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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been an avid reader since I was 6/7 and I hate reading dictionary listings with phonetic spellings as ironically they only make it harder for me to know how to pronounce a word. I'm also a native speaker.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Learning the IPA is quite good in that case

[–] minibyte 4 points 8 months ago

I can’t believe you don’t remember what an upside down e sounds like.