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The vowels [ʊ] and [ɪ] share the same percentage of alveolarization, resulting in a 0.0% chance of sound change, while the highest ranking vowel, [œ], resulted in a 37.5% chance of sound change. [9] TV and radio programs, including game shows, have been made to promote proper pronunciation. The campaign has also influenced the local media.
Diplopia. Diplopia. Other names. Double vision. One way a person might experience double vision. Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [ 1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus ...
For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A Boston accent is a local accent of Eastern New England English, native specifically to the city of Boston and its suburbs. Northeastern New England English is classified as traditionally including New Hampshire, Maine, and all of eastern Massachusetts ...
The pronunciation of the digraph wh in English has changed over time, and still varies today between different regions and accents. It is now most commonly pronounced /w/, the same as a plain initial w , although some dialects, particularly those of Scotland, Ireland, and the Southern United States, retain the traditional pronunciation /hw ...
The name "G-dropping" is a reference to the way this process is represented in spelling: Since in English / ŋ / is typically spelled ng and / n / is spelled n , the process of replacing / ŋ / with / n / causes the g to "drop" from the spelling. Sociolinguists often refer to this variable by the notation (ing) .
In standard English, the phonetic realization of the two dental fricative phonemes shows less variation than many other English consonants. Both are pronounced either interdentally, with the blade of the tongue resting against the lower part of the back of the upper teeth and the tip protruding slightly, or with the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper teeth.
For non-Englishpronunciations, a phonetic transcriptionis normally used, with a link to Help:IPAor to various language-specific IPA keys. If phonemictranscriptions are used, these require a link to a description of the phonologyof the language in question, as otherwise the symbols used may be ambiguous.
“He gave us a heads up,” reported Geller, who calls the star “JT” for short. “We hadn’t met up in a while so he was like, ‘Hey, do you want to go have dinner?’