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linguistics major!!
i make crosswords and stupid puns
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@user40484 @rainbowveg bye!!

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@rainbowveg buenas noches, colegas

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@rainbowveg opposites

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@amazonmilkfrog tsunami with initial /ts/ is non-standard but exists (considerably) in both SSBE and GA; I’d assume it occurs in both dialects with the same frequency

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@daanjiji it is in this case; I mean “ja” (meaning “yes”) loaned from Afrikaans

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tried this again with Standard Southern British English!! this time I used stress marks and allowed long vowels

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/tsunɑmi/, /swɑmps/, /fɑtwɑ/, /hɑkim/, /stupɑ/, /swɑmi/, /swɑmp/, /swɑps/, /twɑts/, /wɑnts/, /wɑsps/, /ɑmin/, /bɑbu/, /dɑdɑ/, /hwɑn/, /kiwi/, /mɑsɑ/, /midi/, /nɑdɑ/, /sɑki/, /swɑb/, /swɑn/, /swɑp/, /swɑt/, /tiki/, /tutu/, /twɑt/, /wɑdi/, /wɑft/, /wɑnd/, /wɑnt/, /wɑsp/

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after doing a royal we, I’m always sure to do a royal flush

[Diogenes the Gimmick @endisego]

Greek roulette: it’s Russian roulette but instead there’s a tiny me in the barrel

#Hi

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@rainbowveg dGhpcyB0d2VldCBkZXNlcnZlcyBhIHJvdW5kIG9mIGVpZ2h0LXBsZWFzZQ==

[Rainbow Veggies @rainbowveg]

I showed Buddha a fidget spinner and he liked how cyclical it was

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@AstroRose20 many of these would typically be reduced to schwa; these are just examples of valid forms that exist in the IPA dictionary I consulted. I won’t drop stress markings in the future

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/tsunɑmi/, /swɑmps/, /fɑtwɑ/, /hɑkim/, /stupɑ/, /swɑmi/, /swɑmp/, /swɑps/, /twɑts/, /wɑnts/, /wɑsps/, /ɑmin/, /bɑbu/, /dɑdɑ/, /hwɑn/, /kiwi/, /mɑsɑ/, /midi/, /nɑdɑ/, /sɑki/, /swɑb/, /swɑn/, /swɑp/, /swɑt/, /tiki/, /tutu/, /twɑt/, /wɑdi/, /wɑft/, /wɑnd/, /wɑnt/, /wɑsp/

[Ryan Rhodes ⚙️🧠 @langofmind]

I wonder how many English words there are whose English spelling is identical to their IPA spelling (broadly construed). Spa comes to mind

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correction: /pɑ’ːst/ should be /pɑːst/

[wɐɪf ɫʌvɚːː 🔆🟢🐑⏹️ @AstroRose20]

ai11 kou22 tʰu11 sku22 pai11 pɐs22

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@kazumafan46 I get that // is phonemic and [] is phonetic, but I find this distinction doesn’t materially affect my post. I’m comparing orthographic forms with IPA representations; my observation concerns the correspondence between them, rather than the phonemic–phonetic distinction itself

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@riesigeeier it’s typically unrounded in American English

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@AstroRose20 this was mostly proof-of-concept, as I was transcribing very broadly and trying to fit the character limit; you’re right that marking stress would have been much better form, though

[Rainbow Veggies @rainbowveg]

a bee flies into a bar.
bartender says,

“what’s the buzz, huzz?”

“not funny, honey”,
says the bee

“sorry, hive had a bad day”

“this is starting to sting, how could you bee so rude?”

“to bee, or not to bee?”

“don’t wax poetic!”

“i’ll bee quiet”

“you’d better cut your comb”

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@depravedkitty great points!! my main criterion for inclusion was whether a single GA pronunciation matches its spelling, so of course most of the multisyllabic words featuring /ɑ/ would more often than not be reduced. I was also transcribing phonemically, so no aspiration.

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@Icepick87 if you’re not counting tsunami as English, you’ll probably disagree with the rest of the list haha

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@iProgramInCpp typically, yes; this is the General American pronunciation, though