Tomayto/tomahto

Reconciling different accents to a phonetic system. quick – without looking at your dictionaries, how do you pronounce these words, and how wold you write them in Gregg? Algae Bath Caramel Grocer(y) Marry Mary Merry Mayonnaise Nuclear Route Schedule Valet Vase Vitamin and the word that caught me while studding the other night: Garage? It…

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Re-analysis of modern British vowels

I found this really cool link while digging around for alternate English orthographies. Now English orthography is a real horrible thorny mess because the dialects have diverged so much that we really have the same number or kind of vowels anymore, there are overlapping sound changes, mergers, and some vowels have moved and taken over…

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