To be precise, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate shows /'fl&ks@d/,"FLACK-sud," as a secondary ... it is encountered less often. I use the /'fl&ks@d/ pronunciation. Phooey! Before posting, I had caught a couple of instances

A very irritating know-all journalist on our local paper has ... be "flax-id" but NSOED and M-W give both. Any thoughts? To be precise, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate shows /'fl&ks@d/, "FLACK-sud," as a secondary

Well, of course, pure IPA is far too powerful for a dictionary,except to distinguish dialect. A decent phonemic notation would suffice. For instance, there's an extra low back phoneme in RP that I never know when to pronounce, since it

A very irritating know-all journalist on our local paper has used this word to show off with in his column ... that it was pronounced "flassid". OED indicates that it should be "flax-id" but NSOED and M-W give both. Any

Well, of course, pure IPA is far too powerful for a dictionary, except to distinguish dialect. A decent phonemic notation ... has different vowels in British and American English, but 'man' doesn't. Can I find this out in an American

Ruud Harmsen wrote on 31 Dec 2003: 31 Dec 2003 14:08:31 GMT: CyberCypher : in sci.lang: Please explain how stress is not phonemic in English in ... the acid. You're an expert, not an amateur like me. In the verbs, the first syllables have a

What *has* happened is that, as is common, speech groups further from the "linguistic center" of the language have tended ... be largely in the US, notably in California, and that's where the most rapid change is likely to take

Oh, golly. For me, it depends on both the vowel and the consonant. When followed by a pause, my /p/ is unvoiced and either unexploded stopping the breath with the lips or exploded. My /t/ is the same, but if its unexploded it pretty much coincides

I don't know from linguistics and phonetics (we're sending Young ... a vowel, however, it turns into a flap sound (*) In that case, "at the sight of" and "at the side of" become exactly the same pronunciation? Oh, no.

I don't know from linguistics and phonetics (we're sending Young Aaron to grad school for that), but I think the ... context where there's a closely linked following word beginning with a vowel, however, it turns into a flap sound (*)