I know it's a long list, so if you want to delete words that you aren't familiar with that's fine. It would be fantastic if I could get as many people to do this recording for me, just so that I could hear the difference between different accent. Your help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advanced.
Minimal Pairs /ɪ/ and /i:/ (as in sit and seat)
bin bean
chip cheap
his he’s
it eat
sit seat
did deed
fill feel
fit feet
grin green
hit heat
is ease
mitt meet
slip sleep
still steal
bit beat
bitch beach
itch each
gin gene
grid greed
hid heed
hill he’ll
ill eel
kip keep
knit neat
lick leak
lip leap
mill meal
pick peek
piss piece
pitch peach
risen reason
shit sheet
sick seek
sin scene
sin seen
still steel
tin teen
bid bead
bitch beech
biz bees
chick cheek
chit cheat
cist ceased
dip deep
fist feast
fizz fees
hip heap
kid keyed
pill peel
pip peep
piss peace
sill seal
sim seem
skid skied
skim scheme
till teal
tizz teas
blip bleep
britches breeches
crick creek
din dean
finned fiend
flit fleet
grist greased
pit peat
sim seam
sip seep
skit skeet
slick sleek
slit sleet
tick teak
tit teat
tizz tease
Minimal Pairs /e/ and /ɪ/ (as in desk and disk)
dead did
desk disk
belt built
fell fill
head hid
left lift
mess miss
bed bid
beg big
bell bill
bet bit
check chick
gem gym
hell hill
hem him
let lit
pet pit
bend binned
bent bint
cheque chick
deck dick
fen fin
get git
jest gist
led lid
lest list
kept kipped
meddle middle
messed mist
peg pig
set sit
bless bliss
clef cliff
clench clinch
crept crypt
dent dint
fetter fitter
fez fizz
fleck flick
gelding gilding
heck hick
hep hip
ken kin
Med mid
phlegm flim
Minimal Pairs /e/ and /eɪ/ (as in desk and disk)
wet wait
bed bade
bread braid
fell fail
get gate
L ale
let late
M aim
pen pain
rest raced
S ace
sell sale
tech take
test taste
well whale
west waist
best based
chess chase
debt date
edge age
etch H
gel jail
led laid
lens lanes
men main
met mate
pent paint
pled played
set sate
sex sakes
special spatial
tell tale
trend trained
when wane
wren rain
X aches
beck bake
bell bail
bet bait
bled blade
breast braced
fed fade
fret freight
hell hail
red raid
sent saint
shed shade
shell shale
sped spade
tent taint
tread trade
wed wade
wedge wage
wreck rake
betted bated
dell dale
den deign
fen feign
fend feigned
fez phase
fleck flake
fled flayed
heck hake
hex hakes
ken cane
less lace
lest laced
mess mace
pest paste
phlegm flame
rend rained
stead stayed
vend veined
wend waned
Minimal Pairs /æ/ and /ʌ/ (as in bat and but)
bat but
batter butter
cap cup
cat cut
match much
bad bud
began begun
drank drunk
fan fun
hat hut
ran run
sang sung
swam swum
ankle uncle
back buck
badge budge
bag bug
ban bun
bank bunk
banker bunker
brash brush
cam come
crash crush
dabble double
dad dud
ham hum
hang hung
mad mud
massed must
pan pun
rang rung
rash rush
sack suck
sax sucks
stand stunned
track truck
bang bung
cab cub
cram crumb
dam dumb
damp dump
dram drum
fanned fund
flash flush
gnat nut
hag hug
paddle puddle
pack puck
pat putt
rag rug
sand sunned
sank sunk
scam scum
slam slum
slang slung
stack stuck
stank stunk
tang tongue
tag tug
tramps trumps
wan won
blabber blubber
champ chump
dab dub
dank dunk
flank flunk
flax flux
gash gush
glam glum
grab grub
hanker hunker
hash hush
hatch hutch
jag jug
lag lug
mat mutt
pap pup
patter putter
rabble rubble
ram rum
sally sully
sap sup
sapper supper
scram scrum
shacks shucks
slag slug
slash slush
slat slut
stab stub
tab tub
tack tuck
thrash thrush
Minimal Pairs /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/ (as in so and saw)
bowl ball
O or
so saw
boat bought
drone drawn
folk fork
know nor
mow more
note nought
poke pork
show sure
chose chores
close claws
doe door
dome dorm
doze doors
foal fall
foe four
go gore
know no nor
low law
moaning morning
owe or
shown shorn
snow snore
stow store
toe tore tour
tone torn
coast coursed
code cord
cone corn
doze doors
drone drawn
foam form
go gore
hone horn
load lord
moan mourn
moaning morning
motor mortar
mow more
oat ought
poach porch
quote quart
sew saw
show shore sure
snow snore
tote taught
bode bored
bow boar bore
choke chalk
close claws
coke cork
copes corpse
crow craw
doe door
goad gored
goal gall
hose whores
implode implored
joe jaw
low law lore
mole maul
node gnawed
ode awed
owed awed
scone scorn
stoke stork
stow store
tote tort
Minimal Pairs /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ (as in not and note)
not note
want won’t
got goat
hop hope
on own
cost coast
non known
odd owed
rod road
rot wrote
sop soap
stock stoke
tossed toast
wok woke
block bloke
bond boned
bossed boast
clock cloak
cock coke
cod code
col coal
cop cope
god goad
jock joke
mod mode
pop pope
rob robe
rod rode
ROM roam
shod showed
smock smoke
sock soak
sod sewed
blot bloat
bod bode
bonze bones
chock choke
cocks coax
con cone
crock croak
doss dose
dot dote
foggy fogey
glob globe
hod hoed
lob lobe
lop lope
mod mowed
mop mope
mot mote
nod node
odd ode
rot rote
slop slope
sod sowed
tock toke
tod toad
tot tote
Minimal Pairs /æ/ and /e/ (as in bad and bed)
bad bed
man men
and end
axe X
bag beg
had head
ham hem
jam gem
pan pen
pat pet
sad said
sat set
band bend
bat bet
dad dead
flash flesh
gas guess
gnat net
land lend
shall shell
spanned spend
axe ex
fad fed
gassed guest
manned mend
marry merry
mat met
sacks sex
sax sex
tack tech
track trek
bland blend
cattle kettle
dab deb
flax flecks
frat fret
rabble rebel
tamp temp
tamper temper
trad tread
vat vet
Minimal Pairs /ɑ:/ and /ɜ:/ (as in fast and first)
fast first
bath berth
far fir
ha her
hard heard
heart hurt
pass purse
bath birth
bard bird
car cur
card curd
far fur
farm firm
guard gird
hard herd
bar burr
barn burn
card Kurd
cart curt
carve curve
dart dirt
par purr
park perk
part pert
sharper Sherpa
star stir
arc irk
barbs burbs
blah blur
carbs curbs
harpies herpes
parched perched
quark quirk
sarge surge
shark shirk
tarps turps
I did about half of it, with the intention of returning tomorrow or later this week to do the other half. In my 'edit' I just included the half that is in the recording I submitted. :)