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"Pronunciation respelling"

Source: Language Log ·

In a comment on yesterday's post ktschwarz informed us that "Pronunciation respelling" is Wikipedia's name for things like "KUV-uh-nuhnt"; I don't know if it's used more widely. I've somehow managed to fail to learn that term, though of course I was familiar with the practice, which is why I invented lah-lah-lah as a placeholder. The […]

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