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In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word garage.
An Australian woman has gone viral after realizing she discovered the Phonetic alphabet by accident after calling the police about stolen property.
In the ' IPA Chart ', you can hear the actual pronunciation of each International Phonetic Alphabet for free, so I actually checked the pronunciation of many phonetic symbols.
Did the officer, or ham during an event, say “P” or “B”? The police started using a phonetic alphabet where the first letter of a word is the letter being transmitted.
Sperm whales communicate through 'complex phonetic alphabet,' study finds The ways sperm whales communicate with each other may be more "complex" than scientists previously believed, new study finds.
The NATO phonetic alphabet is a universally adopted spelling code. It helps agencies, businesses, services, aviators, and civilians communicate more clearly and precisely.
A new analysis of years of vocalizations by sperm whales in the eastern Caribbean has found that their system of communication is more sophisticated than previously known.
Scientists discover sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’ Study reveals whale clicks make up building blocks of language, pointing to potential parallels with human society.
A woman was left feeling 'dumb' after she admitted she had no knowledge of the NATO phonetic alphabet until a police officer and her flatmate alerted her to it by chance ...
Researchers say sperm whales have a complex communication system, an example of how new technology is opening up the mysterious world of animal language.
The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of ...