Re: european roots, etc.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 1, 2001, 18:33 |
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Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> 'Sokay, it's enlightening. I wish American English dictionaries would
> use the IPA (now that I've learned most of the symbols I run across
> frequently). I've never figured out where they get their various systems.
Actually, I think their system is better than using IPA for describing
English, because IPA would imply an exact pronunciation. The systems
used in dictionaries allows one to describe sounds relative to other
words, the exact value would therefore be determined by the reader's
dialect.
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