English spellings/Catalogs/Retro H

silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h

can be several à’s: '''àh

mostly schwa -'''ah

'''Jéddah

cf. Marìa: '''Marîah

'''parîah

'''blàh

'''ayatóllah

'''Beûlah

Gôa rhymes with '''Nôah

'''hurràh

'''Ûtàh

'''Jehôvah

-tch unless otherwise indicated below: -'''ch

'''êach

'''blêach

'''pêach

'''impêach

'''rêach

AmE *spínních; BrE *spínnídge '''spínach

sand bêach = tree '''bêech

'''besêech

* ték: abbreviation of téchnical; also hî-téch: '''téch

-tch '''whích

-k '''Zûrich

-tch, cf. same sound in Åldwých: -'''wích

and S- town; AmE -ch; BrE -dge '''sándwich

* Woòlidge '''Woòlwich

* Dúllidge '''Dúlwich

* Brómmidge '''Brómwich

* Grénnidge '''Gréenwich

* Hárrídge '''Hárwich

* Nórrídge, rhyming with pórridge: '''Nórwich

-wítch '''Ípswich

-wítch '''Drŏitwich

-wítch '''Nántwich

'''squélch

Wales Wélsh = person Wélch

'''fílch

'''zílch

'''drénch

'''sténch

'''wénch

'''ínch

'''wínch

'''cónch

'''búnch

'''húnch

'''púnch

'''lýnch

cf. easy sínch, ch sound; down, wash sínk = together '''sýnch

-dóck '''Mürdoch

'''smoôch

'''àrch

'''sëarch

'''làrch

Màrch = '''màrch

-k '''pâtriàrch

BrE -ək '''mónarch

'''stàrch

'''chürch

'''lürch

'''kítsch

'''pùtsch

'''bátch

'''cátch

'''hátch

'''nátch

'''ẁatch

'''étch

'''fétch

'''kétch

'''skétch

'''rétch

'''ítch

'''dítch

'''hítch

'''glítch

'''pítch

'''stítch

cf. Åldwých: what whích BrE = wizard '''wítch

'''twítch

'''bótch

'''nótch

'''hótchpotch

'''Dútch

'''múch

-k '''eûnuch

'''còuch

'''gròuch

'''toúch

'''vòuch

'''súch

cf. place names in -wích: '''Åldwých

-d: '''Rìyadh

ð éth or '''édh

* ây '''èh

mostly silent -'''gh

* Clôdə '''Clôdagh

* Ômə '''Ômagh

no nây = horse '''nèigh

kill slây = ride '''slèigh

cf. convèy, purvèy: '''invèigh

how wây = heavy '''wèigh

greeting hî = up '''hîgh

cf. voiced th in thŷ, vowel sound identical: unvoiced th in '''thîgh

person Nŷe = near '''nîgh

* sŷe '''sîgh

* Éddinbrə '''Édinburgh

* Frâzerbrə '''Frâserburgh * Pítsbürg '''Píttsburgh

BrE *làf AmE *láf '''lāugh

-òw '''bòugh

-óff '''Bóugh

-ô '''thôugh

AmE also plòw = BrE '''plòugh

-ôw '''fûrlôugh

* slòu: England Slòugh = swamp '''slòugh

* slúff skin '''sloúgh

frill, bird, fish, card rúff = tumble, approximate '''roúgh

* Brúff '''Bròugh

cf. Kentucky Míddlesborough or -boro: *Míddlzbrə England '''Míddlesbrough

-û: throw threŵ = preposition '''throûgh

AmE = búrrow ground, BrE *búrrə '''bòrough

* Lúfbrə '''Loúghborough

Bàrbara could be rendered in BrE as *Bàrborough

* Scàrbrə '''Scàrborough

cf. *Míddlzbrə England Míddlesbrough; Kentucky (or -boro) Míddlesborough

BrE *thúrrə, AmE *thúrrôw '''thòrough

-óff '''tróugh

-úff '''toúgh

-úff '''enoúgh

hide sêek = religion '''Sìkh

P(ə)n- '''Phnóm Pénh

letter Ô = exclamation '''ôh

-f -'''ph

'''épitaph

'''Rálph

'''oòmph

'''trîumph

'''lýmph

'''nýmph

'''mŏrph

'''glýph

AmE pronounced -r, BrE silent -'''rrh

'''catàrrh

'''mÿrrh

'''ásh

'''básh

'''cásh

'''dásh

'''gásh

'''hásh

'''flásh

'''slásh

'''smásh

'''rásh

'''crásh

'''thrásh

'''stásh

'''qùash

'''ẁash

'''Bangladésh

'''mésh

'''frésh

'''thrésh

'''dísh

'''réddish

'''chîldish

'''Cávendish

'''Bêamish

'''squêamish

'''Hâmish

'''bánish

'''Dânish

'''Spánish

'''vánish

end fínish = Finland '''Fínnish

'''astónish

'''gàrnish

'''tàrnish

'''vàrnish

'''Cŏrnish

'''bürnish

'''fürnish

'''púnish

'''fóppish

'''fétish

-gwísh '''ánguish

'''pêevish

'''wísh

'''fíftyish

person '''Wålsh

-sh: person Wélch = Wales '''Wélsh

'''cósh

'''dósh

'''nósh

'''whoòsh

'''pósh

'''tósh

'''bùsh

'''lúsh

'''blúsh

'''flúsh

'''plúsh

'''pùsh

'''rúsh

'''thrúsh

mostly unvoiced: -'''th

'''déath

'''hêath

'''bréath

'''wrêath

'''ôath

'''pāth

-drət-th '''húndredth

-zənth '''thòusandth

voiced th: '''éth

'''Elísabeth

'''Elízabeth

-ìəth '''twéntìeth

'''shibbóleth

'''Názareth

'''fífth

'''twélfth

* âyt-th '''èighth

-êath '''Kêith

'''blácksmith

'''lócksmith

'''zénith

voiced th: '''wíth

'''héalth

'''stéalth

'''wéalth

'''thirtêenth

'''ténth

'''eléventh

'''séventh

'''hŷacinth

'''plínth

'''nînth

'''bôth

'''dòth

'''lôth

'''slôth

voiced th: '''boôth

unvoiced th: '''toôth

'''ëarth

'''dëarth

'''heàrth

cabin '''bërth

'''Përth

born '''bïrth

'''fïrth

'''gïrth

'''mïrth

'''héncefŏrth

'''Fïrth of Fŏrth

'''gô fŏrth

'''nŏrth

'''wörth

4th '''fŏurth

'''sleûth

cf. verbs in -the: noun th unvoiced, verb th voiced: '''mòuth

ou as schwa, th unvoiced -'''mouth

-məth '''Bŏurnemouth

-məth '''Pŏrtsmouth

-məth '''Plýmouth

'''Rûth

'''trûth

'''streŵth

'''síxth

voiced th: casual blîthe = persons Blŷthe = '''Blŷth

voiced th: persons Smŷthe = '''Smŷth

'''Aberýstwyth

schwa: BrE er = AmE '''uh