IMPORTANT NOTES

• For the below Pronunciations, Syllable Stressing has these rules:
  • The Primary stress falls on the syllable written in ALL CAPITALS.
  • If a Secondary stress is required, it will have a Single Capital for that syllable.
  • Lastly, an Unstressed syllable is in all lower case.
• Some letters have pairs of sounds to watch for:
  • For the Letter A and sometimes Letter O:
    • A W/w will be added if it is to sound like the a in fall or far (FAWL or FAWR) like the word fawn already does natively.
    • Otherwise, if it is to sound like the a in cat, can, or pal, no W/w will be added.
    • This “aw” trick may also be used for some “o” sounds, like cot — i.e., (CAWT) — since they rhyme.
  • For the Letter C: K and S are used: K/k will mean a hard C like the one in candy, and S/s indicates a soft C (hard S) as in cinder.
  • For the Letter G: G and J are used: G/g will mean a hard G like the one in goat, and a J/j indicates a soft G as in generous.
  • For the Letter S: S and Z are used: S/s will mean a hard S like the one in snake and Z/z indicates a soft S as in rise.
• Adjustments may also be provided for letter combinations with more than one pronunciation, like TH:
  • [TH/th] [bracketed] will mean a hard TH as in bath or think, and
  • (TH/th) (parenthetical) indicates a soft TH as in bathe or there.
• The “uh” syllable pronunciation is generally indicating a schwa sound, overriding whatever vowel is present for the syllable.
• NOTE: The hard S and hard [TH] are almost always correct; very few use a soft ‘z’ version of the s or soft (th) version of the th.