EXAMPLE:
IMMERSION (n) [ih-mur-zhuhn-shuhn]
Definition: state of being deeply engaged or involved;
absorption
Sentence: In order to
speak well, I have to immerse myself in another language
TEMPLATE:
WORD (n) [pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn]
Forms: Adverb (n)
Definition:
the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc.,
as found in dictionaries
Sentence: I write in sentences to help me better understand a word
BBC TEXT SPELLING
Written
pronunciations are given in a text spelling system based on English spelling
conventions.
It
is based on English sounds with the addition of some other sounds such as Welsh
ll and the front rounded vowels found in French and German.
Syllables
are separated by hyphens. Stressed syllables are given in CAPITALS.
Example:
the word pronunciation would be
respelt pruh-nun-si-AY-shuhn.
Vowels
aa as in father
arr as
in marry
ar as in bar
air as in hair
aw as in law
ay as in day
e as in get
err as
in merry
ee as in meet
eer as in deer
i as in sit
irr as
in mirror
o as in top
orr as
in sorry
oh as in no
oo as in boot
oor as in poor
or as in corn
ow as in now
oy as in boy
u as in cup
uh as in ago / the
ur as in fur
urr as
in hurry
uu as in book
y as in cry (also igh as in high)
oe as in French peu or coeur
oey as in French fauteuil
ue as in French vu or German fünf
Consonants
b as in bat
ch or tch as in church
d as in day
f as in fat
g as in get
h as in hat
hl as in Welsh llan
j as in Jack
k as in king
kh as in Scottish loch
or German ich
l as in leg
m as in man
n as in not
ng as in sing
ng-g as in finger
nk as in thank
p as in pen
r as in red
s as in sit
sh as in shop
t as in top
th as in thin
dh as in there
v as in van
w as in will
y as in yes
z as in zebra
zh as in measure
(ng) after a vowel indicates
nasalization; as in French un bon vin blanc: oe(ng) bo(ng) va(ng) blaa(ng).
y
between a consonant and a vowel is a glide: e.g. mute: myoot; manual:
MAN-yoo-uhl.
Our
respellings acknowledge word-final or pre-consonantal R, as in words like party
and hair, which is pronounced in some accents of English (rhotic) and
not in others (non-rhotic). Therefore Parker
is transcribed as PAR-kuhr, not PAA-kuh, and the rs will be pronounced or not
according to the speaker's accent.
The
way the words are broken into syllables in the respelling is not an attempt to
reflect actual syllabification in a given language. Instead, it is a tool to
reinforce vowel pronunciations and to ensure the most intuitive transcription. When
a vowel is long, the following consonant will be placed after the hyphen, as in
PEE-tuhr for Peter. When a vowel is
short, the consonant goes immediately after the vowel, before the hyphen, as in
JEN-i for Jenny.
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