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This is the (partly artificial) pronunciation standard I aspire to; it can be described as "slightly poshed-up Philadelphian".

TODO: still editing. e.g. I'm rhotic like most Philly speakers

TODO: vowels before L (appall = a pole, full = fool)

Consonants
IPA	examples
b	buy, cab, abbot
ç~ɦ	hue, human, huge
d	dye, cad, do, added
ð	thy, breathe, father
d͡ʒ	giant, badge, jam, due, drink
f	fan, café, physics, laugh
ɡ	guy, bag, yoghurt
h	high, hot, who
ɦ~h	ahead, behind
j	yes, yacht
k; kʰ	sky, crack, charisma; can, quite
ɫ	lamp, sly, gal, alligator, feel, call
m	my, smile, cam, slammed
ɱ	symphony, circumvent
n	nigh, snide, can, banned
ŋ	sang, thank, sinking, running
ŋɡ	finger, anger, singer
θ	thigh, maths, atheist
p; pʰ	spy, cap, tapping; pin, pony, rapport
ɹ	rye, try, very
s	sigh, mass
ʃ	shy, cash, emotion
t; tʰ	sty, cat, time, ton, tune
t͡ʃ; t͡ʃʰ	catch, Portugal; China
v	vie, have
w	why, wine, question
x	loch, jalapeño
z	zoo, has, realise
ʒ	equation, pleasure, vision, beige
ʔ	uh-oh

Vowels
IPA	lax	IPA	tense
æ	trap, pad, laugh, marry	ɑ	palm, father, dot, origin, can't (emphatic)
ɛ	dress, bed, fell, error, merry, again
ɪ	kill, lid, bin, system, happY after L, R	i	flea, seed, receive, achieve, encyclopedia, fetus, Jesus, other happY words
o~oə	thought, dawn, fall, pole, off, loss, cost, cloth, dog, long
ʊ	good, woman, fool	ʉ; jʉ	food, chew, do, through; cute, queue, you, neutral
ə	comma, assume, mud, young
IPA	diphthongs	IPA	triphthongs
ɑɪ̯	ride, pile, I, dye, buy	ɑɪ̯ə	hire, Ireland, choir, buyer
æʊ̯	cow, loud, bough	æʊ̯ə	hour, shower, dour
eə̯	ham, man, (most BATH words in RP)
ɪj	name, pain, weight	eɪ̯ə	betrayal, Malayan
ɪə̯	beer, fear, serious, fierce, beard, here
oɪ̯	choice, toy, coin	ɔɪ̯ə	employer, lawyer, destroyer
əʊ̯	bone, go, goat, blow	əʊ̯ə	mower, boa, Noah
Syllabic consonants
ɫ̩~əɫ	awful, waffle, offal, squabble
m̩~əm	rhythm, atom
n̩~ən	button, even, Britain, often

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 |<big>ɑɪ̯</big>
 | align=left|r'''i'''de, p'''i'''le, '''I''', d'''ye''', b'''uy'''
-|<big>æɪ̯ə</big>
+|<big>ɑɪ̯ə</big>
 | align=left|h'''ire''', '''Ire'''land, ch'''oir''', b'''uyer'''
 |-
-|<big>aʊ̯</big>
+|<big>æʊ̯</big>
 | align=left|c'''ow''', l'''ou'''d, b'''ough'''
-|<big>aʊ̯ə</big>
+|<big>æʊ̯ə</big>
 | align=left|'''hour''', sh'''ower''', d'''our'''
 |-