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he/him

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時間停止

[pc98-rom]

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wrong

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listen!

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absent

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every alphabet has at least one letter nobody knows how to pronounce properly

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broad vs narrow transcription is basically “what you choose to ignore” vs “what you choose to include”

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a lot of “clear pronunciation” advice is really just accent standardization in disguise

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most “basic” phonetics explanations are oversimplified to the point of being misleading

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IPA isn’t complicated

English spelling is just absurd

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“word order doesn’t matter that much”

Germanic languages immediately: feral scrambling noises

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cases do NOT mean “more complicated grammar” they often make word order more flexible, not less

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“what do you do in your free time?”

😃👍

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my friend: linguistics is pretty normal!

me: [ǃʰŋ͡ǂʷaˤχ’]

my friend: i’m telling a trusted adult 😃

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you judge languages based off of how they sound, i judge languages based off of their consonant inventory

we are not the same.

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yes I can describe your voice as creaky, breathy, and raised larynx, what about it

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Which IPA chart is the best?

IPA (1993)

IPA (2005)

IPA (2020)

extIPA (2015)

extIPA (2025)

extIPA + VoQS

Voting ended onMay 23