 THE CHAOS by Gerard Noltz-Trenite Red for LibriVox.org by Alan Davis Drake Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Susie, busy. Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear an eye, your dress will tear. So shall I, oh, hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and herd. Dies an diet, lord and word. Sword and sword, retain and Britain. Mind the latter how it's written. Now I surely will not plague you with such words as plaque and ague. But be careful how you speak. Say break and stake, but bleak and streak. Coven oven, how and low. Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, daughter, laughter, and terpsickery. Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles, exiles, similes, and reviles. Scholar, vicar, and cigar. Solar, mica, war, and far. One, anenomy, Balmoral. Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel. Gertrude, German, wind, and mind. Seen, melpomene, mankind. Billet does not rhyme with ballet. Okay, wallet, mallet, chalet. Blood and flood are not like food. Nor is mold like should or would. Viscous, vicount, load, and broad. Toward, too forward, too reward. And your pronunciations okay, when you correctly say croquet, rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve. Friend and fiend, alive and live. Ivy, privy, famous clamor. And enamer rhyme with hammer. River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb. Doll and roll. And some and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger. Neither does devour with clanger. Souls but fool. Haunt but aunt. Font front won't want, grand and grant. Shoes goes does. Now first say finger, and then say singer. Ginger, linger. Real zeal, mauve gauze, gouge, and gauge. Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. Query does not rhyme with very. Nor does fury sound like berry. Dust lost post, and doth cloth loath. Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. Though the differences seem little, we say actual but victual. Refer does not rhyme with defer. Phefer does, and zepher, hefer. Mint, pint, senate, and sedate. Dull bull, and George ate late. Scenic, Arabic, Pacific. Science, conscience, scientific. Liberty, library, heave in heaven. Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. We say hallowed, but allowed. People leopard, toe, but vowed. Mark the differences moreover between mover, cover, clover. Leaches, breeches, wise, precise. Chalice, but police, and lice. Camel, constable, unstable. Principal, discipline, label. Pedal, panel, and canal. Weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal. Worm, and storm. Shays, chaos, chair. Senator, spectator, mare. Tour, but hour, and sucker, four. Gas, alas, and Arkansas. See, idea, Korea, area. Psalm, Maria, but malaria. Youth, south, southern, cleanse, and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. Compare, alien, with Italian. Dandelion, and battalion. Sally, with ally, yea, ye. Eye, eye, eye, eye, way, and key. Say, avir, but ever, fever. Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. Heron, granary, canary. Crevice, and device, and eerie. Face, but preface, nutty face. Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base. Large, but target, gin give verging. Aught, out, joust, and scour, scurging. Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear. Do not rhyme with, here, but ere. Seven is right, but so is even. Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen. Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk. Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work. Pronunciation, think of psyche. Is a pailing stout and spiky? Won't it make you lose your wits, writing grotes, and saying grits? It's a dark abyss or tunnel, strewn with stones, stowed solace, gunnel. Islington, the Nile of White, housewife, verdict, and indict. Finally, which rhymes with enough, though, through, plow, or doe, or cough. Pick-up has the sound of cup. My advice is, give it up. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Chaos, by Gerard Nolst Trenete, read for LibriVox.org by Anna Roberts. Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse, sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Susie, busy. Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in your eye, your dress will tear. So shall I, oh, hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and herd, dyes and diet, Lord and word, sword and sword, retain and Britain. Mind the latter how it's written. Now I will surely not plague you with such words as plaque and egg. But be careful how you speak, say break and steak, but bleak and streak. Cloven, oven, how and low, script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, daughter, laughter, and Turkish core, typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles, exiles, similes, and reviles, scholar, vicar, and cigar, solar, mica, war, and far, one, anemone, ball, morale, kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel, Gertrude German, wind and mind, scene, melpamine, mankind. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. Blood and flood are not like food, nor is mold like should and would. Viscous, viscount, load and broad, toward, to, forward, to, reward. And your pronunciations okay when you correctly say croquet, rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, friend and fiend, alive and live. Ivy, privy, famous, clamor, and enamer rhyme with hammer. River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, doll, and roll, and sum, and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger, neither does devour with clanger. Souls but fowl, haunt but ant, font, front, want, want, grand, and grant. Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, and then singer, ginger, linger. Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, and gauge, marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. Query does not rhyme with berry, nor does fury sound like berry. Dost, lost, post, and doth, cloth, loth. Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath. Though the differences seem little, we say actual but victual. Refer does not rhyme with defer. Foefer does, and zepher, heifer, mint, pint, senate, and sedate, dull, bull, and George VIII late, scenic, Arabic, pacific, science, conscience, scientific. Liberty library, heave in heaven, Rachel, ache, mustache, 11. We say hallowed but allowed, people, leopard, toad, but vowed. Mark the differences moreover between mover, cover, clover, leeches, breeches, wise, precise, chalice, but police, and lice, camel, constable, unstable, principal, disciple, label, petal, panel, and canal, weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal, worm and storm, chase, chaos, chair, senator, spectator, mayor, tour, but hour and sucker, fore, gas, alas, and Arkansas, sea, idea, Korea, area, psalm, maria, but malaria, youth, south, southern, cleansing clean, doctrine, turpentine, marine. Compare alien with Italian, dandelion, and battalion, sally with ally, yay, ye, eye, eye, eye, eye, way, and key. Say aver, but ever, fever, neither, leisure, skein, deceiver, heron, granary, canary, crevice, and device, and airy, face, but preface, not efface, flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base, large, but target, gin, give, verging, ought, out, joust, and scour, scourging, ear, but earn, and wear, and tear, do not rhyme with here, but air, seven is right, but so is even, hyphen, roughen, nephew, Steven, monkey, donkey, Turk, and jerk, ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work. Pronunciation, think of psyche, is a paling stout and spiky, won't it make you lose your wits, writing grotes, and saying grits? It's a dark abyss, or tunnel, strewn with stones, stowed, soulless, gunwale, Islington, an isle of white, housewife, verdict, and indict. Finally, which rhymes with enough, though, through, plow, or doe, or cough, hick-off has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trinite, read for LibriVox.org by Carol Struppling. Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Susie, busy. Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear, so shall I, oh, hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and herd. Dies in diet, lord, and word. Sword and sword retain in Britain. Mind the latter how it's written. Now I surely will not plague you with such words as plaque and egg you, but be careful how you speak. Say break and stake, but bleak and streak. Cloven, oven, howl, and low, script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, daughter, laughter, and turpsickery, typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles, exiles, similes, and reviles, scholar, vicar, and cigar, solar, mica, war, and far. One, anemone, malmoral, kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel, Gertrude, German, wind, and mind, scene, melpomony, mankind. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, boquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. Blood and flood are not like food, nor is mold like should and would. Viscous, vicount, load, and broad, tward, too forward, too reward. And your pronunciation's okay when you correctly say croquet. Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve, friend, and fiend, alive, and live. Ivy, privy, famous, clamor, and enamor, rhyme with hammer. River, rival, tomb, balm, comb, doll, and roll, and sum, and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger, neither does devour with clanger. Souls but fowl, haunt but ant, font front want, want grand and grant. Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, and then singer, ginger, linger. Real zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, engage, marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. Query does not rhyme with very, nor does fury sound like berry. Dust lost post, and doth cloth loathe, job nabuzum, transum, oath. Though the differences seem little, we say actual but vital. Refer does not rhyme with defer, fefer does and zefer, hefer, mint, pint, cinnit, and sedate. Dull, bull, and George ate late. Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, science, conscience, scientific. Liberty, library, heave, and heaven. Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven. We say howlode, but allowed. People, leopard, toad, but vowed. Mark the differences moreover between mover, cover, clover. Leaches, breeches, wise, precise. Chalice, but police, and lice. Camel, constable, unstable. Principle, disciple, label. Petal, panel, and canal. Weight, surprise, plat, promise, pal. Worm and storm. Shays, chaos, chair. Senator, spectator, mayor. Tour, but hour, and sucker, for. Gas, alas, and Arkansas. Sea, idea, Korea, area, psalm, Maria, but malaria. Youth, south, southern, cleanse, and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. Compare alien with Italian, dandelion, and battalion. Sally with ally, ye ye, ay, ay, ay, way, and key. Say, aver, but ever, fever, neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. Heron, granary, canary. Crevice, and device, and airy. Face, but preface, not efface. Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base. Large, but target, gin, give, verging. Ott, out, joust, and scour, scurging. Ear, but urn, and wear, and tear. Do not rhyme with here, but air. Seven is right, but so is even. Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen. Monkey, donkey, Turk, and jerk. Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work. Pronunciation? Think of psyche. Is a paling, stout, and spiky? Won't it make you lose your wits? Riding grotes and saying grits? It's a dark abyss or tunnel, strewn with stone, stowed, solace, gunnel. Islington, an isle of white. Housewife, verdict, and indict. Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plow, or doe, or cough. Hiccup has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenete Read for LibriVox.org by David Lawrence November 30, 2008 in Brampton, Ontario Dearest creature in creation Study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you Susie busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Cheer an eye, your dress will tear So shall I, oh hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dyes and diet, lord and word Sword and sward Retain in Britain Mind the latter how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and egg you But be careful how you speak Say break and steak But bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how, and lo Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe Hear me say devoid of trickery Daughter laughter and tripsickery Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, belmoral Kitchen, lichen Laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Seen, mopomene, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, charet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mold like should and would Mishis, vicount, load, and broad Tward to forward to reward And your pronunciations okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve Friend and fiend, alive, and live Ivy, privy, famous Clammer and enamer, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll, unroll, and sum, and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but foul, haunt but ant Font, front, won't want Grand and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, and gauge Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, post, and doth Cloth, clothe, job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual, but vital Referred is not rhyme with defer Folfer does, and zepher, heifer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Dull, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific, science Conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the differences more over Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Pettle, panel, and canal Weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal Worm and storm Chase, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour, and sucker Four, gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, area Somme, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern Cleans and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with a lie Ye, ye, eye, eye Eye A, way, and key Say ever, but ever, fever Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, granary, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, naughty face Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large, but target, gin, give, verging Aut, out, joust, and scour, scourging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, ruffin, nephew Stephen Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is it pailing, stout, and spiky? Won't it make you lose your wits, writing grotes, and saying grits? It's a dark abyss, or tunnel Stewn with stones, stowed, soulless, gunnel Islington, an isle of white Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Hiccup has a sound of cup My advice is to give it up This poem is in the public domain Susie, busy, make your head with heat to grow dizzy Tear in eye, your dress will tear So shall I, oh hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dies, and diet, lord, and word Sword and sword, retain, and Britain Mind the latter, or how it's written And I surely will not plague you with words Such as plaque, and acue But be careful how you speak Say break, and stake, but a bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how, and lo Script, receipt, poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and tepsichery Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, bar moral Kitchen like, and laundry, and laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Seen, malemony, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood, and not like food Nor is mould like should and would Viscous, thy count, load and broad Toward, to forward, to reward And your pronunciation's okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve Friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous Clammer and enama, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb Cone, doll and roll And sum and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clangour Souls, but fowl, haunt, but aren't Font, front Want, want, grant and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then say singer Ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze Gouge, engage Marriage, foliage, mirage and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dost, lost, post and doth Cloth, loathe Job, knob, bosom, transome, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual, but victual Refer does not rhyme with deffer Fofa does and zeffir, heffir Mint, pint, senate and sedate Dull, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave and heaven Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the differences, moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel and canal Weight, surprise, plat, promise, pal Worm and storm Shays, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tall, but hour and sucker fall Gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, career, area Sam, maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean Doctrine, turpentine Marine, compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally, with ally, yea, ye Eye, eye, eye, eye, way and key Say, avar, but ever, fever Neither, leisure, scheme, deceiver Heron, granary, canary, crevice And device and airy Face, but preface, not a face Flem, phlematic, ass, glass, base Large, but target Gin, give, verging Aught, out, joust, and scour Scurging, ear, but earn and wear and tear And do not rhyme with here, but ere Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, roughen Nephew, Stephen Monkey, donkey, turk and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work Pronunciation, think of psyche, is paling stout and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits, writing grotes and saying grits It's a dark abyss or tunnel, strewn with stones, stowed, solace and quill Islington and Isle of Wight, housewife, verdict and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Hiccup has the sound of cup My advice is to give up End of poem This poem recording is in the public domain Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse, sound like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy, make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear in eye, your dress will tear, so shall I, oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dyes and diet, lord and word Sword and sword, retain and Britain Mind the latter, how it's written Now I surely will not plague you, with such words as plaque and ague But speak careful how you speak, say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how and lo, script, receipt, show, poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery, daughter, laughter, and terpsichory Typhoid, measles, top sails, ails, exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, bitter, and