The Chaos 1922 ðə keɪ.ɒs Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse ˈdɪərɪs(t) ˈkr ər ɪ kr ˈeɪ | ˈs ʌd ɪŋ ˈɪŋɡlɪ prəˌ ʌ s ˈeɪ | aɪ wɪl ju ɪ maɪ vɜ s | saʊ (d)z ˈlaɪk kɔ ps | kɔ | hɔ s ə (d) wɜ s | I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear; Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer aɪ wɪl k p ju | ˈsu z | ˈbɪz | meɪk jɔ: hed wɪð h ɡrəʊ ˈdɪz | ɪər ɪ aɪ | jɔ: dres jul ˈ eə | kwɪə | feə sɪə | hɪə maɪ preə | Pray, console your loving poet, Make my coat look new, dear, sew it! Just compare heart, hear and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word preɪ | kə ˈsəʊl jɔ: ˈlʌvɪŋ ˈpə(ʊ)ɪ | meɪk maɪ kəʊ lʊk ju | dɪə | sə(ʊ) ɪ | dʒəs( ) kəmˈpeə hɑ | hɪər ə (d) hɜ d | daɪz ə (d) ˈda(ɪ)ə | lɔ d ə (d) ˈwɜ d | Sword and sward, retain and Britain (Mind the latter how it's written) Made has not the sound of bade, Say-said, pay-paid, laid but plaid sɔ d ə (d) swɔ d | rɪˈ eɪ ə (d) ˈbrɪ maɪ (d) ðə ˈl ə ha(ʊ) ɪ s ˈrɪ | meɪd h z ɒ ðə ˈsaʊ d əv b d | seɪ sed | peɪ peɪd | leɪd bə pl d | Now I surely will not plague you With such words as vague and ague, But be careful how you speak, Say: gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak , a(ʊ) aɪ ˈ ʊəl wɪl ɒ pleɪɡ ju: | wɪð sʌ ˈwɜ dz əz veɪɡ ə d ˈeɪɡju | bə b ˈkeəfl haʊ ju sp k | seɪ | ɡʌ | bʊ | s eɪk | s r k | breɪk | bl k | Previous, precious, fuchsia, via Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir; Woven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, shoe, poem, toe ˈpr v əs | ˈpre əs | ˈfju ə | ˈva(ɪ)ə | ˈresəp | paɪp | ˈs ʌ sl | ˈkwa(ɪ)ə | ˈwəʊvə | ˈʌv | haʊ ə (d) ləʊ | skrɪp | rɪˈs | u | ˈpə(ʊ)ɪm | əʊ | Say, expecting fraud and trickery: Daughter, laughter and Terpsichore, Branch, ranch, measles, topsails, aisles, Missiles, similes, reviles seɪ | ɪkˈspek ɪŋ frɔ d ə (d) ˈ rɪkər | ˈdɔ ə | ˈlɑ f ər ə (d) ˈ ɜ psəˌkɔ | brɑ | rɑ | ˈm zlz | ˈ ɒpseɪlz | aɪlz | ˈmɪsaɪlz | ˈsɪmɪlɪz | rɪˈvaɪlz | Wholly, holly, signal, signing, Same, examining, but mining, Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far ˈhəʊl l | ˈhɒl | ˈsɪɡ əl | ˈsaɪ ɪŋ | seɪm | ɪɡˈz mɪ ɪŋ | bə ˈmaɪ ɪŋ | ˈskɒlə | ˈvɪkə | ə (d) sɪˈɡɑ | ˈsəʊlə | ˈmaɪkə | wɔ r ə (d) ˈfɑ | From "desire": desirable-admirable from "admire", Lumber, plumber, bier, but brier, Topsham, brougham, renown, but