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The wonders of English spelling

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The wonders of English spelling

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Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago

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Stupid question: Doesn’t a dictionary also contain the phonetic spelling?
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  yes but no one gets taught to drink IPAs in school, you do that at university
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    the more you drink the more you understand vowel shift and consonant ellision
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  Yup, it usually has a pronunciation guide with IPA rules or whatever.

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