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phonetics

[fuh-net-iks, foh-] / fəˈnɛt ɪks, foʊ- /


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The album first sprang to mind six years ago, when the title began as a simple game of phonetics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

The exam comprised a series of papers on phonetics, grammar, and translation, which took 12 hours to complete.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

Sanchez was inspired to create MeowTalk after learning of Susanne Schötz—an associate professor of phonetics, studying cat-human communication at Sweden’s Lund University—and her book The Secret Language of Cats.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2023

He said he used his own version of phonetics to create songs so quickly that he could write up to nine in a day.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“Madame,” Princesse said, calling upon her phonetics lessons in order to sound less native and more French.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat


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