known, Knowledge, done, lone, gone, none, tone, frəm dɪˈza(ɪ)ə dɪˈza(ɪ)ərəbl ædmrəbl | frəm ədˈma(ɪ)ə | ˈlʌmbə | ˈplʌmə | bɪə | bə ˈbra(ɪ)ə | ɒpsəm | ˈbru əm | rɪˈ aʊ | bə əʊ | ˈ ɒlɪdʒ | dʌ | ləʊ | ɡɒ | ʌ | əʊ | One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel wʌ | əˈ emə | b lˈmɒrəl | ˈkɪ ɪ | ˈlaɪkə | ˈlɔ dr | ˈlɒrəl | Compiled Juan Carlos David | Gertrude, German, wind and wind, Beau, kind, kindred, queue, mankind, ˈɡɜ ru d | ˈdʒɜ mə | wɪ d ə (d) waɪ d | bəʊ | kaɪ d | ˈkɪ drɪd | kju | ˌm ˈkaɪ d | Tortoise, turquoise, chamois-leather, Reading, Reading, heathen, heather This phonetic labyrinth Gives moss, gross, brook, brooch, ninth, plinth ˈ ɔ əs | ˈ ɜ kwɔɪz | ˈ m leðə | ˈr dɪŋ | ˈredɪŋ | ˈh ð | ˈheðə | ðɪs fəˈ e ɪk ˈl bərɪ θ | ɡɪvz mɒs | ɡrəʊs | brʊk | brəʊ | aɪ θ | plɪ θ | Have you ever yet endeavoured To pronounce revered and severed, Demon, lemon, ghoul, foul, soul, Peter, petrol and patrol? həv ju ˈevə je ɪ ˈdevəd | ə prəˈ aʊ s rɪˈvɪəd ə (d) ˈsevəd | ˈd mə | ˈlemə | ɡu l | faʊl | səʊl | ˈp ə | ˈpe rəl ə (d) pəˈ rəʊl | Billet does not end like ballet; Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mould like should and would ˈbɪlɪ dəz ɒ e (d) laɪk ˈb leɪ | () bʊˈkeɪ | ˈwɒlɪ | ˈm lɪ | ˈ leɪ | blʌd ə (d) flʌd ə ɒ laɪk fu d | ɔ r ɪz məʊl(d) laɪk ʊd ə (d) wʊd | Banquet is not nearly parquet, Which exactly rhymes with khaki Discount, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward, ˈb ŋkwɪ wɪ ɪɡˈz ˈdɪskaʊ əˈwɔ d | Ricocheted and crocheting, croquet? Right! Your pronunciation's OK Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, Friend and fiend, alive and live ˈrɪk.ə eɪd ə (d) ˈkrəʊ eɪɪŋ | ˈkrəʊkeɪ | raɪ | jɔ: prəˌ ʌ sɪˈeɪ ɪz ˌəʊˈkeɪ | ˈraʊ dɪd | ˈwu dɪd | ˈɡr v ə (d) sɪv | ˈfre d ə (d) f d | əˈlaɪv ə (d) lɪv | Is your r correct in higher? Keats asserts it rhymes Thalia Hugh, but hug, and hood, but hoot, Buoyant, minute, but minute ɪz jɔ:r ɑ kəˈrek ɪ ˈha(ɪ)ə | ˈk s əˈsɜ s ɪ raɪmz θəˈla(ɪ)ə | hju | bə hʌɡ | ə (d) hʊd | bə hu | ˈbɔɪə | ˈmɪ ɪ | bə maɪˈ ju | Say abscission with precision, Now: position and transition; Would it tally with my rhyme If I mentioned paradigm? se(ɪ) bˈsɪ n / bˈsɪʒn/ wɪð prɪˈsɪʒ | aʊ | pəˈzɪ ə (d) r ˈzɪ | wʊd ɪ ˈ l wɪð maɪ raɪm | ɪf aɪ ˈme d ˈp rədaɪm | Twopence, threepence, tease are easy, But cease, crease, grease and