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I find it very challenging to tell apart a lenis and a fortis finals, for example /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ as in /ɛtʃ/ and /ɛdʒ/. I'm not sure about native speakers. Is it easy to them to distinguish between for ...
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Z: Sound corresponding to the letter "Z". Does sound here refer to a voiced alveolar sibilant /z/, as in the IPA (that is, [(ɑz)zɑː])? If so, shouldn't zee/zed be the written representation ...
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Is /ɑː/ in "got" /gɑːt/ and "long" /lɑːŋ/ the same sound in General American? Are there any variety of General American anywhere where "long" rhymes with "park"?...
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Please tell me what is the rhyme scheme in the poem Tartary? I have tried to solve it: am I right? Especially about "wine" (C) and mandoline (D) please confirm. Wine and mandoline don't ...
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In fast-paced American English speech, I've observed that the 'd' sound in certain words containing -rd- consonant clusters such as 'hurdle' and 'border' seems to be pronounced as a voiced retroflex ...
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I'm trying to create a transition effect in a situation when a character suddenly finds himself falling, and his last word, which ends in '-y', is transitioning into an unintelligible scream. However, ...
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"The phone is ringing" refers to an incoming call, so saying that is misleading when you've gotten a text/notification. Is there a different word to use in that sentence ("The phone is ...
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I am trying to find a specific term or onomatopoeia for when tape is being pulled off of a roll, to describe the sound it makes.
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I attempted to search for an onomatopoeic word for a chair rolling the floor- such as an office chair across a tiled surface- but to no avail. All that comes is "scraping" and similar for ...
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My five-year-old is learning phonics. I give him spelling test time to time. I asked him to spell "Hair" and he spelled it as "Her" & then I told him this is incorrect spelling....
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Specifically, if a person gave a heavy short and gruff sigh, and said. "I'm booooorrrrreeeeed!" then made a sound that kinda had "uuuugggghhhhh" in it but as more of a sigh. How ...
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What word should I use to indicate the sound that a person makes when blowing through their mouth (e.g they're blowing out a candle or blowing hot noodles before eating)?
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So, I know there is a word for this sound, but it's driving me nuts. For some reason I'm remembering troleling? Basically, I'm asking what is the sound when someone goes like, "Tra la la dee dah!&...
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This guy says here there are two ways of "making the /r/ sound". His explanation lacks academic rigor and necessary phonetic details. He claims the first way is: "It's like a /l/, with ...
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I'm looking for a word to nicely describe how a cello sounds, and I think that an opposite of wailing might be a good description. The definition for wail describes a high-pitched tone: Wail 1 A ...
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