Here are all the sounds of CRESS, with the simplicity that they cover all the sounds of English without all the silly confusion. Note that all the arrows <, > and ^ can be dropped in advancedd BARE CRESS for advanced readers and writers, since software can do conversions.
Vowels
- A as in bought or father (dialects are combined in this version)
- A< as in ba<t = bat
- A^ as in ba^t = but
- E as in bet = bet
- E^ as in be^t = bait
- I as in bit = bit
- I^ as in bi^t = beat
- U as in look
- U^ as in Lu^k = Luke
- O as in bor = bore, the sound before the r
- O^ as in bo^t = boat
Plus a three vowel combinations
- AI as in bait = bite
- AU as in baut = bout
- OI as in boi = boy
Consonants
- B as in bag = bog
- D as in dag = dog
- F as in fag = fog
- G as in gaga^l = goggle
- H as in hag = hog
- K as in kag = cog
- L as in lag = log
- M as in map = mop
- N as in nat = not
- P as in pat = pot
- R as in rat = rot
- S as in sat = sought
- S< as in s<at = thought
- S> as pus> = push, the last sound
- T as in tat = tot
- V as in vest = vest
- W as in west = West
- Y as in yes = yes
- Z as in zi^ro^ = zero
- Z< as in z<er = there
- Z> as in mez>a^r = measure, middle sound
Plus a two consonant combinations, really two sounds you might have thought of as one:
- TS> as in ts>a^rts> = church
- DZ>as in dz>a^dz> = judge