Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down117
arrow-up1192arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 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-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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.