Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down127
arrow-up1449arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareEunie@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 days agoStupid question: Doesn’t a dictionary also contain the phonetic spelling?
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days agoyes but no one gets taught to drink IPAs in school, you do that at university
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agothe more you drink the more you understand vowel shift and consonant ellision
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoYup, it usually has a pronunciation guide with IPA rules or whatever.
Stupid question: Doesn’t a dictionary also contain the phonetic spelling?
yes but no one gets taught to drink IPAs in school, you do that at university
the more you drink the more you understand vowel shift and consonant ellision
Yup, it usually has a pronunciation guide with IPA rules or whatever.