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| a ä | man yawn | a | late | aï | eye | eo | eh-oh | ouy | oo-yuh | ||||
| e | bet | ë é e | ee ay eh | au | ah-oo | ia | ee-yuh | oy | boy | ||||
| i | sit | ï | greet | ay | late | ia | yuah | ye | yellow | ||||
o | water | o ö | go ah | ay | tennis | io | ee-oh |
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| u | stuck | u | moon | aya | eye-yuh | oï | oil or boy | Double Vowels | |||||
| y | yellow | y | n/a | ayo | ay-oh | ou | moon | aa | man | ||||
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| ea | yeah | oua | oo-aw | ee | greet | ||||
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| b | boy | w | water | ch | church | lf | self | ph | phone | ||||
| c | car | x | n/a | chk | latchkey | lg | Olga | pk | napkin | ||||
| d | door | z | zebra | cht | hitched | lk | milk | rb | marble | ||||
| f | friend |
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| ckt | cracked | lkct | sulked | rj | dirge | ||||
| g | good | Double | cr | crack | ls | also | rl | girl | |||||
| h | human | Consonants | ct | act | mb | remember | rs | person | |||||
| j | jump | dd | add | dj | gorge | ml | hamlet | rt | party | ||||
| k | kick | ll | llama | fl | floor | mt | dreamt | sc | school | ||||
| l | love | mm | summer | fr | fresh | nch | crunch | sh | wash | ||||
| m | mother | nn | running | ft | craft | ncr | increase | sk | ask | ||||
| n | never | pp | supper | kb | kickback | nd | hand | sp | speak | ||||
| p | paper | ss | wash | kf | backfire | ndlh | candleholder | sst | shtick | ||||
| q | n/a | tt | better | khr | crack | ng | angry | tch | catch | ||||
| r | forget |
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| kht | cracked | nj | orange | tr | train | ||||
| s | sit |
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| kn | kn | nk | drink | ts | sits | ||||
| t | time |
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| ks | fox or sticks | nt | can't | tz | Howitzer | ||||
| v | value |
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| kt | cracked | nv | envy | zh | casual | ||||