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The word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 7 months ago by Zerlyna to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is why the IPA is useful.

[–] teft 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kind of. The IPA doesn't show weak forms so non-native speakers can be confused by them if they only ever learned the dictionary way of pronouncing a word.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Ah that's interesting, I didn't know that.

Still, the IPA is really helpful when trying to discuss pronunciation with someone who has a very different accent to ourselves.

As a New Zealander I find some US phonetic spellings baffling.

[–] AffineConnection 3 points 7 months ago

IPA is also useful for cleaning and drinking.