English Pronunciation for Icelanders

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TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE 3
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Tense vowels
Say the word, say the vowel, write the vowel
Like this: seen - you say: "seen I"
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- then you write the symbol: I
seen I knee born
palm ease bought
cause too ball
prune word law*
machine glue lore*
bird half* turn
stirred dance* bra
heard last* can't*
* Remember that in most accents except the South of
England and RP, BATH words have the lax TRAP vowel.
Also, law and lore are homophones in RP, but not in
accents which distinguish between THOUGHT and NORTH.
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TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE 4
Fill in the gaps in the following (lax and tense vowels):
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1 E - Æ 2 O - o 3 U - u
judge D D caught k t shoot S t
curse k s cot k t boot b t
murder m d0 port p t book b k
hut h t pot p t fuse fj z
hurt h t song s ~ wood w d
shut S t offer f0 would w d
shirt S t gone g n use j z
purse p s stalk st k put p t