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  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlLearning english
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    11 days ago

    That’s why everyone learning English should also learn basic IPA to be able to read phonetic transcription and pronounce words correctly.

    Just knowing the symbols for all English vowels/consonants is fine, no need to study IPA more than that, unless you find it interesting, like me.

    I recommend reading this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology.

    Just look up consonant and vowel charts here, you don’t need to study the details unless you really need to. Especially given that this article is full of linguistic jargon, and you probably won’t be able to understand any of this unless you have elementary knowledge of phonetics/phonology.








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    As an example: I have a dog that just aggressively behaves around other dogs, never went up teaching him (but probably should, but don’t know how) how to behave properly, so I just don’t allow him to go for walks without leash anymore.


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    • Default scaling on login screen and desktop sucked. If I had vision problems it would be unusable.

    • Settings application crashed after trying to open half of the menus.

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    • Reliance on snaps, even though installing software from 3rd party sources still being horrible.