Vowels	Examples
a	bat
ah	father
air	bear, Mary
ar	farther
arr	marry
aw	bought
ay	bait
e	bet
eh	prestige
ee	beat
ee	happy, serious
eer	beer, nearer
err	merry
ew	cute, beauty, dew
ewr	cure, lure
eye	item, yikes
i	bit
ih	historic
ire	hire
irr	mirror
o	bot
oh	boat
oir	coir
oo	boot, you
oo	influence, fruition
oor	poor, tourist
or	horse, pour, forum
orr	moral
ow	bout, vow
owr	flour
oy	choice, boy
u	but
uh	frustration
ur	bird, furry
urr	hurry
uu	book
uurr	courier
y	bite, bide
ə	about, comma
ər	letter

Consonants	Examples
b	buy
ch	church, nature
d	dye, ladder
dh	thy, this
f	fight
g	go
gh	guess, guitar
h	high
j	jive
k	kite, sky, lock
kh	loch, Chanukah
l	lie, sly
m	my
n	nigh
ng	ring, singer
nk	sink
p	pie, spy
r	rye, try
s	sigh
ss	ice, tense
sh	shy
t	tie, sty, latter
tch	church, natural
th	thigh
v	vine
w	wine
wh	whine
y	you
z	zoo
zh	pleasure