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I think (V) - as it's conventionally used, not as ... mean the latter here to correspond to IPA "turned a". Isn't the conventional use of (V) just to describe whatever vowel sound occurs in "cut" in the variety of

When I try to pronounce (IN), (&N), or {EN), it seems difficult and unnatural. But (A:N) (as in "wrong") and (VN) (as in "hung") are no problem. I find (&N) unnatural to pronounce as well, but no more so than I find

I've always wondered why English dictionaries use IPA instead of the idiosyncratic systems they force their users to decipher tradition, probably. IPA, whatever the variant, makes much more sense, especially to people who have learned other

When half a dozen people, not including me, have already explained what's going on, and you continue to repeat your original mistake, you have earned some exasperation. You are again reifying "phonetic symbols" in a symbolization ...

"Peter T. Daniels" (Email Removed) wrote on 31 Dec 2003: But the physical formation of the sounds by the mouth ... tonal, pitch, and stress differences are represented by additional symbols. Don't confuse regional variation with