Monday, April 12, 2010

Words and its phonetics


/ pɪt /    
pit
/ pæt /    
pat
/ pɒt /    
pot
/ pɑ:t /    
part
/ pɔ:t /    
port
/ pʊt /    
put
/ pʌt /    
putt
/ pi:t /    
peat
/ fi:t /    
feet
/ fɪt /    
fit
/ fæt /    
fat
/ fɑ:t /    
fart
/ fɔ:t /    
fought
/ fʊt /    
foot
/ hi:t /    
heat
/ hɪt /    
hit
/ hæt /    
hat
/ hɑ:t /    
heart
/ hɒt /    
hot
/ hu:t /    
hoot
/ hɜ:t /    
hurt
/ hʌt /    
hut
/ heɪt /    
hate
/ haɪt /    
height

English Phonetics

English phonetics is very important especially when you want to pronounce English words correctly. The phonetics  usually is included in the dictionary which serves as a helper for those looking for English words and trying to pronounce the words correctly. It is also useful for the second language learner as English pronunciation might be differ  from their mother tongue. Below is the list of English phonetics ;

 - Courtesy from http://club.telepolis.com

Friday, April 9, 2010

Something to Share....

1) Longest English Word:

Praetertranssubstantiationalistically has 37 letters.



2) Book Without Letter "e":

GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it



3) Word without Vowel:


Rhythm


Sky


Fry


Cry


3) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS:

They are

**B* Bee *
**C* Sea*
**G* Zee*
**I* Eye *
**Q* Queue*
**R* Are *
**S* Yes *
**T* Tea* **
**U* You *
**Y* Why