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Entry Sound Illustrated IPA English 
1  voiceless stop (no IPA given for most items)  necktie 
2  voiceless stop   blackball 
3  voiceless stop   leaky 
4  glottal closure reinforcing [p]   tapemeasure 
5  voiceless affricate   Gattling Gun 
6  voiceless stop   pickaxe 
7  voiceless stop   britches 
8  voiceless stop   tankcar 
9  voiceless stop   thank you 
10  glottal closure reinforcing [tʃ]   beaches 
11  voiceless stop   kitten 
12  glottal closure reinforcing [t] kat͡ʔn̥  cotton 
13  glottal closure reinforcing [t] bɛt͡ʔn̥  bettin' 
14  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   Benton 
15  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   Cantonese 
16  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   fence 
17  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   tents 
18  voiceless stop   pepper 
19  voiceless stop   better 
20  voiceless stop   pecker 
21  glottal closure reinforcing first [t] ˈðæʔt ˈtʰɑim  that time 
22  glottal closure reinforcing first [p] ˈsːkɹæp͡ʔˌpeɪpə˞  scrap-paper 
23  voiceless stop   copper 
24  voiceless stop   caper 
25  voiceless stop   cater 
26  voiceless stop   baker 
27  voiceless stop   thirty 
28  voiceless stop   apron 
29  glottal closure reinforcing [t] petriət͡ʔ  patriot 
30  voiceless stop sækɹ̥ɪfɑɪs  sacrifice 
31  voiceless stop   lavatory 
32  voiceless stop   mimicry 
33  voiceless stop   pantry 
34  voiceless stop   culprit 
35  voiceless stop   poplar 
36  voiceless stop   buckler 
37  glottal closure reinforcing [t] sɛt͡ʔlə˞  settler 
38  voiceless stop   marquis 
39  voiceless stop   popular 
40  voiceless affricate   spatula 
41  voiceless affricate   bachelor 
42  voiceless affricate   teacher 
43  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   once 
44  voiceless stop   Constance 
45  voiceless stop   youngster 
46  voiceless stop   seventh 
47  voiceless stop   camphor 
48  voiceless stop   triumph 
49  voiceless stop   months 
50  voiceless stop   dancing 
51  voiceless stop   substantial 
52  voiceless stop   unthinkable 
53  voiceless stop   compliment 
54  voiceless stop   accurate 
55  voiceless stop   apron 
56  voiceless stop   emphasis 
57  voiceless stop   something 
58  voiceless stop   comply 
59  voiceless stop   accuse 
60  voiceless stop   three-pronged 
61  voiceless stop   emphatic 
62  voiceless stop   enthusiasm 
63  glottal closure reinforcing [p]   happ'm 
64  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   butt'n 
65  glottal closure reinforcing [k]   bac'n 
66  glottal closure reinforcing [t] molt͡ʔn̥  molt'n 
67  glottal closure reinforcing [p]   up 'n' down 
68  voiceless stop   unsafe 
69  voiceless stop   achieve 
70  voiceless stop   shrunken 
71  voiceless stop   up an incline 
72  voiceless stop   pattern 
73  voiceless stop   up 
74  voiceless stop   can't 
75  voiceless stop   milk 
76  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   shouldn't 
77  voiceless stop   upper 
78  voiceless stop   cast 
79  voiceless stop   milky 
80  voiceless stop   jumping 
81  voiceless stop   upsets 
82  glottal closure reinforcing [tʃ]   filch 
83  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   white shoes 
84  voiceless stop   Hank rows 
85  voiceless affricate   why choose 
86  voiceless stop   hang crows 
87  voiceless stop   thanks 
88  glottal closure reinforcing [p], [t] ikʍɪp͡ʔmɛnʔ͡tʰ  equipment 
89  glottal closure reinforcing [tʃ], [p]   it's much less damp now 
90  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   motley 
91  voiceless stop   backwards 
92  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   upright 
93  glottal closure reinforcing second [t]   beetroot 
94  voiceless affricate   matches 
95  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   I lent you a book 
96  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   hotly 
97  voiceless stop   backwoods 
98  voiceless stop   uprising 
99  glottal closure reinforcing [t]   boat race 
100  voiceless affricate   screech owl 
101  voiceless affricate   I lent you a book 
102  voiced implosives ɓ, ɗ, ɠ   n/a
103  voiced plosives and implosives contrasted   n/a
104  stops in continuous speech   The necktie was next to the tieclip. 
105  stops in continuous speech   I want to thank you for the present you sent. 
106  stops in continuous speech   Please buy some of those very fine trinkets.