Australian-English Spelling Dictionary/phonetic hints
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PHONE 105 PHONE AH(AEIOUY)-^ *H PHONE AR(AEIOUY)-^ *R PHONE A(HR)^ * PHONE A^ * PHONE AH(AEIOUY)- H PHONE AR(AEIOUY)- R PHONE A(HR) _ PHONE BB- _ PHONE B B PHONE CQ- _ PHONE CIA X PHONE CH X PHONE C(EIY)- S PHONE CK K PHONE COUGH^ KF PHONE CC< C PHONE C K PHONE DG(EIY) K PHONE DD- _ PHONE D T PHONE É< E PHONE EH(AEIOUY)-^ *H PHONE ER(AEIOUY)-^ *R PHONE E(HR)^ * PHONE ENOUGH^$ *NF PHONE E^ * PHONE EH(AEIOUY)- H PHONE ER(AEIOUY)- R PHONE E(HR) _ PHONE FF- _ PHONE F F PHONE GN^ N PHONE GN$ N PHONE GNS$ NS PHONE GNED$ N PHONE GH(AEIOUY)- K PHONE GH _ PHONE GG9 K PHONE G K PHONE H H PHONE IH(AEIOUY)-^ *H PHONE IR(AEIOUY)-^ *R PHONE I(HR)^ * PHONE I^ * PHONE ING6 N PHONE IH(AEIOUY)- H PHONE IR(AEIOUY)- R PHONE I(HR) _ PHONE J K PHONE KN^ N PHONE KK- _ PHONE K K PHONE LAUGH^ LF PHONE LL- _ PHONE L L PHONE MB$ M PHONE MM M PHONE M M PHONE NN- _ PHONE N N PHONE OH(AEIOUY)-^ *H PHONE OR(AEIOUY)-^ *R PHONE O(HR)^ * PHONE O^ * PHONE OH(AEIOUY)- H PHONE OR(AEIOUY)- R PHONE O(HR) _ PHONE PH F PHONE PN^ N PHONE PP- _ PHONE P P PHONE Q K PHONE RH^ R PHONE ROUGH^ RF PHONE RR- _ PHONE R R PHONE SCH(EOU)- SK PHONE SC(IEY)- S PHONE SH X PHONE SI(AO)- X PHONE SS- _ PHONE S S PHONE TI(AO)- X PHONE TH @ PHONE TCH-- _ PHONE TOUGH^ TF PHONE TT- _ PHONE T T PHONE UH(AEIOUY)-^ *H PHONE UR(AEIOUY)-^ *R PHONE U(HR)^ * PHONE U^ * PHONE UH(AEIOUY)- H PHONE UR(AEIOUY)- R PHONE U(HR) _ PHONE V^ W PHONE V F PHONE WR^ R PHONE WH^ W PHONE W(AEIOU)- W PHONE X^ S PHONE X KS PHONE Y(AEIOU)- Y PHONE ZZ- _ PHONE Z S #The rules in a different view: # # Exceptions: # # Beginning of word: "gn", "kn-", "pn-", "wr-" ----> drop first letter # "Aebersold", "Gnagy", "Knuth", "Pniewski", "Wright" # # Beginning of word: "x" ----> change to "s" # as in "Deng Xiaopeng" # # Beginning of word: "wh-" ----> change to "w" # as in "Whalen" # Beginning of word: leading vowels are transformed to "*" # # "[crt]ough" and "enough" are handled separately because of "F" sound # # # A --> A at beginning # _ otherwise # # B --> B unless at the end of word after "m", as in "dumb", "McComb" # # C --> X (sh) if "-cia-" or "-ch-" # S if "-ci-", "-ce-", or "-cy-" # SILENT if "-sci-", "-sce-", or "-scy-", or "-cq-" # K otherwise, including in "-sch-" # # D --> K if in "-dge-", "-dgy-", or "-dgi-" # T otherwise # # E --> A at beginnig # _ SILENT otherwise # # F --> F # # G --> SILENT if in "-gh-" and not at end or before a vowel # in "-gn" or "-gned" or "-gns" # in "-dge-" etc., as in above rule # K if before "i", or "e", or "y" if not double "gg" # # K otherwise (incl. "GG"!) # # H --> SILENT if after vowel and no vowel or "Y" follows # or after "-ch-", "-sh-", "-ph-", "-th-", "-gh-" # or after "rh-" at beginning # H otherwise # # I --> A at beginning # _ SILENT otherwise # # J --> K # # K --> SILENT if after "c" # K otherwise # # L --> L # # M --> M # # N --> N # # O --> A at beginning # _ SILENT otherwise # # P --> F if before "h" # P otherwise # # Q --> K # # R --> SILENT if after vowel and no vowel or "Y" follows # R otherwise # # S --> X (sh) if before "h" or in "-sio-" or "-sia-" # SK if followed by "ch(eo)" (SCH(EO)) # S otherwise # # T --> X (sh) if "-tia-" or "-tio-" # 0 (th) if before "h" # silent if in "-tch-" # T otherwise # # U --> A at beginning # _ SILENT otherwise # # V --> V if first letter of word # F otherwise # # W --> SILENT if not followed by a vowel # W if followed by a vowel # # X --> KS # # Y --> SILENT if not followed by a vowel # Y if followed by a vowel # # Z --> S

