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thehousecarpenter.wordpress.com
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| | | | | I have a Tumblr blog which I use for writing short-form things that aren't necessarily of any lasting value. But occasionally things do end up there that might be worth reading, so I intend to make an organized list of links to Tumblr posts that might be interesting to readers of this blog every year... | |
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starkeycomics.com
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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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sitr.us
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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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thehousecarpenter.wordpress.com
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| | | Abbreviations: ModE = Modern English (18th century-present) EModE = Early Modern English (16th-17th centuries) ME = Middle English (12th-15th centuries) OE = Old English (7th-11th centuries) OF = Old French (9th-14th centuries) All of this information is from the amazingly comprehensive book English Pronunciation, 1500-1700 (Volume II) by E. J. Dobson, published in 1968, which... | ||