greasy? Cornice, nice, valise, revise, Rabies, but lullabies ˈ ʌpə s | ˈθrepə s | z ər ˈ z | bə s s | kr s | ɡr s ə (d) ˈɡr s | ˈkɔ ɪs | aɪs | vəˈl z | rɪˈvaɪz | ˈreɪb z | bə ˈlʌləbaɪz | Of such puzzling words as nauseous, Rhyming well with cautious, tortious, You'll envelop lists, I hope, In a linen envelope əv sʌ ˈpʌzlɪŋ ˈwɜ dz əz ˈ ɔ s əs | ˈraɪmɪŋ wel wɪð ˈkɔ əs | ˈ ɔ: əs | jul ɪ ˈveləp lɪs s | aɪ həʊp | ɪ ə ˈlɪ ɪ ˈe vələʊp | Compiled Juan Carlos David ɪz ɒ ˈ ɪəl / pɑ:k /ˈpɑ keɪ | k l raɪmz wɪð ˈkɑ k | | ˈvaɪkaʊ | ləʊd ə (d) brɔ d | ə ˈfɔ wəd | ə rɪˈwɔ d | Would you like some more? You'll have it! Affidavit, David, davit To abjure, to perjure Sheik Does not sound like Czech but ache wʊd ju laɪk səm mɔ | jul h v ɪ | ˌ fɪˈdeɪvɪ | ˈdeɪvɪd | ˈd vɪ | u əbˈdʒʊə | ə ˈpɜ dʒə | eɪk | dəz ɒ saʊ (d) laɪk ek bə eɪk | Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, loch, moustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed but vowed ˈlɪbə | ˈlaɪbrər | h v ə (d) ˈhev | ˈreɪ l | lɒx | məˈs ɑ | ɪˈlev | w ˈseɪ ˈh ləʊd | bə əˈlaʊd | ˈp pl | ˈlepəd | əʊd bə vaʊd | Mark the difference, moreover, Between mover, plover, Dover Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice, mɑ k ðə ˈdɪfrə s | mɔ ˈrəʊvə | bɪˈ w ˈmu və | ˈplʌvə | ˈdəʊvə | ˈl ɪz | ˈbr ɪz | waɪz | prɪˈsaɪs | ˈ lɪs | bə pəˈl s ə (d) laɪs | Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label Petal, penal, and canal, Wait, surmise, plait, promise, pal, ˈk məl | ˈkɒ s əbl | ʌ ˈs eɪbl | ˈprɪ səpl | dɪˈsaɪpl | ˈleɪbl | ˈpe l | ˈp l | ə (d) kəˈ l | weɪ | səˈmaɪz | pl | ˈprɒmɪs | p l | Suit, suite, ruin Circuit, conduit Rhyme with "shirk it" and "beyond it", But it is not hard to tell Why it's pall, mall, but Pall Mall su | sw | ˈru ɪ | ˈsɜ kɪ | ˈkɒ dwɪ | raɪm wɪð ɜ k ɪ ə (d) bɪˈjɒ d ɪ | bə ɪ ɪz ɒ hɑ d ə el | wa(ɪ) ɪ s pɔ l | mɔ l | bə pæl mæl | Muscle, muscular, gaol, iron, Timber, climber, bullion, lion, Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor, ˈmʌsl | ˈmʌskjʊlə | dʒeɪl | a(ɪ)ə | ˈ ɪmbə | ˈklaɪmə | ˈbʊl ə | la(ɪ)ə | wɜ m ə (d) s ɔ m | eɪz | ˈkeɪ.