• Zerlyna@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    Phonetically means the way it sounds which would be “fonetik”

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      3 months ago

      This is not correct. English is simply not phonetic and therefore it’s impossible to spell any English word phonetically.

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        3 months ago

        That’s transposing it how we sound to them, though!

        If the above were pronounced in a baseline kiwi accent the U would just get deeper. The vowel shift goes the other way if I’m to recreate their pronunciation using my own accent:

        Fehr ned ik (US)

        Foe net eck (UK)