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You can hear some of it pronounced mostly correctly in videos here: The Chaos Of English Pronunciation by … English Pronunciation Poem – on Spelling & Pronunciation. This article includes a fantastic free audio lesson using my favourite English Pronunciation poem. If you had any doubt, this English pronunciation poem will show you several hundred English words that look the same, but are pronounced very differently. 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I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. 2 There are no rules to English pronunciation. So shall I! 2 0 obj << I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. There are lots of others of course -so let us hear of them from you - enquiries@spellingsociety.org. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. stream <> æu Ή>ÿÆ?¯¢|CÂı¨k&"m�]4-/ÂÓt&áS7ËpEìÈÅè¹}�¬¹w.ØÅ)j�æt[ç'pÃF°ªa&›Êƶ~‰`]:OHv‚Ë%öılxßÑ’%š[$�–ƒûééê>LãrœvZ„µ‘|ĞÓıl˜— ̓˜Õíº@İidÆ%V¸¡]ö‘h4ò+ +éøš7´äÇ«†n‚§E'e ï#ğ*SUø*OîŞoïşå@‹¨endstream stream Below we’ve got a entertaining poem that shows the absurdities [ridiculousness] of English pronunciation. Pronunciation Poems are rhymes, chants, limericks, raps and song lyrics all written specifically to contain multiple examples of the target pronunciation features. Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard but sounds like bird. Fun English Pronunciation Poem Poem I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? 3 Good readers don't “sound out” words. Will Snellen wrote a PDF version using the phonetic alphabet. Tear in eye your dress you'll tear, So shall I! Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. English Pronunciation Poem. %äüöß I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you’ll tear; Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer. And for native English speakers from anywhere in the world, the poem offers a useful lesson in the unique burdens of the language. You can hear some of it pronounced mostly correctly in videos here: The Chaos Of English Pronunciation by Gerard Nolst Trenité on YouTube. >> 4 0 obj Actually, the majority of good readers sound out every word they don't recognise. The English language, as it’s written, is quite strange compared with languages like Spanish and Portuguese where words are always spelled like they are pronounced. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. Listen and read. /MediaBox [0 0 595.273 841.887] /Length 12 0 R Tear in eye, your dress will tear. /Contents 3 0 R Listen to this tricky little poem and you can practise your pronunciation and listening skills, and don't worry if you don't know all the words and their different pronunciation. So shall I! Oh, hear my prayer, Pray, console your loving poet, Make my coat look new, dear, sew it! 4 Sounding out is incompatible with understanding. /Parent 8 0 R Below is an excerpt from the classic poem, The Chaos (1922). If you want an extra challenge, try reciting the poem after listening to the audio. Will Snellen wrote a PDF version using the phonetic alphabet. Why are English pronunciation and spelling so irregular? 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