Zerlyna to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 8 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-square40arrow-up1210arrow-down117
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square40
minus-squareteftlink6•8 months agoKind of. The IPA doesn’t show weak forms so non-native speakers can be confused by them if they only ever learned the dictionary way of pronouncing a word.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink5•8 months agoAh that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. Still, the IPA is really helpful when trying to discuss pronunciation with someone who has a very different accent to ourselves. As a New Zealander I find some US phonetic spellings baffling.
Kind of. The IPA doesn’t show weak forms so non-native speakers can be confused by them if they only ever learned the dictionary way of pronouncing a word.
Ah that’s interesting, I didn’t know that.
Still, the IPA is really helpful when trying to discuss pronunciation with someone who has a very different accent to ourselves.
As a New Zealander I find some US phonetic spellings baffling.