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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
ɾ	patty, mighty
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/ or /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	Rhotic vowels
ɑɪ	ride, pile, I, dye, buy	ʌɪ	spider, tight, type
ɑɚ~ʌɚ	car, yard
æʊ̯	cow, loud, bough
eə̯	ham, man, (most BATH words in RP)
ɪi	name, pain, weight, raise	ɛɪ̯	betray, rays
eɚ	care, fairy
iɚ	beer, fear, serious, fierce, beard, here
oɪ	choice, toy, coin
əʊ	bone, go, goat, blow
oɚ	north, core, poor
joɚ~jɚ	cure, pure
ɚ	fur, hurry, letter
Syllabic consonants
ɫ̩~əɫ	awful, waffle, offal, squabble
m̩~əm	rhythm, atom
n̩~ən	button, even, Britain, often

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 |<big>eə̯</big>
 |! colspan="3" align=left|h'''a'''m, m'''a'''n, (most BATH words in RP)
-|-
-|<big>eɚ</big>
-|! colspan="3" align=left|c'''are''', f'''air'''y
 |-
 |<big>ɪi</big>
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 |<big>ɛɪ̯</big>
 | align=left|betr'''ay''', r'''ay'''s
+|-
+|<big>eɚ</big>
+|! colspan="3" align=left|c'''are''', f'''air'''y
 |-
 |<big>iɚ</big>