In this Standard British accent training lesson, you will learn and practise examples of the /ɔɪ/ diphthong.
Improve your British accent by practising the /ɔɪ/ diphthong in example words and phrases. Repeat-after-me audio lesson for a British English accent.
The Standard British accent is the most widely accepted accent in the UK, which is perceived as being the most correct. This accent is spoken all over the UK, but is geographically most closely associated to the South East of England. It is also the accent most commonly used in Broadcasting, for example on the BBC.”
Jade Joddle
Standard British Accent Training: Practise /ɔɪ/
Now practise your British accent by repeating with the individual words and example phrases below. Pay close attention to your articulation and repeat-after-me as clearly as possible. Not every word examples in the phrase section contains an /ɔɪ/ vowel, but must do. There is at least one /ɔɪ/ diphthong in each example phrase:
Standard British Accent Training: Common Words Containing /ɔɪ/
boy boys will be boys
coin toss a coin
choice spoilt for choice
oil crude oil
noise noise annoys me
point there’s no point
avoid avoid soya
destroy Troy was destroyed
enjoy enjoy a tomboy
employ don’t employ cowboys
toilet where’s the toilet
boil boiling water bubbles
foil aluminium foil
join join the resistance
soil soil your pants
toil work hard; toil
void null and void contract
hoise hoist up the sails
moist moist; moisture
poise the poise of a supermodel
voice noisy voices
android marvin the paranoid android
cloister church cloister
exploit exploit the poor
embroil embroiled in this mortal coil
invoice invoice for oysters
oily oily skin
ointment haemorrhoid ointment
steroid prescription for steroids
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