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The vowel sounds of English all have several different
symbolisations in the present heteric orthography.
• [a:] a in father, au in aunt, ar in card, er in clerk, ear in heart, uar in guard
• [e]ainmany,aiinsaid,ayinsays,einlet,eainhead,eoin leopard, ie in friend, u in bury, ue in guess
• [i] e in pretty, ea in guineas, ee in breeches, ei in forfeit, i in pit, ia in marriage, ie in sieve, 0 in woman, u in busy, ui in build, Yin physics, ey in money
• [0] a in want, au in laurel, 0 in on, ou in cough, ow in knowl- edge
• [u]0 inwoman,00inwood,ouinwould,uinbull
• [~]ainsat,aiinplait
· nu in humble, 0 in son, oe in does, 00 in flood, ou in double
• [i:] ae in minutiae, e in be, ea in each, eae in fleaed, ee in feet, ei in conceit, eo in people, ey in key, eye in keyed, oe in foetus, ie in grief, i in magazine, uay in quay, ui in mosquito
• [0:] a in fall, aor in extraordinary, au in haul, aw in awful or in fork, oa in broad, ou in ought
• [u:] ew in brew, ewe in brewed, eu in rheumatic, 0 in do, oe in shoe, oeu in manoeuvre, 0 0 in too, ooe in wooed, ou in soup, u in ruling, ue in true, ui in fruit, wo in two
• [ail a in naive, ai in aisle, ei in height, ey in eying, i in bind, ie in die, ui in guide, uy in buy, Yin fly, ye in dye
• [au] ou in noun, ow in cow, owe in allowed
• [ei] a in mating, ai in pain, ao in gaol, au in gauging, ay in play,
aye in played, ea in great, ei in veil, ey in they, eye in conveyed
• [oil oi in noisy, oy in boy, oye in enjoyed, uoy in buoy, uoye in buoyed