My fellow court reporting students and I are in disagreement ... insightful comments on this would be most appreciated. Thank you. Phonemically, it doesn't matter, as there are, to the best of my knowledge, no words that are distinguished by

According to The Columbia Guide to Standard American English , "xenophobia" has four standard pronouciations. Does any other word do better, or even equal? What are they? The article in question, at http://www.bartleby.com/68/0/6600.html

Because sometimes phonetic spelling resembles eye dialect. Take the example ... in print, they might very well pronounce it like "onset." Why would this be any less insulting than any other use of phonetic spelling might be. Isn't