Many words have long vowel sounds. For example, the 'a' in 'bath' rhymes is the same as in 'far', not the same as in 'cat'.
m ɛ n i WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː d z WORD_BOUNDARY h æ v WORD_BOUNDARY l ɔ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY v aʊ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY s aʊ n d z WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ ɡ z æ m p ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY b æ θ WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ aɪ m z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY f ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY n ɑ t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY k æ t WORD_BOUNDARY