cigar, solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind, scene, melpimini, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet, bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food, nor is mould like chud and woods Viscous, vicount, load, and broad, toward, to forward, to reward And your pronunciation's okay, when you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous, clamor, and enamer, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, balm, calm, doll and roll, and sum, and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger, neither does devourer, with clanger Souls but fowl, hound, but aunt Font, front, want, want, grant, and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger, and then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mob, gauze, gauge, engage Marriage, foliage, marriage, and age Creery does not rhyme with very, nor does fairy sound like berry Dust, lost, post, and doth, clothe, loose Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little, we say actual, but little Refer does not rhyme with defer, feather does, and zepher, heifer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Doll, ball, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific, science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the differences, moreover, between mover, cover, clover Leeches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lies Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel, and canal Way to price, plate, promise, pall Worm and storm, shades, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour, and sucker Four, gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, area Psalm, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse, and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally was ally Yay, yay Eye, eye Eye, eye Way and K Say a ver, but ever, fever Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, granary, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, nuts efface Flem, flugmanic As, glass, base Large, but target Gin, give, verging Ought, out, joust, and scour, scorching Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme, with hear, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, roughen Nephew, Steven Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is a pailing, stout, and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits, writing grotes, and saying grits It's a dark abyss, or tunnel Strewn with stones, stowed, soulless gunwill Eislington, an isle of white Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Here cup, has the sound of cup My advice is give it up End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trinity Read for LibriVox by Lars Rolander Dearest creature in creation Study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, course, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear in eye, your dress will tear Social eye, oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dice and diet Lord and word Sword and sword retain and written Mind the latter how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and egg you But be careful how you speak Say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven oven, how and low Script, receipt, show, poem, and tow Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and terpsichory Typhoid measles, top sails, ails Exile similis, and revails Scholar, wicker, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anamone, balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Seen, melk, pomeen, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballot Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mould like chud and wood Vicious why count load and broad To ward, to forward, to reward And your pronunciations okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve Friend and fiend, alive, and live Ivy privy, famous, clamour And enamer, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll, and roll, and sum, and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but foul, haunt but aunt Font, front, won't, want, grant, and grant Shoes goes thus, now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real seal, morph, gorse, gorge, and gauge Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dost, lost, post, and doth Ploss, loathe, job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual but little Refer does not rhyme with defer Fuffer does and siffer heffer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Doll, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific, science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven We say hallowed but allowed People leopard, toad, but wowed Mark the differences moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leeches, preaches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel, and canal Weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal Worm and storm, chess, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mare Tour, but hour, and so cool, fall Gas, alas, and arcanso Sea, idea, Korea, area Sa, Maria, Matt, malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse, and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with alley Je, ye Eye, eye, eye, eye, way, and key Say over, whatever, fever Neither, letcher, skein, deceiver Heron, granary, canary Cravis, and device, and airy Face, but preface, not efface Flag, phlegmatic, as glass, bass Large, but target, gin, gib, verging Ought, out, just, and score, scorching Air, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with hair, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hype, and rough, and nephew, Stephen Monkey, donkey, Turk, and jerk Ask grass, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is appalling stout, and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits Writing, growls, and saying grits It's a dark abyss, or tunnel Stroom with stones, stowed so last Gunwell Islington, an isle, a witt Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, throw, plow, or doe, or cuff Hiccup has the sound of cup My advice is to give up End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenite Read for LibriVox.org by Mark Smith Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear and I, your dress will tear So shall I, oh hear my prayer Just compare, heart, beard, and herd Dies and diet, lord and word Sword and sward, retain and Britain Mind the