Edward Carney, who attempted to provide a systematic description of the regularities of English spelling, wrote

Perhaps the greatest practical problem in dealing with spelling is that people do not have a familiar and generally accepted way of tackling the phonetic side of correspondences.  [Carney, 94]. 
 

Each vowel letter is associated with a short, unstressed, and  long sound ltr Alternatives A  ask, ago, aah, are,  E  el, the, her, vein, they I  it, eel, aisle, eye O  [aah], pot, awe, owe U  up, hook, hoop, use The a in ago is the default unstressed mid lax vowel vowel. [gray]  The vowels in Red words are short or checked, Blue words are free or long. Green words are diphthongs.

Native speakers are vaguely aware of the phonemes in their language.  In many languages, the writing system is over 90% phonemic.  Thus, they are not forced to deal with phonemes as distinct from letters, or spelling as distinct from spelling a pronunciation.  Carney noted that in English, there is no way in English of dealing with phonemes as distinct from letters.

Before we can talk about old time spelling and pronunciation, we need to have an agreed on set of conventions for describing speech. 

Paragraph Containing all 36 English phonemes plus important compounds
        see George Bernard Shaw's similar suggestion 

        Here is a nonsense sentence that is supposed to contain all of the English phonemes. 

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I peeped at the tot who was kicking his fat thigh so surely that the church pastor said, 'Yea, I have hung the bells and they shall toll for the mime, if you bring me an egg and some ash on wool'. Without further ado, the fathers said they are up in the air, in disarray, even Ian, with his dead bib and the gag, though he vowed never to measure or judge any animal of the zoo, lest woe befall him and they roar at him or even eat him. Better if they eat ice, oaks, oil, or ooze,he urged all of them, grasping his ear and kicking a yew. 
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TASK - Rewrite in a consistent phonemic notation. 

U2:  I pEpt at Dc tqt hu wcz kikiN hiz fat TI so Surly Dat Dc CRC pastcr sed, "yA, I hav hcng Dc belz and thA Sal tol for Dc mIm.  if U bring mE an eg and scm aS on wul." withaut fRthcr cdu, the fqdcr sed thA qr xp in Di er.  in discrA, Evcn Icn, with hiz ded bib and Dc gag. thO hE vaud nevcr tu meZcr or juj eny animcl cv Dc zu.  lest wO bifol him and thA rOr at him or Evcn Et him.  betcr if thA Et Is, Oks, oil, or uz.  hE Rjd ol cv Dem, graspiN hiz ir and kikiN c U [yu].

SS: aI piepd at the taat hu waz kicking hiz faet thhai so shurrly thaet the cherch paster sed; 'Yey, aI hav hunng the bellz and they shall toll for the maim, If yu bring mi an egg and summ ash on wul.' Without furrther adu, the faatherz sed they aar upp in the eir, in disarey, ievan Ain, with hiz dead bib aend the gag. Tho hi voud nevver tu mezher or judj enny annimal av the zu.  Lest wo bifol him aend they roar at him or ieven iet him.  Better if they iet ais, oaks, oil, or uuz.  Hi urrjd ol av them, graesping hiz ir and kicking a yu [yew].

RITE: I peepd at the taat hu was kicking his fat thie so shurly that the cherch paster sed; 'Yay, I hav hung the bells and thay shall toll for the mime, If yu bring me an egg and sum ash on wul.' Without ferther adu, the faathers sed they aar up in the air, in dissaray, eevan Ian, with his ded bib and the gag. Tho hi voud nevver tu mezher or judj enny annimal av the zu.  Lest woe bifaul him and thay roar at him or eeven eet him.  Better if thay eet ice, oaks, oil, or uuz.  He urjd aul av them, grasping hiz eer and kicking a yu [yew].

all notations here show stress abbot abut abaat ubbut  'ae-b't '-'bLht abbat abutt  aebxt xbat abxt xbVt

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