2014-11-24 Communication: pronunciation/IPA

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3 kings / 3 magi / 3 wise men
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No school Thursday or Friday this week

There will be classes on December 24 and Januray 5, but not between those dates.
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p. 107
homographs: words that are spelled the same (but pronounced differently and with different meanings)
homophones: words that are pronounced the same (but spelled differently and with different meanings)
homonyms: words that are spelled and pronounced the same (but still have different meanings)

to, to, two, too, too
right, right, right, write, rite, wright
bow, bow, bough
tare, tear, tear, tier
1 b (s-sound)
2 a (z-sound)
3 b (rhymes with "now)
4 a (rhymes with "no")
5 a (as in "row row row your boat")
6 b (stress on second syllable)
7 a (stress on first syllable)
hours/minutes/seconds, degrees/minutes/seconds
8 a (rhymes with "care")
9 b (rhymes with "beer")
10 b (second syllable)
11 a (first syllable)
12 b (rhymes with "sound")
13 a (rhymes with "mooned")
14 a (z-sound)
15 b (s-sound)

For many words, a voiced ending is a verb, and a voiceless ending is a noun.
 bathe / bath
  live / life
clothe / cloth
advise / advice
   use / use
 abuse / abuse
excuse / excuse
 reuse / reuse

-ize suffix is spelled -ise in British English (same sound)
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http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html - "The Chaos"
(a poem about the strange spelling and pronunciation of English)
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though - rhymes with "so"
through - rhymes with "do"
trough - rhymes with "off"
thought - rhymes with "caught" and "ought"
tough - rhymes with "enough" and "rough" and "stuff"
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p. 109 "ough" and "augh" pronunciation (do part b)
1 laugh
2 enough
3 draught (sometimes "draft")
4 drought
5 through
6 although
7 rough
8 tough
9 doughnut (sometimes "donut")
10 cough
11 plough (sometimes "plow", always "snowplow")
12 thorough
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http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm
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