Sounds Interesting: Observations on English and General
How do you pronounce omega,tortoise and sloth? And why? Do charted and chartered sound the same? How do people pronounce the names Charon,Punjab,and Sexwale? In this engaging book,John Wells,a world-renowned phonetician and phonologist,explores these questions and others. Each chapter consists of carefully selected entries from Wells' acclaimed phonetics blog,on which he regularly posted on a range of current and widely researched topics such as pronunciation,teaching,intonation,spelling,and acc