Plosive Consonants

Plosive Consonants: /p/ vs. /b/:

A big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!

/ə bɪɡ blæk bʌɡ bɪt ðə bɪɡ blæk beə, bʌt ðə bɪɡ blæk beə bɪt ðə bɪɡ blæk 

bʌɡ bæk/!

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Plosive Consonants: /p/ vs. /b/:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

/ˈpiːtə ˈpaɪpə pɪkt ə pek ɒv ˈpɪkld ˈpepəz. ə pek ɒv ˈpɪkld ˈpepəz 

ˈpiːtə ˈpaɪpə pɪkt. ɪf ˈpiːtə ˈpaɪpə pɪkt ə pek ɒv ˈpɪkld ˈpepəz, weəz 

ðə pek ɒv ˈpɪkld ˈpepəz ˈpiːtə ˈpaɪpə pɪkt/?

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Plosive Consonants: /t/ vs. /d/ and /k/ vs. /g/:

I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.

/aɪ hæv ɡɒt ə deɪt æt ə ˈkwɔːtə tuː eɪt; aɪl siː juː æt ðə ɡeɪt, səʊ dəʊnt biː leɪt/.

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Plosive Consonants: /t/ vs. /d/ and /k/ vs. /g/:

Green glass globes glow greenly.

/ɡriːn ɡlɑːs ˈɡləʊbz ɡləʊ ˈɡriːnli/.

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Plosive Consonants: /t/ vs. /d/ and /k/ vs. /g/:

How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

/haʊ kæn ə klæm kræm ɪn ə kliːn kriːm kæn/?

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