If two pronunciations have vowels from different phonemes, then the broad-phonetic transcriptions of those two pronunciations should use symbols corresponding to the appropriate phonemes. From this paragraph it sounds like what you're

If two pronunciations have vowels from different phonemes, then the broad-phonetic transcriptions of those two pronunciations should use symbols corresponding to the appropriate phonemes. From this paragraph it sounds like what you're

(about the pronunciation guide at m-w.com) ( . . . ) If they used phonetic transcriptions, they'd need a lot more symbols. They'd also reject every accent but one and it's not yours or mine. I think that's a common misconception. A

RP speakers don't rhyme 'bald' and 'bold'; I believe they say roughly (bOld) and (b@Uld), BICBWAT. Some AmE speakers merge that pair, I think (don't Minnesotans?). I don't think so, though my relatives in Minnesota

RP speakers don't rhyme 'bald' and 'bold'; I believe they say roughly (bOld) and (b@Uld), BICBWAT. Some AmE speakers merge that pair, I think (don't Minnesotans?). And there's no single phonetic CIC or CINC

el3.net... If I were going to use the word "Bolivarian," I'd ... would make an accent on the first "i" seem strange. The common American pronunciation of Bolivar is with stress on the first and last syllables. The correct

wrote: One: what's the difference between /R/ and /V"r/? "curd" /'kV"rd/ "curl" /'kRl/ It's similar to "feed" /'fid/ versus "feel" /'fI@l/, or "made" /'med/

example of Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and presumably by you ... happens to be a sort of phonemic respelling of "was"). Well, this brings us back to what I was saying about phonetic spelling sometimes being mistaken for eye

As long as the speech of the speaker in question ... "wuz" and "lissen," we're talking about anotherexample of phonetic spelling. Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and presumably by you like "wuz", but

As long as the speech of the speaker in question is not represented with such spellings as "wuz" and "lissen," we're talking about another example of phonetic spelling. Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and