pat		k	kick, cat, pique			boot
	pay		l (nd'l)	lid, needle*		ou	out
	care		m	mum		p	pop
	father		n (sd'n)	no, sudden*		r	roar
b	bib		ng	thing		s	sauce
ch	church			pot		sh	ship, dish
d	deed, milled			toe		t	tight, stopped
	pet			caught, paw, for, horrid, hoarse**		th	thin
	bee		oi	noise		th	this
f	fife, phase, rough			took			cut
g	gag			urge, term, firm, word, heard		r	butter
h	hat		v	valve
hw	which		w	with		Foreign
	pit		y	yes			French feu, German schön
	pie, by		z	zebra, xylem			French tu, German ber
	pier		zh	vision, pleasure, garage			German ich, Scottish loch
j	judge			about, item, edible, gallop, circus			French bon (b)***

*In English the consonants l and n often constitute complete syllables by themselves.

**Regional pronunciations of -or- vary. In pairs such as for, four; horse, hoarse; and morning, mourning, the vowel varies between () and (). In this Dictionary these vowels are represented as follows: for (fr), four (fr, fr); horse (hrs), hoarse (hrs, hrs); and morning (mrning), mourning (mrning, mr-). Other words for which both forms are shown include more, glory, and borne. A similar variant occurs in words such as coral, forest, and horrid, where the pronunciation of o before r varies between () and (). In these words the (r) pronunciation is given first: forest (frist, fr-).

***The Dictionary uses to reflect that the preceding vowel is nasalized.