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Differences Between AEBE Part I Differences in Pronunciation: 1) /t/ --- /d/ writer latter metal water plenty Ottawa party thirty Note: inter-city-----inner-city understand 2) -o- → /?u/---/a/ not top lot dock nod rob bomb stop hospital clock Exception: ______________________ song cloth boss croft 3) -a- → /a/---/?/ : ___a---n/m/s/l/th____ glance France chance dance answer can’t advantage demand example sample pass glass ask grasp last past clasp path half craft laugh aunt 4) -r- → /r/ car farm far bar ma—mar paw—pore cawed—cord saw—sore law—lore 5) wh- → /w/---/hw/ whale—wail whether—weather white—wight when—wen 6) -ile → /-ail/---/-il/ or /-?l/ agile docile facile fertile fragile mobile domicile hostile reptile senile sterile tactile juvenile servile futile 7) anti- → /ai-/---/i-/ direct / direction either / neither 8) /e/---/i/ leisure ego z ---/zed/--/zi/ zenith 9) history / victory / secretary / mystery / interest 10) hurry / worry / courage / encourage / discourage /?/--/?/ 11) Others often → /′?f?n/-- /′ɑft?n/ schedule → /?edju:?l/--/sk?d?ul/ lieutenant → /leften?nt/--/lut?n?nt/ clerk → /kla:k/---/kl?:k/ ----derby tomato → /t?′mɑ:t?u/--/t?′meito/ tournament → /tun?m?nt/--/t?n?m?nt/ Part II Differences in Word Spelling: 1) -our → -or ardour—ardor behaviour—behavior colour—color endeavour—endeavor favour—favor honour—honor humour—humor labour—labor neighbour—neighbor odour—odor parlour—parlor rigour—rigor vapour—vapor 2) –re → –er metre—meter centre—center fibre—fiber litre—liter meagre—meager theatre—theater 3) Words ending in –el and –al: chisel—chiselled—chiseled dial equal gravel level travel model 4) -ce → -se defence—defense offence—offense pretence—pretense licence—license advice---advise device--