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Broadcast Pronunciation Guide and South Dakota
Pronunciations
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| Here are the basic sounds represented by AP phonetic symbols used on the wire: |
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| Vowel Sounds: a -- bat, apple ah -- father, arm aw -- raw, board ay -- fate, ace e, eh – bed ee -- feel, tea i, ih -- pin, middle y, eye -- ice, time, guide oh -- go, oval oo -- food, two ow- scout, crowd oy -- boy, join u -- curl, foot uh -- puff yoo -- fume, few Here are pronunciations for selected South Dakota place and county names. Places: Agar (AY'-gahr) Albee (AHL'-bee) Alpena (al-PEE'-nuh) Amherst (AM'-hurst) Angostura Reservoir (an-guh-STOR'-uh) Ardmore (AHRD'-mohr) Artas (AHR'-tuhs) Astoria (as-TOHR'-ee-uh) Aurora (uh-ROHR'-uh) Akaska (uh-KAS'-kuh) Alcester (AL'-ses-tur) Altamont (AHL'-tuh-mahnt) Andover (AND'-oh-vur) Armour (AHR'-mur) Artesian (ahr-TEE'-zhuhn) Athol (ATH'-uhl) Avon (AY'-vahn) Barnard (BAHR'-nurd) Belle Fourche (bel FOOSH') Bemis (BEE'-mis) Bijou Hills (BEE'-zhoo hils) Bovee (boh-VEE') Bristol (BRIS'-tuhl) Bushnell (BUSH'-nuhl) Batesland (BAYTS'-luhnd) Belvidere (BEL'-vih-deer) Beresford (BEERS'-furd) Bonilla (buh-NIL'-uh) Bowdle (BOW'-duhl) Britton (BRIT'-uhn) Canistota (kan-ih-STOH'-tuh) Canton (KAN'-tuhn) Cavour (kuh-VOHR') Chelsea (CHEL'-see) Colome (KAH'-lohm) Conde (kahn-DEE') Cresbard (KRES'-bahrd) Canova (kuh-NOH'-vuh) Caputa (kuh-PYOO'-tuh) Chamberlain (CHAYM'-bur-luhn) Colman (KOHL'-muhn) Colton (KOHL'-tuhn) Corsica (KOR'-sih-kuh) Dante (DAN'-tee) Dimock (DIH'-muhk) Dolton (DOHL'-tuhn) De Smet (dih-SMET') Doland (DOH'-luhnd) Dupree (doo-PREE') Epiphany (ee-PIF'-uh-nee) Estelline (ES'-teh-lyn) Fedora (feh-DOHR'-uh) Flandreau (FLAN'-droo) Garretson (GAYR'-et-suhn) Glenham (GLEN'-uhm) Geddes (GEH'-dehs) Groton (GROH'-tuhn) Hamill (HA'-muhl) Hecla (HEK'-luh) Herreid (HAYR'-ee-uhn) Hetland (HET'-luhnd) Holabird (HAHL'-uh-burd) Houghton (HOW'-tuhn) Huron (HYUR'-uhn) Hayti (HAY'-ty) Hermosa (hur-MOH'-suh) Herrick (HAYR'-ik) Hisega (hy-SEE'-guh) Hosmer (HAHZ'-mur) Hoven (HOH'-vuhn) Ipswich (IHP'-swich) Isabel (IZ'-uh-bel) Iroquois (EER'-uh-koy) Java (JAH'-vuh) Junius (JYOO'-nee-uhs) Kadoka (kuh-DOH'-kuh) Kennebec (KEH'-nuh-bek) Kenel (KEH'-nel) LaBolt (luh-BOHLT') LaFramboise Island (luh-FRAM'-boi) Lake Poinsett (PAWN'-set) Lake Sinai (SY'-nee-eye) LaPlant (luh-PLANT') Lennox (LEN'-uhx) Lily (LIHL'-ee) Lake Andes (layk AN'-deez) Lead (LEED) Leola (lee-OH'-luh) Lowry (LOW'-ree) McLaughlin (mik-GLAWF'-luhn) Medary (muh-DAYR'-ee) Menno (MEH'-noh) Miranda (muh-RAN'-duh) Montrose (mahn-TROHZ') Mellette (muh-LET') Mina (MY'-nuh) Mobridge (MOH'-brihj) Murdo (MUR'-doh) Nemo (NEE'-moh) Niobrara (ny-oh-BRAYR'-uh) Nisland (NIZ'-luhnd) Newell (NOO'-uhl) Nunda (NUHN'-duh) Oacoma (oh-uh-KOH'-muh) Oahe (oh-WAH'-hee) Oglala (OHG'-lah-luh) Okobojo (oh-kuh-BOH'-joh) Okreek (oh-KREEK') Olivet (AH'-luh-vet) Onida (oh-NY'-duh) Ottumwa (uh-TUHM'-wuh) Oelrichs (OHL'-riks) Okaton (OH'-kuh-tuhn) Oldham (OHLD'-ham) Onaka (oh-NAY'-kuh) Osceola (ah-see-OH'-luh) Pactola (pak-TOH'-luh) Parmelee (pahr-muh-LEE') Pierre (PEER) Pollock (PAH'-luhk) Provo (PROH'-voh) Pierpont (PEER'-pahnt) Plima (PLOO'-muh) Presho (PRESH'-oh) Pukwana (puk-WAH'-nuh) Romona (ruh-MOH'-nuh) Revillo (ruh-VIL'-oh) Rockham (RAHK'-uhm) Roslyn (RAHZ'-luhn) Roubaix (roh-BAY') Rowena (roh-WEE'-nuh) Ravinia (ruh-VEEN'-yuh) Rochford (RAHCH'-furd) Rosholt (RAH'-sholt) Roswell (RAHZ'-wel) St. Onge (saynt AHNJ') Sica Hollow (SEE'-chee) Sinai (SY'-nee-eye) Sisseton (SIHS'-eh-tuhn) Storla (STOHR'-luh) Seneca (SEN'-eh-kuh) Shyrl Corbly (shayrl KOR'-blee) Sioux Falls (soo FAHLS') Stephan Mission (steh-FAHN') Tabor (TAY'-bur) Tulare (too-LAYR') Tolstoy (TOHL'-stoy) Tyndall (TIN'-duhl) Utica (YOO'-tih-kuh) Veblen (VEHB'-len) Viborg (VY'-burg) Vilas (VY'-luhs) Villa Ranchero (VIH'-luh ran-CHAYR'-oh) Volga (VAHL'-guh) Vermillion (vur-MIL'-yuhn) Vienna (vy-EN'-uh) Volin (VAH'-lin) Wakonda (wuh-KAHN'-duh) Wanblee (wahn-BLEE') Watauga (wuh-TAW'-guh) Wecota (wih-KOH'-tuh) Wilmont (WIL'-maht) Woonsocket (WOON'-sah-kuht) Wakpala (wahk-PAH'-luh) Wasta (WAHS'-tuh) Waubay (wah-BAY') Wetonka (wih-TAHN'-kuh) Wolsey (WUL'-zee) Counties: Aurora (uh-ROHR'-uh) Beadle (BEE'-duhl) Bon Homme (BAHN' uhm) Brule (BROOL) Butte (BYOOT) Codington (CAHD'-ing-tuhn) Corson (KOHR'-suhn) Deuel (DOOL) Dewey (DOO'-ee) Faulk (FAWLK) Haakon (HAH'-kuhn) Jerauld (jur-AWLD') Lyman (LY'-muhn) McPherson (mik-FEER'-suhn) Meade (MEED) Mellette (meh-LEHT') Minnehaha (mih-nee-HAH'-hah) Ziebach (ZEE'-bahk) |
Consonants: g -- got, beg j – job, gem k -- keep, cap ch -- chair, butcher sh -- shut, fashion zh -- vision, mirage th -- thin, path kh -- guttural "k" |
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