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Pronuncation - Long and short - Minimal Pairs



moravc
Czech Republic

Pronuncation - Long and short - Minimal Pairs
 
Hi guys, the pronunciation is sometimes a funny thing... Let´s make a  list of word pairs such as i x i:, a x a:
shit x sheet, bitch x beach, cast x cassed, coast x cost,
Can you help me to find more minimal pairs (especially the tricky ones)?

19 Apr 2012      





ueslteacher
Ukraine

smth like sh*t and sheetEmbarrassed? (don�t mean to offend anyone)
Sophia

19 Apr 2012     



Engteachar
Argentina

live - leave
still - steel - steal
here - hear
sin - scene
ant - aunt
p - pea

19 Apr 2012     



Olindalima ( F )
Portugal

Sophia !!!!!!Censored




I scream / ice cream LOL


19 Apr 2012     



kodora
Greece

pick-peak
sit-seat
bit-beat
rid-read-reed
fit-feat-feet
lick-leak
pill-peel
sin-seen
dill-deal
sick-seek
bin-bean

19 Apr 2012     



Victoria-Ladybug
Israel

meet- meat
see - sea


  pear (fruit)
  pair (couple)


to  (preposition)
too  (as well)

WORD LIST:
HOMONYMS
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently
and have different meanings.

http://www.fun-with-words.com/nym_homonyms.html

http://www.crazysquirrel.com/stuff/same-sound.jspx

http://abcteach.com/free/l/list_homonyms.pdf



19 Apr 2012     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

@ Linda: Nika started it! She said especially:)
Sophia

19 Apr 2012     



Olindalima ( F )
Portugal

@ Sophia  


Hug

19 Apr 2012     



moravc
Czech Republic

Thanks Sophia :-D   I couldn �t remember this one :-D    (Remember, we don �t need homonyms)
SO far WE HAVE GOT:

i: x i
bid x bead / Bede
bin x bean / been
bit x beat / beet
bitter x beater
bitch x beach / beech
blip x bleep
blitz x beats
brim x bream
chick x cheek
chip x cheap / cheep
crick x creek
cynic x scenic
cyst x ceased
did x deed
dill x deal
dim x deem
din x dean
dip x deep
fill x feel
filled x field
fist x feast
fit x feet / feat
flit x fleet
gin x gene / Jean
grid x greed
grin x green
grit  x greet
hid x heed
hill x heel / heal / he�ll
hip x heap
his x he�s
hit x heat
ill x eel
is x ease
it x eat
itch x each
kill x keel
kin x keen
Kip x keep
kiss x keys
knit / nit x neat
lick x leak / leek
lid x lead
lids x Leeds
lip x leap
list x least
litter x litre
live x leave
living x leaving
Lynn x lean
mill x meal
mitt x meet / meat / mete 
nil x kneel / Neal
pick x peak / peek / pique
pill x peel / peal
pillar x peeler
pip x peep
piss x peace / piece
pit x Pete
pitch x peach
rich x reach
rick / wrick x reek / wreak
rid x read / reed
riff x reef
rill x real / reel
rim x ream
rip x reap
risen x reason
scissors x Ceasar�s
shin x sheen
ship x sheep
shit x sheet
sick x seek
Sid x seed / cede
sill x seal
Sim x seem / seam
sin x scene / seen
sip x seep
sit x seat
six x seeks
skim x scheme
skit x skeet
slick x sleek
slip x sleep
slit x sleet
spick x speak
still x steel / steal
tick x teak
till x teal
Tim x team
tin x teen
twin x �tween
Viv x weave
whip x weep
whit / wit x wheat
wick x week / weak
will x wheel / weal
win x wean
wind x weaned
winner x weaner

e x ae
bet x bat
met x mat
set x sat
Ben x ban
Ken x can
den x Dan
bed x bad
head x had
said x sad
leg x lag

ou x  o:
so x saw
low x law
hole x hall
bowl x ball
coal x call
coat x caught
boat x bought (o:)

ou x short o
coast x cost
wrote x rot
note x not
most x mossed

o x u
cob x cub, rob x rub, sob x sub, cop x cup, pop x pup, dock x cuck, lock x luck, stock x stuck, not x nut, won x one,

o x a:
cost x cast
lost x last

i x e
pit x pet, knit x net, mitt x met, sit x set, ill x L, bill x bell, fill x fell, will x well, hill x hell, did x dead

s x th
sick x thick, sin x thin, sink x think, sing x thing, sank x thank, sought x thought, some x thumb, use x youth, mass x Math, pass x path, worse x worth,

z/d x th
bays x bathe, sues x soothe, breeze x breathe, close x clothe, Z x thee, den x then, Dan x than, die x thy, dare x there

sh x s
ship x sip, sheet x seat, she x see, shed x said, shelf x self, shell x sell, shit x sit, show x sew, leash x lease, fished x fist,

ng x k
ring x rink, wink wing, bank x bang, rink ring, runk rung, stink sting, Bink Bing,

w x v
west x vest, wet x vet,

l x r

light x right, lice x rice / rise, lot x rot, low x row, long x wrong, lead x read, led x red / read (in past)
lung x rung, load x road, lock x rock, glass x grass,

b x v
base x vase, berry x very, boat x vote, best x vest, beer x veer, bent x vent, bat x vat, ban x van


I like this list: http://sky.hfjh.tp.edu.tw/michelle/bestweb/minimalpairs.pdf

19 Apr 2012     



maryse pey�
France

Hi dear,
 
What about :
 
sick vs thick
sin vs thin
sink vs think
sought vs thought ?

19 Apr 2012     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

peace-piece-piss:)
kiss- keys
Sophia

19 Apr 2012     

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