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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
  • 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)
    phonetically = in a manner based on speech sounds (rather than on dictionary spelling)
  • Two commands were written out several times—the pronunciation was emphasized; Owen had spelled the Vietnamese phonetically.†  (source)
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  • Underneath the symbol, I recognized a row of phonetic hieroglyphs: "Z—I—A," I read.†  (source)
  • 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)
    phonetics = the study of sounds made when talking
  • These names don't have much in common, phonetically or aesthetically, with the low-education names.†  (source)
    phonetically = in a manner based on speech sounds (rather than on dictionary spelling)
  • She doesn't mention her favorite of all our post-dinner activities—Phonetic Scrabble.†  (source)
  • "Phonetics," said Lisa.†  (source)
    Phonetics = the study of sounds made when talking
  • The paper was thin, covered in scrawled runes, but Magnus had taped a printout of the words, spelled out phonetically, over the incantation itself.†  (source)
    phonetically = in a manner based on speech sounds (rather than on dictionary spelling)
  • Unlike Tibetan, to which it is closely related, Sherpa is not a written language, so Westerners are forced to resort to phonetic renderings.†  (source)
  • Ginnarr inscribed this word on a slip of parchment, taking care to write the phonetics so Max would not mispronounce the Old Norse.†  (source)
    phonetics = the study of sounds made when talking
  • I'll say them phonetically.†  (source)
    phonetically = in a manner based on speech sounds (rather than on dictionary spelling)
  • Here is the phonetic pronunciation.†  (source)
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