ɒs | eə | ˈse ə ə | spekˈ eɪ ə | meə | Ivy, privy, famous; clamour Has the a of drachm and hammer Pussy, hussy and possess, Desert, but desert, address ˈaɪv | ˈprɪv | ˈfeɪməs | ˈkl mə | hæz ði e(ɪ) əv dr m ə (d) ˈh mə | ˈpʊs | ˈhʌs ə (d) pəˈzes | ˈdezə | bə dɪˈzɜ | əˈdres | Golf, wolf, countenance, lieutenants Hoist in lieu of flags left pennants Courier, courtier, tomb, bomb, comb, Cow, but Cowper, some and home ɡɒlf | wʊlf | ˈkaʊ ɪ ə s | lefˈ e ə s | hɔɪs ɪ lu əv fl ɡz lef(t) ˈpe ə s | ˈkʊr ə | ˈkɔ ə | u m | bɒm | kəʊm | kaʊ | bə ˈkaʊpə | sʌm ə (d) həʊm | "Solder, soldier! Blood is thicker", Quoth he, "than liqueur or liquor", Making, it is sad but true, In bravado, much ado ˈsɒldə | ˈsəʊldʒə | blʌd ɪz ˈθɪkə | kwəʊθ h | ðə lɪˈkjuər ɔ ˈlɪkə | ˈmeɪkɪŋ | ɪ ɪz s d bə ru | ɪ brəˈvɑ dəʊ | ˈmʌ əˈdu | Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour Pilot, pivot, gaunt, but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand and grant ˈs reɪ dʒə dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð ˈ ŋɡə | ˈ aɪðə dəz dɪˈva(ʊ)ə wɪð ˈkl ŋə | ˈpaɪlə | ˈpɪvə | ɡɔ | bə ɑ | fɒ | frʌ | wəʊ | wɒ | ɡr d ə (d) ɡrɑ Compiled Juan Carlos David | Arsenic, specific, scenic, Relic, rhetoric, hygienic Gooseberry, goose, and close, but close, Paradise, rise, rose, and dose ˈɑ s ɪk | spəˈsɪfɪk | ˈs ɪk | ˈrelɪk | ˈre ərɪk | haɪˈdʒ ɪk | ˈɡʊzbər | ɡu s | ə (d) kləʊz | bə kləʊs | ˈp rədaɪs | raɪz | rəʊz | ə (d) dəʊs | Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle, Make the latter rhyme with eagle Mind! Meandering but mean, Valentine and magazine se(ɪ) ɪ ˈveɪ | eɪ | bə / ɪ ˈveɪɡl / ɪ ˈv :ɡl| meɪk ðə ˈl ə raɪm wɪð ˈ ɡl | maɪ d | m ˈ dərɪŋ bə m | ˈv lə aɪ ə (d) ˌm ɡəˈz | And I bet you, dear, a penny, You say mani-(fold) like many, Which is wrong Say rapier, pier, Tier (one who ties), but tier ə d aɪ ˈbe ju dɪər ə ˈpe | ju seɪ ˈmɑ fəʊld laɪk ˈme | wɪ ɪz rɒŋ | seɪ ˈreɪp ə | pɪə | ta(ɪ)ə | wʌ hu aɪz | bə ɪə | Arch, archangel; pray, does erring Rhyme with herring or with stirring? Prison, bison, treasure trove, Treason, hover, cover, cove, ɑ | ˈɑ kˌeɪ dʒəl | preɪ | dəz ˈɜ rɪŋ | raɪm wɪð ˈherɪŋ ɔ wɪð ˈs ɜ rɪŋ | ˈprɪz | ˈbaɪs | ˈ reʒə rəʊv | ˈ r z | ˈhɒvə | ˈkʌvə | kəʊv | Perseverance, severance Ribald Rhymes (but piebald doesn't) with nibbled Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw, Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw ˌpɜ sɪˈvɪərə s | ˈsevərə s | ˈrɪbəld | raɪmz | bə ˈpaɪbɔ ld ˈdʌz | wɪð ˈ ɪbld | ˈfeɪ | ˈp ə | | ɡɔ | ɔ | lɪə | ˈsaɪkɪk | ɒ | bəʊ | p ɔ: | Don't be down, my own, but rough it, And distinguish