English Pronunciation for Icelanders

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are rounding for w, the back of the tongue is forming a velar
approximant, rather like g in Icelandic nógu.Distinguish between
v and w in the following - listen and repeat:
very well
woven woollens
violent weather
weak vowels
Welsh Television
Waverley Novels
wise virgins
wicked vices
virtuous wives
revolving wheels
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2.6.4 w and wh
In RP and most accents in England, Australia, NZ and South
Africa, the letters wh are pronounced as a simple w - so whale
and wail are homophones (i.e. sound the same). In parts of
Scotland, the USA and Canada, wh is pronounced w6, which we
sometimes write as a separate phoneme, W.
Try these:
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RP Scottish
witch wiT wı- T
which wiT Wı- T
wear we0 wer
where we0 Wer
TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE 25: j & w
In these sentences, show if j and w are unvoiced (j&, w6)
1 Queen May's youth was wasted yearning for wisdom
k±±±±n m±±± ±±Uþ w0z ±±±stid ±±±±ni~ f0 ±±±zd0m
2 William's vast yawns quite cure my weariness
±±±lj0m±± ±±st ±±±n±± k±±±±t k±±±u0 mai ±±i0rinÈs
3 The year wanes in tune with my vain excuses
ð0 ±±i0 ±±ein±± in t±±Un wið mai ±±±±n iksk±±±siz
4 Yes, we have no bananas
±±±s ±±^ h±±±v n±±± b±±n±±±n0z
5 I woke once yesterday, but I'm very wide awake whenever
Veronica's yellow eye winks
ai ±±±±k ±±±±ns ±±±st0dei ±±±t aim v±±±r^ ±±aid 0±±±±k
±±±n±±±±±0 ±±±r±±±±n±±±k0z ±±±±l0u ±±±± ±±±±ks