"A" is always short "a" as in "at" or "as".
| Long "a" is really TWO sounds. and phonetically is "ey".
"B"s sound is consistant.
"C" is an "extra" letter, and always replaced by "k" or "s'. | "C"s name should be spelled "sy" (pronounced like "see") and if you pronounce "s" and "y" together you get the "sh" sound. So "C" can be used to represent "sh" and "TC" will be the sound usually spelled "ch".
| "D"s sound is consistant.
"E" is always short, as in "pet" or "met" or "egg". | Long "e" phonetically is "y". The present tense of "read" is spelled ryd. The past: 'red".
| "F" is always as in "Foot". | F" in "of" is really a "v" sound.
"G" is always hard "g" as in "get" or "agate". | "G" in "agile" or "genius" is replaced by "J".
| "H"s sound is consistant.
"I" is always short, as in "it" or "fix". | I" in "bite" is replaced by 'oy'.
| "J" is always a dzy sound | J" in "jalapeno" is replaced by "H".
"K" can stand alone. It doesn't need a "c" in front of it | CK" or "ch" in "ache" is just "K".
"L" can be pronounced continuously (a vowel) | Silent "e"s are unnecessary so "tickle" is really just "tikl'.
"M"s sound is consistant.
"N"s sound is consistant.
"O" is always short as in "Object" or "lodge" and is equivalent to "broad A" as in "olmund" (Almond) or "ol" (All). | Long "O" as in "over" is replaced by "uw".
"OO" as in "wood", "cook", or "hook" or the sound in "would", or "could" can be replaced with the "extra letter" Q. | Double "O" can also be used for this sound, but NOT for the sound in "noon", "fool", or "pool". These words have the sound of "W", so should be spelled: "nwn", "fwl", or "pwl".
| "P" is always as in "Pet". | PH" as in "PHone" or "elePHant" is replaced by "F".
"Q" is an "extra" letter, and is always replaced by "k" or "kw".
"R" can be pronounced continuously (a vowel) | ER, IR, UR" and "WR" are usually just the sound of "R".
"S" is always as in "Sound" or "last" or "lots". | S" as in "as" or "Judges" is replaced by "Z" ("az", "Jujiz"). The verb "USE" should be spelled "ywz". and the noun "USE" should be spelled "yws".
"T"s sound is as in "Town" or "peT." | The "th" representing the phoneme in "then" can be replaced by the "extra" letter "X" and that in "thin" with "XH". Some may wish to use "TH" in the common way for now, .
"U" is as in "up, cut", or "crumb".
| "V"s sound is consistant in English.
"W" can be pronounced continuously (a vowel) Replaces "UE" in blue, flue", or true (blw, flw,, or trw ); or "OO" in "school" or "fool" (skwl, fwl).
| "WH" somehow came to be used backwards. "Who" should just be spelled "Hw'. If you pronounce "hw (or who)" and "eel" together, you get "hwyl"! (wheel)
"X" another 'extra' letter. Replaced by "KS" or "Z" (as in "Xylophone").
| "Y" always "LONG E", as in "only", In "yell" and "young" following vowels are accented making "Y" sound like a consonant.
"Z" vocal (non-sibulant) relative of "S". Should replace "S" in "as", or "zones" | or put "TZ" in place of "ZZ" in "pizza")
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