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English Audio Request

VladimirRed
40 Words / 3 Recordings / 4 Comments
Note to recorder:

Please record with pronouncing each word twice on a speed of usual talk.

baa'd bud
baas bus
balm bum
bastard bustard
branch brunch
calf cuff
calm come
can't cunt
dance dunce
dramas drummers
fast fussed
grant grunt
graph gruff
haft huffed
half huff
lakh luck
lakhs luxe
last lust
staff stuff
task tusk

Recordings

  • Minimal Pairs /ɑ/ versus /ʌ/ ( recorded by figgles ), US

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  • Minimal Pairs /ɑ/ versus /ʌ/ ( recorded by hellsbells415 ), Australian

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  • Minimal Pairs /ɑ/ versus /ʌ/ ( recorded by GlenA1 ), American Midwest

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    Corrected Text
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    baaed bud
    baas bus
    balm bum
    bastard bustard
    branch brunch
    calf cuff
    calm come
    can
    't cunt
    dance dunce
    dramas drummers
    fast fussed
    grant grunt
    graph gruff
    haft huffed
    half huff
    lakh luck
    lakhs luxe
    last lust
    staff stuff
    task tusk

Comments

VladimirRed
Sept. 9, 2014

Hello, everyone. Nobody has recorded my request for some reason yet. I am wondering What should I do to get it. Maybe to add the IPA transcript. Tell me please. I really need this recording. Thanks in advance.

figgles
Sept. 9, 2014

The American English pronunciation uses /æ/ in places where I believe British English (RP) would sound more like /ɑ/. I'll record it, but you may not hear the contrast you want. I could attempt to imitate their speech, but it is probably easier to get someone with a natural British English accent to say some of them.

hellsbells415
Oct. 21, 2014

Hope you like my Aussie version. Some of the words sound quite different from the US version. Hope it helps you out.

GlenA1
Nov. 13, 2014

Changed baa'd to baaed. I am unaware of baa'd as a word. Baaed is the past tense of baa. Lakh is almost never used in the U.S. It sounds just like lock, a more common word.