Phonetics Fun

People

100

[bi'janse]

Beyoncé?

200

[miz k^hɑʊwɑ'sɑk^hi]

Who is Ms. Kawasaki?

300

[bræɾ 'pɪʔ]

Who is Brad Pitt?

400

['siɹʃə 'ɹoʊnɪn]

Who is Saoirse Ronan?

500

[ʃɔn 'pɛn]

Who is Sean Penn?

Places

100

[nu 'joʊɹk^h]

What is New York?

200

[lə'gwɑɹɾijə hɑɪ sk^hul]

What is LaGuardia High School?

300

[k^hælɪ'foʊɹnijə]

What is California?

400

['ɑɹk^hənsɔʊ]

What is Arkansas?

500

[foʊɹ foʊɹɾi 'wʌn]

What is 441?

Food

100

['jukə]

What is Yuca?

200

[bə'nænə]

What is a banana?

300

[fɜː]

What is phở?

400

['yiɾoʊ]

What is a gyro?

500

[tʃɹɑɪp]

What is tripe?

Movies

100

[dʒɔz]

What is Jaws?

200

['min gɹ̩lz]

What is Mean Girls?

300

[ðijə'vɛndʒɹ̩z]

What is The Avengers?

400

['ʃɔʃeŋ ɹə'dɛmʃɪn]

What is Shawshank Redemption?

500

[ðə 'fɔlt^h ɪn ɑʊɹ st^hɑɹz]

What is The Fault in Our Stars?

Miscellaneous

100

['swɪmɪŋ]

What is swimming?

200

[ɪm'pɹ̩ sənɛɪɾɹ̩]

What is an impersonator?

300

['k^hælkjuləs]

What is calculus?

400

['k^hɔlɪdʒ]

What is college?

500

['zɑɪləfoʊn]

What is a xylophone?