Elicitation materials for reading: short phrases

Example (to be extended to include all consonants and vowels:

p p don't drop pans here

p t don't drop tins here

p k don't drop cans here

p b don't drop bins here

p d don't drop dishes here

p g don't drop guns here

p f don't drop fish here

p T don't drop thistles here

p ... don't drop ... here

t p please cut paper carefully

t t please cut tissue carefully

t k please cut cabbage carefully

t b please cut broccoli carefully

t d please cut dynamite carefully

t g please cut geese carefully

t f please cut feathers carefully

t T please cut thistles carefully

t ... please cut ... carefully

Note:

• the diphones should, if possible, NOT be in stressed positions,
• sequences of consonants and vowels may occur both within words and between words -- both contexts should be used!
• some sequences of consonants, such as some of those above, only occur between two words,
• don't allow yourself to be misled by the orthography -- e.g. the `pp' in `happy' is NOT a diphone -- cf. /§hæp§/!