Sample Sentences forphonetic (auto-selected)
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Can you write the phonetic spelling of his name?phonetic = speech sound
(In this case, referring to a spelling that uses a character or code for each sound in a language. For example the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), represents both "ue" in blue and "oo" in food as "u".) -
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"Will ye-oo py me f'them?" [Here, with apologies, this desperate attempt to represent her dialect without a phonetic alphabet must be abandoned as unintelligible outside London.] (source)phonetic = speech sound
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She doesn't mention her favorite of all our post-dinner activities—Phonetic Scrabble.† (source)
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Unlike Tibetan, to which it is closely related, Sherpa is not a written language, so Westerners are forced to resort to phonetic renderings.† (source)
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Phonetic spelling had again misled me.† (source)
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Mer is next in line, and I transcribe her speech phonetically.† (source)
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Underneath the symbol, I recognized a row of phonetic hieroglyphs: "Z—I—A," I read.† (source)
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He had every piece of equipment he had ever been issued, every present he'd received from home: helmet, helmet liner, wool cap, scarf, gloves, cotton undershirt, woolen undershirt, wool shirt, sweater, blouse, jacket, overcoat, cotton underpants, woolen underpants, woolen trousers, cotton socks, woolen socks, combat boots, gas mask, canteen, mess kit, first-aid kit, trench knife, blanket, shelter-half, raincoat, bulletproof Bible, a pamphlet entitled 'Know Your Enemy,' another pamphlet entitled 'Why We Fight' and another pamphlet of German phrases rendered in English phonetics, which would enable Weary to ask Germans questions such as 'Where is your headquarters?' and 'How many howitzers hav† (source)
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Perhaps I could score a few points if I could just get something—anything—on the page, so I sounded out the name phonetically: "Carevajio."† (source)
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He looked around in the store for the cheapest dictionary that contained the phonetic alphabet.† (source)
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"Phonetics," said Lisa.† (source)
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Two commands were written out several times—the pronunciation was emphasized; Owen had spelled the Vietnamese phonetically.† (source)
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Once, in his wife's presence, Kennedy uses a version of the military's phonetic alphabet to lash out at a newspaper columnist, referring to him as a "Charlie-Uncle-Nan-Tare."† (source)
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Ginnarr inscribed this word on a slip of parchment, taking care to write the phonetics so Max would not mispronounce the Old Norse.† (source)
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I still have the piece of paper where I wrote down, phonetically, how to say it.† (source)
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Here is the phonetic pronunciation.† (source)
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