Australian Pronunciation Differences List

I haven't had my machine out for a while because I've been concentrating on working through the Phoenix Fast Track to Realtime book with a focus on finding outlines that don't work for Australian English pronunciation. Below there's a list of words that I've found so far. Instead of daily updates, I will keep adding on to this post for a while.

fertile /ˈfɜtaɪl/ (say 'fertuyl), Originally US /-təl/ (say -tuhl)

  cretin (pg 16) /ˈkrɛtn/ (say 'kretn)

  Sharon (pg 16) /ʃæˈrɒn/ (say sha'ron)

  barren (pg 16) /ˈbærən/ (say 'baruhn)

  annex (pg 16) verb (t) /ˈænɛks/ (say 'aneks), /əˈnɛks/ (sayuh'neks) I had only heard the first pronunciation.

kaput (page 21) /kæˈpʊt/ (say ka'poot), /kə-/ (say kuh-)

was (page 24) /wɒz/ (say woz), weak form /wəz/ (say wuhz)

clerk (page 27) /klak/ (say klahk), or, Chiefly US /klɜk/ (sayklerk)

squirrel^{1 (page 27)} /ˈskwɪrəl/ (say 'skwiruhl)

thorough (page 27) /ˈθʌrə/ (say 'thuruh)

hurricane (page 28) /ˈhʌrəkən/ (say 'huruhkuhn), /-keɪn/ (say -kayn)

during (page 28) /ˈdjurɪŋ/ (say 'dyoohring)

plural (page 29) /ˈplurəl/ (say 'ploohruhl)

sure (page 29) /ʃɔ/ (say shaw)

juror (page 37) /ˈdʒʊərə/ (say 'joouhruh), /ˈdʒurə/ (say'joohruh)

butcher^{1 (page 38)} /ˈbʊtʃə/ (say 'boochuh)

quarter (page 38) /ˈkwɔtə/ (say 'kwawtuh)

molten (page 39) /ˈmoʊltn/ (say 'mohltn)

agile (page 41) /ˈædʒaɪl/ (say 'ajuyl)

fragile (page 41) /ˈfrædʒaɪl/ (say 'frajuyl), Originally US /-dʒəl/ (say -juhl)

fertile (page 41) /ˈfɜtaɪl/ (say 'fertuyl), Originally US /-təl/ (say -tuhl)

futile (page 41) /ˈfjutaɪl/ (say 'fyoohtuyl), Originally US /-təl/ (say -tuhl)

(The '-ile' ending is usually pronounced 'uyl' (aɪl) in Australian English - one major exception being the -mobile ending in words such as 'automobile', which is pronounced 'muhbeel' (məbil).)

schedule (page 42) /ˈʃɛdʒul/ (say 'shejoohl), /ˈskɛdʒul/ (say'skejoohl)

missile (page 43) /ˈmɪsaɪl/ (say 'misuyl), Originally US /-səl/ (say -suhl)

diesel (page 44) /ˈdizəl/ (say 'deezuhl)

capsule (page 44) /ˈkæpsjul/ (say 'kapsyoohl), /ˈkæpʃul/ (say'kapshoohl), /-ʃəl/ (say -shuhl)

nougat (page 46) /ˈnuga/ (say 'noohgah)

stirrup (page 49) /ˈstɪrəp/ (say 'stiruhp)

syrup (page 49) /ˈsɪrəp/ (say 'siruhp)

ampere (page 49) /ˈæmpɛə/ (say 'ampair)

financier (page 50) /fəˈnænsiə/ (say fuh'nanseeuh), /faɪ-/ (say fuy-)

virile (page 50) /ˈvɪraɪl/ (say 'viruyl), Originally US /-rəl/ (say -ruhl)

towards (page 53) /təˈwɔdz/ (say tuh'wawdz), /tɔdz/ (saytawdz)

voir dire (page 53) /vwa ˈdɪə/ (say vwah 'dear)

whorl (page 53) /wɜl/ (say werl)

constructive (page 57) /kənˈstrʌktɪv/ (say kuhn'struktiv) (emphasis on second syllable)

wharves (page 59) /wɔvz/ (say wawvz)

hover (page 59) /ˈhɒvə/ (say 'hovuh)

lever (page 59) /ˈlivə/ (say 'leevuh)

plover (page 59) /ˈplʌvə/ (say 'pluvuh)

adjusting (page 60) /əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/ (say uh'justing) (emphasis on second syllable)

disgust (page 61) /dəsˈgʌst/ (say duhs'gust) (emphasis on second syllable)

combust (page 61) /kəmˈbʌst/ (say kuhm'bust) (emphasis on second syllable)

For the 'or' section: In Australian pronunciation, the 'r' part is often not sounded (I'm only giving a few examples):

abhor (page 52) /əbˈhɔ/ (say uhb'haw)

adore (page 52) /əˈdɔ/ (say uh'daw)

albacore (page 52) /ˈælbəkɔ/ (say 'albuhkaw)

ashore (page 52) /əˈʃɔ/ (say uh'shaw)

chore (page 52) /tʃɔ/ (say chaw)

