Pronunciation Respelling

Pronunciation Respelling

A pronunciation spelling is an ad hoc spelling of a word that has no standard spelling. Most are nonce coinages, but some have become standardised, e.g. gonna to represent the pronunciation of going to, as in I'm gonna catch you. A pronunciation respelling is a regular phonetic respelling of a word that does have a standard spelling, so as to indicate the pronunciation. Pronunciation respellings are sometimes seen in dictionaries.

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