latter, how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and egg you But be careful how you speak Say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how and lo Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and turpsickery Typhoid, measles, topsoils, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind in mind Seen, melpomony, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Boquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mould like should in wood Viscous, vicount, load, and broad Toward, to forward, to reward And your pronunciation's okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve Friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous, clamour And enamer, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll, enroll, and summon home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but fowl, haunt but ant Font, front, want, want, grand and grant Shoes, goes, does Now, first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, engage Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with very Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, post, and Doth, cloth, loathe Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual, but viddle Refer does not rhyme with deffer Pheffer does and zeffer, heffer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Dull, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave in heaven Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, would vowed Mark the differences moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel, and canal Weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour, and sucker, for Gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, area Psalm, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean Doctrine, turpentine Marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with ally Ye, ye, eye, eye, eye, eye, way, and key Say a ver, but ever, fever Neither leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, granary, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, not efface Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large, but target Gin, give, verging Aught, out, joust, and scour, scurging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen Monkey, donkey, Turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation Think of psyche Is a paling stout and spiky? Won't it make you lose your wits writing grotes and saying grits? It's a dark abyss, or tunnel, strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunnel Islington, an isle of white, housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Hiccup has the sound of cup My advice is to give up End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Chaos by Gérard Nolstronite Read for LibriVox.org by Margaret Brachon Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear an eye, your dress will tear Social eye, oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dyes and diet, lord, and word Sword and sword, retain, and Britain Mind the latter, how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague But be careful how you speak Say break and stake, but gleek and streak Cloven oven, howl, and lo Script, receipt, show poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and terpsickery Typhoid measles, top sails, aisles Eggs aisles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Seen melpomene, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flutter, not like food Nor is mold like chudden wood Viscous, bicount, load, and bra Toward to forward to reward And your pronunciation's okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve Friend and fiend, alive, and live Ivy, privy, famous clamor And a nama rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll and roll and summon home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but fowl, haunt but ant Font, front, won't, want, grant, and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, engage Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, post, and doth cloth loathe Job, knob, bosom, trance, some oath Though the differences seem little We say actual, but viddle Refer does not rhyme with deffer Fuffer does, but zeffer heffer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Dole, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven We say hallowed but allowed People, leopard, toad, but bowed Mark the differences moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leeches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, but disciple, label Pedal, panel, and canal Weight, surprise Plate, promise, pow Worm and storm Chase, chaos chair Senator, spectator, mayor Torbid hour in sucker four Gas, alas, in Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea area Sam, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleans and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with ally, yeah, yee Eye, eye, eye, eye, way, and key Say avar, but ever, fever Neither leisure, sky, and deceiver Heroine, granary, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, not a face Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large, but target, gin, give, verging Ott, out, joust, and scour, scourging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, rough, and nephew, Stephen Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is appaling, stout, and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits Writing, grotes, and saying grits It's a dark abyss or tunnel Stroom with stone, stone, soulless gunnel Islington, an aisle of white Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though through plough, or dough, or cough Hiccup has the sound of cup My advice is to give it up End of the Chaos This recording is in the public domain I will teach you, in my verse, Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear and eye your dress will tear So shall I, oh hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dies and diet, lord, and word Sword and sword, retain and Britain Mind the latter how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague But be careful how you speak Say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how and lo Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and terpsickery Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, visor, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind and mind