Answer is "We saw the goal to win boon".

For comparison, here are

"We saw the goal to win boons"

and

"We sue the bowl to bin beans":  (you can click on them to play the original sounds)

"We saw the goal to win boons"

"We sue the bowl to bin beans":

saw/sue, vowels at about 800 msec. in both spectrograms:  note high F1 for the low vowel (IPA open o) in "saw" (about 600 Hz.) vs. low F1 for [u] in "sue" (about 300 Hz).  High vowels have low F1, low vowels have high F2.

goal/bowl:  initial stop at about 1100 msec. in both spectrograms.  First spectrogram:  [g] has a velar pinch in F2/F3.  Second spectrogram:   formants rise out of the stop closure for [b].

win/bin:  First spectrogram:  [w] at about 1500 msec. has a gentle decrease/increase in amplitude; it is a sonorant consonant.  Second spectrogram:  [b], a stop, has a sudden increase in amplitude, with a small burst, at the moment of release.

boons/beans:  First spectrogram:  [u] at about 1800 msec. has F2 around 1300.  Second spectrogram: [i] at around 1800 msec. has F2 around 2200 Hz.; back vowels, and round vowels, have lower F2 than front/unrounded vowels.

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Last updated Nov. 3, 2004