buffet, buffet; Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon, Worcester, Boleyn, to impugn dəʊ (t) b daʊ | ma(ɪ) əʊ | bə rʌf ɪ | ə (d) dɪˈs ɪŋɡwɪ ˈbʊfeɪ | ˈbʌfɪ | bru d | s ʊd | ru f | rʊk | sku l | wʊl | bu | ˈwʊs ə | bəˈlɪ | u ɪmˈpju | Say in sounds correct and sterling Hearse, hear, hearken, year and yearling Evil, devil, mezzotint, Mind the z! (A gentle hint.) se(ɪ) ɪ saʊ (d)z kəˈrek ə (d) ˈs ɜ lɪŋ | hɜ s | hɪə | ˈhɑ kə | j ər/ jɜ r ə d ˈjɜ lɪŋ | ˈ vl | ˈdevl | ˈme səʊ ɪ | maɪ (d) ðə zed | ə ˈdʒe l hɪ | Now you need not pay attention To such sounds as I don't mention, Sounds like pores, pause, pours and paws, Rhyming with the pronoun yours; aʊ ju d ɒ pe(ɪ) əˈ e | ə sʌ ˈsaʊ (d)z əz aɪ dəʊ (t) ˈme | saʊ (d)z laɪk pɔ z | pɔ z | pɔ z ə (d) pɔ z | ˈraɪmɪŋ wɪð ðə ˈprəʊ aʊ jɔ z | Nor are proper names included, Though I often heard, as you did, Funny rhymes to unicorn, Yes, you know them, Vaughan and Strachan ɔ r ə ˈprɒpə ˈ eɪmz ɪ ˈklu dɪd | ðə(ʊ) aɪ ˈɒf hɜ d | əz ju: dɪd | ˈfʌ raɪmz ə ˈju ɪkɔ | jes | ju əʊ ðəm | ˈvɔ: ə (d) ˈs rɔ:n | No, my maiden, coy and comely, I don't want to speak of Cholmondeley No Yet Froude compared with proud Is no better than McLeod əʊ | maɪ meɪd | kɔɪ ə (d) ˈkʌml | aɪ dəʊ wɒ ə sp k əv ʌlm | əʊ | je fru:d kəmˈpeəd wɪð praʊd | ɪz əʊ ˈbe ə ðə məˈklaʊd | Compiled Juan Carlos David But mind trivial and vial, Tripod, menial, denial, Troll and trolley, realm and ream, Schedule, mischief, schism, and scheme bə maɪ (d) ˈ rɪvɪəl ə (d) ˈva(ɪ)əl | ˈ raɪpɒd | ˈm əl | dɪˈ a(ɪ)əl | rəʊl ə (d) ˈ rɒl | relm ə (d) r m | ˈ edju l | ˈmɪs ɪf | ˈskɪzəm | ə (d) sk m | Argil, gill, Argyll, gill Surely May be made to rhyme with Raleigh, But you're not supposed to say Piquet rhymes with sobriquet ˈɑ dʒɪl | dʒɪl | arˈɡaɪl | ɡɪl | ˈ ɔ:li | meɪ b ˈmeɪd ə raɪm wɪð ˈrɔ:li | bə jɔ: ɒ səˈpəʊzd ə ˈseɪ | pɪˈke raɪmz wɪð ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ | Had this invalid invalid Worthless documents? How pallid, How uncouth he, couchant, looked, When for Portsmouth I had booked! hæd ðɪs ˈɪ vəl :d ɪ ˈv lɪd | ˈwɜ θləs ˈdɒkjʊme s | haʊ ˈp lɪd ˈhaʊ ʌ ˈku θ h | ˈkaʊ ə | lʊk | we fə ˈpɔ sməθ ˈaɪ həd bʊk | Zeus, Thebes, Thales, Aphrodite, Paramour, enamoured, flighty, Episodes, antipodes, Acquiesce, and obsequies zju s | ˈθ bz |ˈθeɪl :z | ˌ frəˈdaɪ | ˈp