English Pronunciation for Icelanders

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KEY TO TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISES
KEY TO EXERCISE 1
sit i less e end e
plan æ lock o damn æ
stop o look u grin i
should u said e foot u
get e and æ dog o
women i ill i sun Æ
some Æ gun Æ son Æ
gone o ink i cat æ
KEY TO EXERCISE 2
1 æ - e 2 e - i 3 o - Æ 4 u-o-Æ
damp dæmp bread bred sun sÆn foot fut
red red fish fiS among 0mÆ~ quality kwolit^
crack kræk lead led wrong ro~ cough kof
read red sing si~ son sÆn country kÆntr^
end end decide disaid hot hot sugar Sug0
bed bed naked neikid mob mob other Æð0
bad bæd England i~gl0nd tongue tÆ~ woman wum0n
said sed women wimin song so~ butcher buT0
fancy fæns^ bury ber^ sung sÆ~ butter bÆt0
fence fens Thames temz Monday mÆnd^ wood wud
gang gæ~ village viliD one wÆn cushion kuS0n
nanny næn^ build bild front frÆnt honey hÆn^
many men^ says sez want wont crush krÆS
penny pen^ busy biz^ hop hop gone gon
any en^ except iksept swan swon sorry sor^
head hed private praivit swot swot look luk
man mæn again 0gen what wot blood blÆd
men men minute minit money mÆn^ wolf wulf
KEY TO EXERCISE 3
seen I knee I born O
palm A ease I bought O
cause O too U ball O
prune U word E law O
machine I glue U lore O
bird E half* A turn E
stirred E dance* A bra A
heard E last* A can't* A
*Northern British, American, Australian have /æ/ in these
words.