Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
This is a much better idea than most attempts at divining pronunciation into a strange set of symbols including highly accepted sets such as IPA. The .wav file would, of course, be by a native speaker of the language. It could also be a vehicle for understanding the precise manner in which Americans don't speak English.
Ah, but WHICH prononciation of an English language word? American? English? Australian? Canadian? The correct official dictionary version often varies by country, and what people actually say is even more widely different.
Actually, this would be a good addition to the page on international language differences... instead of just seeing that the Yanks say a-LOOM-in-um and the rest of the world prefers al-u-MIN-e-um you could hear it and it might make more sense...
All could provide a sample - or maybe the same rule should apply as with spelling, and the first to the post gets to have his version kept. ;-)
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