rəmʊə | ɪˈ məd | ˈflaɪ | ˈepɪsəʊdz | ˈ ɪpəd z | ˌ kw ˈes | ə d ˈɒbsɪkwɪz | Please don't monkey with the geyser, Don't peel 'taters with my razor, Rather say in accents pure: Nature, stature and mature pl z dəʊ (t) ˈmʌŋk wɪð ðə ˈɡ zə | dəʊ (t) p l eɪ əz wɪð maɪ ˈreɪzə | ˈrɑ ðə ˈse(ɪ) ɪ ˈ kse s pjʊə | ˈ eɪ ə | ˈs ər ə (d) məˈ ʊə | Pious, impious, limb, climb, glumly, Worsted, worsted, crumbly, dumbly, Conquer, conquest, vase, phase, fan, Wan, sedan and artisan ˈpaɪ.əs | ˈɪmp əs | lɪm | klaɪm | ˈɡlʌml | ˈwʊs ɪd | ˈwɜ:s ɪd | ˈkrʌmbl | ˈdʌml | ˈkɒŋkə | ˈkɒŋkwes | vɑ z | feɪz | f | wɒ | sɪˈd ə d ˌɑ ɪˈz | The th will surely trouble you More than r, ch or w Say then these phonetic gems: Thomas, thyme, Theresa, Thames ðə ˈ ˈeɪ wɪlˈ ʊəl ˈ rʌbl ju | mɔ ðə ɑ | s : eɪ ɔ ˈdʌblju | seɪ ðe ð z fəˈ e ɪk dʒemz | ˈ ɒməs | aɪm | əˈr zə | ˈ emz | Thompson, Chatham, Waltham, Streatham, There are more but I forget 'emWait! I've got it: Anthony, Lighten your anxiety ˈ ɒmpsə | ˈ əm | ˈwɒlθəm | s re əm | ðər ə mɔ bə aɪ fəˈɡe əm | weɪ | aɪv ˈɡɒ ɪ | ˈ ə | ˈlaɪ jɔ:r ŋˈza(ɪ)ə | The archaic word albeit Does not rhyme with eight-you see it; With and forthwith, one has voice, One has not, you make your choice ði ɑ ˈkeɪ.ɪk ˈwɜ d ˌɔ lˈb ɪ | dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð eɪ ju: ˈs ɪ | wɪð ə (d) ˌfɔ θˈwɪθ | wʌ h z vɔɪs | wʌ h z ɒ | ju ˈmeɪk jɔ: ɔɪs | Shoes, goes, does * Now first say: finger; Then say: singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, age, u z | ɡəʊz | dʌz | aʊ ˈfɜ s(t) ˈseɪ | ˈfɪŋɡə | ðe ˈseɪ | ˈsɪŋə | ˈdʒɪ dʒə | ˈlɪŋɡə | rɪəl | z l | məʊv | ɡɔ z ə (d) ɡeɪdʒ | ˈm rɪdʒ | ˈfəʊl ɪdʒ | ˈmɪrɑ ʒ | eɪdʒ Compiled Juan Carlos David Hero, heron, query, very, Parry, tarry fury, bury, Dost, lost, post, and doth, cloth, loth, Job, Job, blossom, bosom, oath ˈhɪərəʊ | ˈherə | ˈkwɪər | ˈver | ˈp r | ˈ ɑ r ˈfjʊər | ˈber | dʌs | lɒs | pəʊs | ə (d) dʌθ | klɒθ | ləʊθ | dʒɒb | dʒəʊb | ˈblɒsəm | ˈbʊzəm | əʊθ | Faugh, oppugnant, keen oppugners, Bowing, bowing, banjo-tuners Holm you know, but noes, canoes, Puisne, truism, use, to use? fɔ | əpju: ə | k əpju: əz | ˈbɑ(ʊ)ɪŋ | ˈbə(ʊ)ɪŋ | b dʒəʊ  ju: əz | ˈhəʊm ju əʊ | bə ˈ əʊz | kəˈ u z | ˈpju | ˈ ru ɪzəm | ˈju s | ə ˈju z | Though the difference seems little, We say actual, but victual, Seat, sweat, chaste, caste, Leigh, eight, height, Put, nut, granite, and