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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	ɑɪ̯ɚ	hire, Ireland, choir, buyer
æʊ̯	cow, loud, bough	æʊ̯ɚ	hour, shower, dour
eə̯	ham, man, (most BATH words in RP)
ɪɪj	name, pain, weight, raise	ɛɪ̯	betray, rays
ɪɚ	beer, fear, serious, fierce, beard, here
oɪ̯	choice, toy, coin	oɪ̯ɚ	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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