crash course phonetics

by Sarah Fung

the phoneme is the smallest unit of perceivable sound in english, my favorite phoneme is ʃ,

or sh–

a wind across the waves,

sharing,

sharpening,

shifting,

shame

ii.

the phoneme is the smallest unit of perceivable sound in cantonese, my every phoneme is

s l i p p e r y,

half-sung,

& dangled

like bait–

rising tones speared like sunflies on the hook of my name

iii.

the phoneme is the smallest unit of perceivable sound breathless, swallowed whispers

writhing behind bared teeth,

silence overflowing

where memory drowns

crash course phonetics - by Sarah Fung