Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down116
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 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-up5·9 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.
minus-squareAffine Connection@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIPA is also useful for cleaning and drinking.
This is why the IPA is useful.
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.
IPA is also useful for cleaning and drinking.