Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down111
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareZerlyna@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-28 months agoPhonetically means the way it sounds which would be “fonetik”
minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoSo pronounced phone-tick?
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoThree syllables, so it would be fo-ne-tik.
minus-squarealiceblossom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThis is not correct. English is simply not phonetic and therefore it’s impossible to spell any English word phonetically.
minus-squareAffine Connection@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-28 months agofunneddic (US) funnettic (UK)
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoThat’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)
Phonetically means the way it sounds which would be “fonetik”
So pronounced phone-tick?
Three syllables, so it would be fo-ne-tik.
This is not correct. English is simply not phonetic and therefore it’s impossible to spell any English word phonetically.
funneddic (US)
funnettic (UK)
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)