A Course in Phonetics UC Berkeley Linguistics

Sentences for Chapter 4, Exercise I

Transcribe the following sentences as recorded by the British and American speakers.

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 British  American 
1. I've called several times, but never found you there.
2. Someone, somewhere, wants a letter from you.
3. We were away a year ago.
4. We all heard a yellow lion roar.
5. What did you say before that?
6. Never kill a snake with your bare hands.
7. It's easy to tell the depth of a well.
8. I enjoy the simple life.