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32 Cards in this Set
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A
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Like "ah". (aha, father)
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Á
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Like "ow" or the "ou" in (house, about, shout)
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B
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Like English "B A", rhymes with Icelandic D, É, G.
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D
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Like English "D A". Rhymes with Icelandic B, É, G.
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Ð
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Like "eth" (ethics, Beth, meth)
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E
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Like "eh" or the e in (bed, end, met, meh)
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É
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The ye in (yet), or "E A", almost like the "yea" in "yeah". Rhymes with Icelandic B, D, G.
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F
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Like English "F".
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G
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Like English "gi-A" or like "gear" without the r. Rhymes with Icelandic B, D, É.
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H
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Like "how".
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I
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Like the i in (ick, sick, if).
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Í
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Like English "E".
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J
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Like "yo" or "y-oath", rhyming with "so" in (soda, sofa).
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K
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Like "cow", rhymes with (how, plough/plow).
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L
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Like "ek" (sector, fleck, met).
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M
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Like English "M".
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N
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Like English "N".
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O
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Like "or" or "oar". (for, bore, smore)
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Ó
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Like English "O". (oh, okay, deport)
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P
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Like "pier", "P", or "P-air" (appear). Rhymes with Icelandic B, D, G, etc.
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R
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like "eh-rr" with the rr rolled/trilled (error). Spanish: (perro, erre).
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S
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Like English "S".
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T
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Like English "t-A" or "tear" (as in "She shed a tear") or "tay". (taste, take). Rhymes with Icelandic B, D, G, etc.
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U
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Like "ooh". (super, soup, sue, glue).
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Ú
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Like the "oom" in (zoom, vacuum, bloom, balloon), but with the "oo" said for a shorter amount of time than when pronouncing the example words in English.
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V
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Like "vah-ff", rhymes with the "muff" in "earmuff", almost like "waff" in "waffle".
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X
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Like "X".
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Y
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Like "if-sell-on" or "if-sell-on A". (also "if-shh-lawn")
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Ý
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Like "if-sell-on E" (also "if-shh-lawn").
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Þ
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Like "tho", rhyming with "foe", or "thought" without the second t.
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Æ
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Like "eye" and "I".
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Ö
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Like the "ur" in (her, plural, earth)
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