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| | | | | Did "word" once rhyme with "afford" and "sword," as it seems to do in Shakespeare's "Sonnet 79" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? | |
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| | | | | In last week's post I provided phonetic transcriptions of some example words using the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA for short. I thought it would be helpful to follow that up with some information about what the IPA is, and how to read it. And as a bonus, after learning about IPA transcription you will be able to better read pronunciation guides on Wikipedia. ... | |
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| | | The verb "indict" wasn't spelled or pronounced with a "c" when it first appeared in Middle English in the early 14th century. | ||