unite ðəʊ ðə ˈdɪfrə s ˈs mz ˈlɪ l | w ˈseɪ ˈ k uəl | bə ˈvɪ l | s | swe | eɪs | kɑ s | l | eɪ | haɪ | ˈpʊ | ʌ | ˈɡr ɪ | ə d juˈ aɪ | Reefer does not rhyme with deafer, Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer Dull, bull, Geoffrey, George, ate, late, Hint, pint, senate, but sedate ˈr fə dəz ɒ raɪm wɪð ˈdefə | fefə dʌz | ə (d) ˈzefə | ˈhefə | dʌl | bʊl | ˈdʒefr | dʒɔ dʒ | e | leɪ | hɪ | paɪ | ˈse ɪ | bə sɪˈdeɪ | Gaelic, Arabic, pacific, Science, conscience, scientific; Tour, but our, dour, succour, four, Gas, alas, and Arkansas ˈɡeɪlɪk | ˈ rəbɪk | pəˈsɪfɪk | ˈsa(ɪ)ə s | ˈkɒ ə s | ˌsa(ɪ)ə ˈ ɪfɪk | ʊə | bə ˈa(ʊ)ə | dʊə | ˈsʌkə | fɔ | ɡ s | əˈl s | ə d ɑ kə sɔ | Say manoeuvre, yacht and vomit, Next omit, which differs from it Bona fide, alibi Gyrate, dowry and awry seɪ məˈ u və | jɒ ə (d) ˈvɒmɪ | eks əˈmɪ | wɪ ˈdɪfəz frɒm ɪ | bə(ʊ) ə faɪdi | ˈ ləbaɪ | ˌdʒaɪˈreɪ | ˈda(ʊ)ər ə d əˈraɪ | Sea, idea, guinea, area, Psalm, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean, Doctrine, turpentine, marine s | aɪˈdɪə | ˈɡɪ | ˈeər ə | sɑ m | məˈr ə | bə məˈleər ə | ju θ | saʊθ | ˈsʌðə | kle z ə (d) kl ˈdɒk rɪ | ˈ ɜ pə aɪ | məˈr | Compare alien with Italian, Dandelion with battalion, Rally with ally; yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, key, quay! kəmˈpeər ˈeɪl ə wɪð ɪˈ ljə | ˈd dɪla(ɪ)ə wɪð bəˈ ljə | ˈr l wɪð ˈ laɪ | jeɪ | j | aɪ | ˈaɪ | aɪ | aɪ | weɪ | k | k | Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, receiver Never guess-it is not safe, We say calves, valves, half, but Ralf ˈse(ɪ) əˈvɜ | bə ˈevə | ˈf və | ˈ aɪðə | ˈleʒə | skeɪ | rɪˈs və | ˈ evə ges | ɪ ɪz ɒ seɪf | w ˈseɪ kɑ vz | v lvz | hɑ f | bə ˈr lf | Starry, granary, canary, Crevice, but device, and eyrie, Face, but preface, then grimace, Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass ˈs ɑ r | ˈɡr ər | kəˈ eər | ˈkrevɪs | bə dɪˈvaɪs | ə d ˈeər | feɪs | bə ˈprefɪs | ðe ɡrɪˈmeɪs | flem | fleɡˈm ɪk | s | ɡlɑ s | ˈbeɪs | Compiled Juan Carlos David | Bass, large, target, gin, give, verging, Ought, oust, joust, and scour, but scourging; Ear, but earn; and ere and tear Do not rhyme with here but heir ˈb s | lɑ dʒ | ˈ ɑ ɡɪ | dʒɪ | ɡɪv | ˈvɜ dʒɪŋ | ˈɔ | aʊs | dʒaʊs | ə (d) ˈska(ʊ)ə | bə ˈskɜ dʒɪŋ | ɪə | bə ɜ | ə d eər ə (d) ˈ eə | də ɒ raɪm wɪð hɪə