The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

I need help! I need to translate retreat, ... That depends on the phonetic alphabet being used in your course. A phonetic transcription represents the sounds of these words, so it may also depend on how you say them. You have to ignore the written

What's phonetic spelling? They all look like they are already written the way they are pronounced, more or less. Retreet, shadoh, helthy, breth, dismay, praiz.

I need help! I need to translate retreat, shadow, healthy, breath, dismay, and praise to phonetic spelling but idk how! help plsss

hmmm actually sometimes this -ize or -ise confused me damn alot!! like a confusion Of apologISE or apologIZE !!!anybody got a tip ?? If I may add something to this disccusion. I have frequently read articles written by Britons who use -ize, just

Phonics shows letter-sound correspondence patterns that exist in traditional spelling (what I call tradspel). It looks at letters and letter strings (letters in sequence) and shows how sounds are commonly spelled by them. Phonics is good for

What is the difference (assuming there is) between phonics and phonetics? Phonetics is spelling corresponding to pronunciation , a way of representing vocal sounds. Phonic is vocal sound .

So is this the dumbing down of England or have they always been dumb, too? Dumb enough to be the ones who came up with those spellings in the first place. English spelling is no ... country. An example of Dark Ages/mediaeval phonetics: Cough,

So is this the dumbing down of England or have they always been dumb, too? Dumb enough to be the ones who came up with those spellings in the first place. English spelling is no longer phonetic, although it was to the monks and scribes who wrote

It is just convention. English spelling is not 100% consistent or regular. There have been many attempts at spelling reform, but none so far has gained any traction. There is no "academy" for English, as there can be for other languages.