Norway^{1 (page 52)} /ˈnɔweɪ/ (say 'nawway)

I wonder whether it might be a good idea to put AU stroking options in? It would make more homonyms to differentiate, but these are actually homonyms for us, and it might be difficult to pick 'aw' from 'or' in unfamiliar words? For example, these are all homonyms in Australia: torque/talk, caulk/cork, sore/saw, lore/law, tort/taut, etc. We do, however, pronounce the 'r' medially when it is immediately followed by a vowel sound:

boring^{1 (page 52)} /ˈbɔrɪŋ/ (say 'bawring)

caloric (page 52) /kəˈlɒrɪk/ (say kuh'lorik), /keɪ-/ (say kay-)

  camphoric (page 52) /kæmˈfɒrɪk/ (say kam'forik)

oral (page 52) /ˈɒrəl/ (say 'oruhl)

gastric (page 62) /ˈgæstrɪk/ (say 'gastrik)

consortium (page 66) /kənˈsɔtiəm/ (say kuhn'sawteeuhm), /-ʃiəm/ (say -sheeuhm)

English^{1 (page 66)} /ˈɪŋglɪʃ/ (say 'ingglish)

financial (page 66) /faɪˈnænʃəl/ (say fuy'nanshuhl), /fə-/ (say fuh-)

gaseous (page 66) /ˈgæsiəs/ (say 'gaseeuhs), /ˈgeɪ-/ (say 'gay-)

glacier (page 66) /ˈgleɪsiə/ (say 'glayseeuh), /ˈglæsiə/ (say'glaseeuh)

Neither I nor the Macquarie knew about 'a Hoosier' (page 67)! I have Googled and am now wiser :-).

stalag (page 69) /ˈstælæg/ (say 'stalag)

vermouth (page 71) /ˈvɜməθ/ (say 'vermuhth), /vəˈmuθ/ (sayvuh'moohth)

what (page 73) /wɒt/ (say wot)

A question from page 76: I read SHAOE/SHR*EUPBG/-Z as "she shrinks" instead of "she slinks". Is there a way to differentiate the 'shr-' and 'sl-' outlines?

On page 36, 'put', 'pull', 'full', and 'bull' were stroked with a short U (PUT, PUL, TPUL, PWUL), but on page 64 the same sound (ʊ) in 'push' and 'bush' can be stroked U or AOU, and the long vowel (AOU) is used for 'ambushed' on page 65. I think I'd like to write them all with the short vowel.

(i.e. ʌ as in 'putt' and ʊ as in 'put' both stroked as U, whereas u as in 'rule' and ju as in 'humour' are both stroked as AOU)

hovel (page 79) /ˈhɒvəl/ (say 'hovuhl)

offal (page 80) /ˈɒfəl/ (say 'ofuhl)

I've just come upon the 'air' sound on page 81. I think this might provide another significant difference with Australian English. For the three examples given, we have three different pronunciations:

fair /fɛə/ (say fair)

peril /ˈpɛrəl/ (say 'peruhl)

parrot /ˈpærət/ (say 'paruht)

Here is the pronunciation key from the Macquarie dictionary, with my attempts at steno outlines alongside.

Pronunciation Key

Vowels
Symbol	Pronunciation	Example	Steno
i	as in 'peat'	pit	(P)AOE(T)
ʊ	as in 'put'	pʊt	(P)U(T)
ɪ	as in 'pit'	pɪt	(P)EU(T)
u	as in 'pool'	pul	(P)AO(L) or (R)AOU(L)
ɛ	as in 'pet'	pɛt	(P)E(T)
ɜ	as in 'pert'	pɜt	(P)UR(T)
æ	as in 'pat'	pæt	(P)A(T)
ə	as in 'apart'	ə'pat	U(/PART)
a	as in 'part'	pat	(P)AR(T)
ɒ	as in 'pot'	pɒt	(P)O(T)
ʌ	as in 'putt'	pʌt	(P)U(T)
ɔ	as in 'port'	pɔt	(P)OR(T) or (P)AU or (W)AR
æ̃	as in French 'vin'	væ̃	U?
y	as in French 'rue'	ry	AOU?
ɒ̃	as in 'bon voyage'	bɒ̃ vwaˈjaʒ	O?
Diphthongs
Symbol	Pronunciation	Example	Steno
aɪ	as in 'buy'	baɪ	(B)AOEU
eɪ	as in 'bay'	beɪ	(B)AEU
ɔɪ	as in 'boy'	bɔɪ	(B)OEU
aʊ	as in 'how'	haʊ	(H)OU
oʊ	as in 'hoe'	hoʊ	(H)OE
ɪə	as in 'here'	hɪə	(H)AOER
ɛə	as in 'hair'	hɛə	(H)AEUR
ʊə	as in 'tour'	tʊə	(T)AOUR