American English Pronunciation Workbook

Examples of the Consonant [p]


Word Initial

1.   [pɑɚfl̩]

fairly powerful but i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing

2.   [pɚsbɛktɪv]

but like to some people that's considered a city so i think it's you're perspective

3.   [pɑɹk]

and at whetstone park they used to have shelter house in the summer they held teen dances

4.   [pɹɑbləmz]

too many problems for people

5.   [pipl̩]

white people obviously there are white you can stand they're white people that are just

6.   [plæn]

she shouldn't plan on having a career because

7.   [pəblɪk]

you went to school with the people once at least once i went to highschool i went to public school

8.   [pɑlɪtɪʃənz]

uh doesn't think that your politicians should be bought

9.   [pəɹsnəl]

out of personal

10.   [pliz]

teaching them to say thank you and please and just the normal

11.   [pɹəpɛɹd]

i knew what i was doing i kind of wish i hadn't been as prepared but

12.   [peɪpɚ]

paper yet

13.   [pɹɛs]

black leaders would meet with him once a week and then they'd come out and hold this press conference and complain about he didn't do this for blacks and he didn't do

14.   [pipl̩]

yknow i talked to some people and they recommended this and recommended that and then i looked at it and

15.   [pɑp]

um we bought like pop tarts and that lasted for like a week of breakfast

16.   [paɪp]

which means we're doing voice and data over the same pipe

17.   [peɪmɪt]

if you don't make a child support payment

18.   [pɹaɪɑɹɪɾi]

priority

19.   [pɹɪvən]

yeah and then what's to prevent them from going and finding out what some companies doing what research is

20.   [pɚfɛʃnl̩]

you're professional and you're wife's professional

21.   [pɹɑpɹɪdi]

to kill you for stealing my property

22.   [pɪzɪʃɪn]

no matter what position he took on the health insurance trying to radically change things it wasn't gonna get through congress

23.   [pɑlətɪʃɪnz]

seems to me that the the the politicians expand these biological arguments and the things that aren't strictly biological and it becomes ideological and i think that

24.   [pɹɪzɚɹɪŋ]

space and preserving wild space

25.   [pɚsɛniʤɪz]

uh it was an extremely high percent i can't quote the percentages

26.   [pɑɹteɪk]

or they use the bible to say well yknow god specifically says in this chapter not to partake in spiritual activity

27.   [pɹɪdɪkmən]

here i am in a predicament i can't say nothing to them

28.   [pɚtɛktɪŋ]

because it was the difference between protecting roe versus wade and not

29.   [pəzɪʃən]

position

30.   [peɪmɛnt]

will only raise your payment

31.   [pɚtɛktɪŋ]

and in protecting choice yknow i um

32.   [pɚfɚ]

for you growing up and going into a lifestyle i would prefer

33.   [pəɹoʊl]

um i think just the fact that the jails are so over crowded now that they know that they're gonna get good time and parole and all sorts of stuff

34.   [pəlɪɾɪkl̩]

uh political

35.   [pɑsɪbl̩]

quite possible

Word Medial

36.   [oʊpɹə]

opera

37.   [kæptɪvɪɾi]

their lifespan in the wild is about five years seven years in captivity and he was thirteen

38.   [kæmps]

two different camps the

39.   [dɪsəpeɪt]

those stereotypes dissipate

40.   [dɪsəplɪn]

they deal with the discipline

41.   [ɹipidiŋ]

over and over and over we just keep repeating and repeating our bad stuff instead of getting off of it

42.   [hæpəns]

that's just one of those freaky things that happens

43.   [stupɪd]

talk about feeling stupid

44.   [tɑpɪks]

five paragraph essays and they give you these topics and you can pick from them

45.   [ɪkspiɹiɪns]

still there's nothing else do and there's nothing creative in response to say to this experience so

46.   [æpəl]

to get bags of apples and chicken sandwiches and apple juice

47.   [tɪpəkl̩]

typical dorm room

48.   [wɚkpleɪs]

because usually when you're writing something in the workplace

49.   [hæpɪn]

what happened was ever since i came to columbus

50.   [lɪpstɪk]

what's with that uh lipstick

51.   [æpəl]

apple what what you talking about

52.   [ɛɹpleɪnz]

ten airplanes

53.   [ɪmpaʊɚ]

they empower that

54.   [ʃɑpiŋ]

grocery shopping

55.   [slipɪŋ]

is now where i have a problem sleeping

56.   [kəmpæɾəbl̩]

are not compatible

57.   [ɪmpɔɹʔtn̩t]

wasn't important to me it wouldn't be a part of my life

58.   [ɪmpɔɹʔtn̩]

important but when you're looking at the

59.   [ɪmpɔɹtn̩t]

school just didn't seem that important

60.   [ɛmpɔɹʔtn̩t]

it was important to him but it was always important to him and we talked about politics at the dinner table sometimes

61.   [ɪmpɔɹʔtn̩t]

uh to help the the students are that are behind and that's important

After /s/

62.   [spɪlɾ]

and just as i started to get it out i spilled it

63.   [spɛl]

spell or

64.   [splɪt]

just in a split second

65.   [spɛʃli]

especially when i

66.   [ɹɪspɛkt]

respect and then you should get respect for it

67.   [kspleɪnɪŋ]

all over the place while you're explaining he's not listening


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