Scene, melpomony, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bokeh, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mold like should and would Viscous, viscount, load and broad Toard, too forward, too reward And your pronunciation's okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve Friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous, clamor And enamorine with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll and roll, and sum, and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but foul, haunt but ant Font, front, want, want, grand, and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge Marriage, foliage, mirage and age Query does not rhyme with very Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, post and doth Cloth, loath Job, knob Bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual, but vital Refer does not rhyme with defer Fulfur does, and zepher, heifer Mint, pint, senate and sedate Doll, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave and heaven Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the differences moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Shallows, but police and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel, and canal Weight, surprise Plate, promise, pal Worm and storm Chase, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour and sucker Four, gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, arena Somme, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern Cleans and clean Doctrine, terpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with alley Ye, yay Eye, eye A, eye Way and key Say avir, but ever Fever Neither Leisure Skaen Deceiver Heron Granary Canary Crevice and device and airy Face, but preface, not a face Flem, flamatic, ass, glass, bass Large, but target Gin, give, verging Aught, out, joust, and scour, scourging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen Ruffin Nephew Stephen Monkey Donkey Turk and jerk Ask Grasp Wasp And cork and work Pronunciation Think of psyche Is a paling, stout and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits Writing grotes and saying grits It's a dark abyss or tunnel Strewed with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale Islington, an isle of white Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, through, plow, or doe, or cough Hick-off has the sound of cup My advice is give it up End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Chaos by Gerard Nuls Trinete Read for LibriVox.org by Rhonda Federman Dearest creature in creation Study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you Susie busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear in eye your dress will tear So shall I Oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dies in diet, lord, and word Sword and sword, retain, and Britain Mind the latter, how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague But be careful how you speak Say break and stake But bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how, and low Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and terpsickery Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Scene, melpomene, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mold like should and would Vicious, vicount, load and broad Tord, to forward, to reward And your pronunciations okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve Friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous Clammer and enammer, rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll and roll, and some and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devour with clanger Souls but fowl, haunt, but dance Font, front, won't want Grand and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge, engage Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, post and doth Cloth, loathe Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the difference seems little We say actual, but little Refer does not rhyme with deffer Pfeffer does and zeffer heffer Mint, pint, senate and sedate Doll, bull, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven We say hallowed, but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the difference moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principle, disciple, label Pedal, panel, and canal Wait, surprise, plate, promise, pal Worm and storm, chase, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour, and sucker, four Gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, area Somme, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern Cleans and clean Doctrine, turpentine Marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with alley Ye, ye, eye, eye, ae, eye Way and key Say a ver, but ever fever Neither leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, granary, canary Crevice and device and arry Face but preface, not a face Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large but target, gin give verging Aught out joust and scour, scurging Ear but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, ruffin, nephew Stephen Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is a paling, stout and spiky Won't it make you lose your wits Writing grotes and saying grits It's a dark abyss or tunnel Strune with stones, stowed, solace, gunwell Islington, an isle of white Housewife, verdict and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Hickoff has the sound of cup My advice is to give up End of poem This recording's in the public domain The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trinity Read for LibriVox.org by Sergio Baldelli Dearest creature in creation Study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, cause, horse, and worse I will keep you Susie busy Make your head with a heat-grown dizzy Tear in eye, your dress with tear So shall I, oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dyes and diet, lord and word Sword and sword, retain and Britain Mind the letter, how it's written Now, I surely will not plague you with such words As the plaque and egg you But be careful, how you speak Say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven oven, how and low Script, receipt, show, poem, and a tow Hear me say, divide of a trickery Daughter, laughter, and topsycary Typhoid, measles, topsells, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, Mike, war, and far One, anemone, malmoral