bə eə | Mind the o of off and often Which may be pronounced as orphan, With the sound of saw and sauce; Also soft, lost, cloth and cross maɪ (d) ð əʊ əv ɒf /ˈɔ f ə d ˈɒf /ˈɔ f | wɪ meɪ b prəˈ aʊ s əz ˈɔ f | wɪð ðə ˈsaʊ d əv ˈsɔ ə (d) sɔ s | ˈɔ lsəʊ sɒf | lɒs | klɒθ ə (d) krɒs | Pudding, puddle, putting Putting? Yes: at golf it rhymes with shutting Respite, spite, consent, resent Liable, but Parliament ˈpʊdɪŋ | ˈpʌdl | ˈpʊ ɪŋ | ˈpʌ ɪŋ | jes | ə ɡɒlf ɪ raɪmz wɪð ˈ ʌ ɪŋ | ˈrespaɪ | spaɪ | kə ˈse | rɪˈze ˈla(ɪ)əbl | bə ˈpɑ ləmə | Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen, Monkey, donkey, clerk and jerk, Asp, grasp, wasp, demesne, cork, work ˈsev ɪz raɪ | bə ˈsə(ʊ) ɪz ˈ v | ˈhaɪf | ˈrʌf | ˈ evju | ˈs v | ˈmʌŋk | ˈdɒŋk | klɑ k ə (d) dʒɜ k | sp | ɡrɑ sp | wɒsp | dɪˈmeɪ | kɔ k | ˈwɜ k | A of valour, vapid vapour, S of news (compare newspaper), G of gibbet, gibbon, gist, I of antichrist and grist, eɪ əv ˈv lə | ˈv pɪd ˈveɪpə | es əv ju z kəmˈpeə ˈ ju speɪpə | dʒiː əv ˈdʒɪbɪ | ˈɡɪbə | dʒɪs | aɪ əv ˈ ɪkraɪs ə (d) ɡrɪs | Differ like diverse and divers, Rivers, strivers, shivers, fivers Once, but nonce, toll, doll, but roll, Polish, Polish, Poll and poll ˈdɪfə ˈlaɪk daɪˈvɜ s ə (d) ˈdaɪvəz | ˈrɪvəz | ˈs raɪvəz | ˈ ɪvəz | ˈfaɪvəz | wʌ s | bə ɒ s | əʊl | dɒl | bə rəʊl | ˈpɒlɪ | ˈpəʊlɪ | pɒl ə (d) pəʊl | Pronunciation-think of Psyche!Is a paling, stout and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits Writing groats and saying "grits"? prə  ʌ s eɪ θɪŋk əv ˈsaɪk | ɪz ə ˈpeɪlɪŋ | s aʊ ə (d) ˈspaɪk | wəʊ ɪ meɪk ju lu z jɔ: wɪ s | ˈraɪ ɪŋ ɡrəʊ s ə (d) ˈseɪɪŋ ɡrɪ s | It's a dark abyss or tunnel Strewn with stones like rowlock, gunwale, Islington, and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict ɪ s ə dɑ k əˈbɪs ɔ ˈ ʌ l | s ru wɪð s əʊ z ˈlaɪk ˈrɒlək | ˈɡʌ l | ˈɪzlɪŋ ə | ə d aɪl əv waɪ | ˈhaʊswaɪf | ˈvɜ dɪk ə d ɪ ˈdaɪ | Don't you think so, reader, rather, Saying lather, bather, father? Finally, which rhymes with enough, Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough?? dəʊ ju ˈθɪŋk səʊ | ˈr də | ˈrɑ ðə | ˈseɪɪŋ ˈlɑ ðə | ˈbeɪðə | ˈfɑ ðə | ˈfaɪ əl | wɪ raɪmz wɪð ɪˈ ʌf | ðəʊ | θru | baʊ | kɒf | ˈhɒk | sʌf | ʌf | Hiccough has the sound of sup My advice is: GIVE IT UP! ˈhɪkʌp h z ðə ˈsaʊ d əv sʌp | ma(ɪ) ədˈvaɪs ɪz | ɡɪv ɪ ʌp Compiled Juan Carlos David |