Ought, oust, joust, and scour, but scourging; ɔːt aʊst ʤaʊst ənd skaʊə bət 'skɜːdʒiŋ
Ear, but earn; and ere and tear iə bət ɜːn ənd ɛə ənd tɛə
Do not rhyme with here but heir. duː nɒt raım wıð hıə bət ɛə
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Mind the O of off and often maınd ðə əʊ ɒv ɒf ənd ˈɔːfən
Which may be pronounced as orphan, wıʧ biː prəʊ'naʊnst əz 'ɔːfən
With the sound of saw and sauce; wıð ðə saʊnd ɒv sɔː ənd sɔːs
Also soft, lost, cloth and cross. 'ɔːlsəʊ sɒft lɒst klɒθ ənd krɔːs
Pudding, puddle, putting. Putting? 'pʊdıŋ 'pʌdl ˈpʊtıŋ ˈpʌtıŋ
Yes: at golf it rhymes with shutting. jɛs æt gɒlf ıt raımz wıð 'ʃʌtıŋ
Respite, spite, consent, resent. 'rɛspıt spaıt kən'sɛnt rı'zɛnt
Liable, but Parliament. 'laıəbl bət ˈpɑːlimɛnt
Seven is right, but so is even, 'sɛvn ız raıt bət səʊ ız 'iːvn
Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen, 'haıfən 'rʌfn 'nɛvjuː 'stiːvn
Monkey, donkey, clerk and jerk, 'mʌŋki ˈdɒŋki klɑːk ənd ʤɜːk
Asp, grasp, wasp, demesne, cork, work. æsp grɑːsp wɒsp dı'meın kɔːk wɜːk
A of valour, vapid vapour, eı ɒv 'vælə 'væpıd 'veıpə
S of news (compare newspaper), ɛs ɒv njuːz kəm'pɛə 'njuːspeıpə
G of gibbet, gibbon, gist, ʤiː ɒv 'ʤıbıt 'gıbən ʤıst
I of antichrist and grist, aı ɒv 'æntıkraıst ənd grıst
Differ like diverse and divers, 'dıfə laık daıˈvɜːs ənd 'daıvəz
Rivers, strivers, shivers, fivers. 'rıvəz ˈstraivəz 'ʃıvəz 'faivəz
Once, but nonce, toll, doll, but roll, wʌns bət nɒns təʊl dɒl bət rəʊl
Polish, polish, Poll and poll. 'pəʊlıʃ 'pɒlıʃ pɒl ənd pəʊl
Pronunciation, think of Psyche, prəʊnʌnsiːˈeıʃən θıŋk ɒv 'saıki
Is a paling, stout and spiky. ız ə 'peılıŋ staʊt ənd 'spaıki
Won't it make you lose your wits wəʊnt ıt meık juː luːz jɔː wıts
Writing groats and saying grits? 'raıtıŋ grəʊts ənd 'seııŋ grıts
It's a dark abyss or tunnel ıts ə dɑːk ə'bıs ə 'tʌnl
Strewn with stones like rowlock, gunwale, struːn wıð stəʊnz laık 'rɒlək ˈgʌnl
Islington, and Isle of Wight, 'ızlıŋtn ənd aıl ɒv waıt
Housewife, verdict and indict. ˈhʌzif 'vɜːdıkt ənd ın'daıt
Don't you think so, reader, rather, dəʊnt juː θıŋk səʊ 'riːdə ˈrɑːðə
Saying lather, bather, father? 'seııŋ 'læðə 'beıðə 'fɑːðə
Finally, which rhymes with enough, 'faınəli wıʧ raımz wıð ı'nʌf
Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough?? ðəʊ θruː baʊ kɒf hɒk sʌf tʌf
Hiccough has the sound of sup. ˈhikʌp həz ðə saʊnd əv sʌp
My advice is: GIVE IT UP! maı əd'vaıs ız gıv ıt ʌp