Kitchen like a laundry lorry Gertrude, German, wind and mind Sin, melpomene, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mode like shoot and wood Viscous, vicar, load and broad Toward, to forward, to reward And your pronunciation's okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve, and sieve Friend and fiend, alive, and live Ivy, privy, famous Clemmer, and enema Rhyme with a hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll and roll, and some and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devourer with the clanger Souls but foul, haunt but aunt Font to frown, to woe, and to want To grand and grant Shoes goes does Now first say finger And then singa, ginga, linga Real, zeal, mauve, goes, gouge, and gauge Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with verry Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost post, and doth cloth loath Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual but little Refer does not rhyme with the defer Phephodars and Zephyr, heifer Mint, pint, sanit, and sedate Doll, bull, and gorge, it laid Scenic, Arabic, Pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven We say hello'd but loud People, leopard, toad, but vow'd Mark the differences, morova Between mover, carver, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Petal, panel, and canal Weight, surprise, plait, promise, pal Worm and storm, sheis, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mare Tour, Batawa, and Saka, four Gas, las, and Arkansas Sea, idea, career, area Swarm, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse, and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare, alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with lye, ye, ye, eye, eye Eye, eye, way, and key Say ever, but ever, fever Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, Grandry, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, not efface Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large, but target, gin, give Virgin, ute, out, joust, and scour, scourging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Steven Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of Psyche Is a paling stout and spiky? Weren't it making you lose your wits? Writing grotes, and a saying grits It's a darker bis, or tunnel Stroom with stones, stowed, solace, gunnel Islington, and Isle of Wight Hasif, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough Hiccup has the sound of a cup, my advice Is to give up End of poem, this recording is in the public domain The Chaos by Gerard Nolst-Trenite Read for LibriVox.org by Tricia G Dearest creature in creation Study English pronunciation I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, core, horse, and worse I will keep you, Susie, busy Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear in eye, your dress will tear So shall I, oh, hear my prayer Just compare heart, beard, and herd Dies and diet, Lord and word Sword and sword, retain and Britain Mind the latter how it's written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague But be careful how you speak Say break and stake, but bleak and streak Cloven, oven, how, and lo Script, receipt, show, poem, and tow Hear me say, devoid of trickery Daughter, laughter, and terpsichore Typhoid, measles, top sails, aisles Exiles, similes, and reviles Scholar, vicar, and cigar Solar, mica, war, and far One, anemone, Balmoral Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel Gertrude, German, wind, and mind Scene, melpomene, mankind Billet does not rhyme with ballet Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet Blood and flood are not like food Nor is mold like should and would Viscous, vicount, load and broad Toured to forward to reward And your pronunciations okay When you correctly say croquet Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve Friend and fiend, alive and live Ivy, privy, famous, clamor And enamor rhyme with hammer River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb Doll and roll, and sum, and home Stranger does not rhyme with anger Neither does devourer with clanger Souls but foul, haunt but ant Font, front, won't, want, grant, and grant Shoes, goes, does Now first say finger And then singer, ginger, linger Real, zeal, mow, gauze, gouge, and gauge Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age Query does not rhyme with berry Nor does fury sound like berry Dust, lost, host, and doth, cloth, loaf Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath Though the differences seem little We say actual but vital Refer does not rhyme with deffer Pfeffer does and zeffer heffer Mint, pint, senate, and sedate Doll, bowl, and george ate late Scenic, arabic, pacific Science, conscience, scientific Liberty, library, heave, and heaven Rachel, ache, mustache, eleven We say hallowed but allowed People, leopard, toad, but vowed Mark the differences moreover Between mover, cover, clover Leaches, breeches, wise, precise Chalice, but police, and lice Camel, constable, unstable Principal, disciple, label Peddle, panel, and canal Weight, surprise, plate, promise, pal Worm and storm Chase, chaos, chair Senator, spectator, mayor Tour, but hour, and suker, four Gas, alas, and Arkansas Sea, idea, Korea, area Psalm, Maria, but malaria Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean Doctrine, turpentine, marine Compare alien with Italian Dandelion and battalion Sally with ally, ye, ye I, I, a, a, way, and key Say ever, but ever, fever Neither leisure, skein, deceiver Heron, greenery, canary Crevice, and device, and airy Face, but preface, not a face Flem, phlegmatic, ass, glass, base Large, but target, gin, give, verging Ott, out, joust, and scour, scourging Ear, but earn, and wear, and tear Do not rhyme with here, but air Seven is right, but so is even Hyphen, roughen, nephew, Stephen Monkey, donkey, turk, and jerk Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork, and work Pronunciation, think of psyche Is a pailing stout and spiky? Won't it make you lose your wits? Writing grotes and saying grits It's a dark abyss or tunnel Strune with stones, stowed, solace, gunnel Islington and Isle of White Housewife, verdict, and indict Finally, which rhymes with enough Though, through, plow, or doe, or cough Pickup is the sound of cup My advice is to give up End of poem, this recording is in the