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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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| | A pragmatic introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet-or how to read those funny /?s?mb?lz/ on Wiktionary.
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| | Eight maps to show how the differences in how vowels are pronounced in Britain and Ireland. Explanations of each map below: Map 1: Rhoticity Rhoticity in English refers to whether or not an "r" is pronounced when it isn't before a vowel.For example, in rhotic accents, the word "arm" has a true "r" sound in [...]
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| Reading time: 10 - 15 minutes Introduction: Nouns, Verbs and Variable Vowels In present-day English, the plural of mouse is usually mice, and one man plus another equals two men. While most English nouns are made plural simply by adding -s, making one cat into multiple cats, there is a sizeable minority that become plural...