2018-04-03 Pronunciation: IPA transcription

p. 12 and 14 of yesterday’s handout, and the new handout, have phonetic symbols for vowels and consonants of American English.
Talk to your classmates about how to pronounce their names. Write their names in phonetic symbols.
For example, my name is Greg, which phonetically is /grɛg/.
Stressed syllables are indicated with ˈ (primary) and ˌ (secondary): /ˈgrɛgori/
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1 /riːd/ = read (present tense) / reed
2 /rɪd/ = rid
3 /ˈvaɪtəl/ = vital
4 /tʌf/ = tough (‘tuf’ or ‘tuff’ are good guesses)
5 /ˈkʌmftərbl/ = comfortable
6 /ˈlæbrəˌtori/ = laboratory (In British English, this is /ləˈborəˌtri/.)
7 /kʊd/ = could
8 /kʌd/ = cud
9 /haʊs/ = house
10 /ɔːt/ = ought
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English is difficult. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
...understood /θruʷ tʌf ˈθʊroʷ θɔt ðoʷ/
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http://learnersdictionary.com/ is a good dictionary for explanations you can understand as a student, and it uses these pronunciation symbols.
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On the other side of the paper that has phonetic symbols, there are phonetic phrases and sentences.
/əˈstɪʧɪnˈtaɪmseɪvz'naɪn/
/ˈheɪstmeksˈweɪst/
/'slowən'stɛdi'wɪnzðə'reɪs/
/əˈbərdɪnðəˈhændɪzwərθˈtuwɪnðəˈbʊʃ/
/əˈpərsənzəˈpərsənoˈmætrhaʊˈsmɑl/
/təˈbiːorˈnɑtuˈbi ˈðætɪzðəˈkwɛsʧən/ = To be or not to be, that is the question.
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Homework: finish transcribing the expressions and sayings.