The language ways

The language ways

Index

2) Some game rules

3) Examples of main interpretations

4) International homonyms, or false friends

5) Stylistic devices of English

Contact

1) The phonemes

International code retained

♂=1

b [b] baby

c, s [s] price, sense

ci, s, sh, ssi, t, ti [ʃ] official, sure, fashion, session, structure, emotion

d [d] hard

d, t [t] lacked, toll

e [e] weight

e, ea [ɛ] west, bread

e, ae, ea, ee, ie [i:] theme, algae, sea, see, piece

i, y [ɪ] eight, easy

f, ph [f] fire, phonetic

m [m] meat

n [n] nice

p [p] peace

s, z [z] as, zone

t [t] little

v [v] have

y [j] yes

si, z [ʒ] allusion, seizure

th [δ] that

th [θ] think

a, ei [eɪ] take, eight

g, j [dʒ] revenge, jug

ch [tʃ] chain

♀=-1

a [a:] arm

a [ɑ:] ask

a [æ] cat

a, e, o [ə] pagoda, the, o’clock

a, or, oor [ɔ:] ball, organ, door

ea, oo, u, w [ʊ] learn, poor, house, now

g [g] gate

h [h] house

c, k, q , ch, ck [k] class, king, quarter, ache, neck

e, i, u [ɜ:]/[ʊ:] kerb, bird, nurse

l [l] life

o [ɒ] frost

o, u [ʌ] done, but

r [r] root

u, oo, wo [u:] plume, pool, two

w [w] why

-2

o [əʊ] no

i, y, ei, eye [aɪ] I, by, ei, eye

ae [ɛə] aeroplane

ng [ŋ] parking

u [ju] music

x [gs, ks] exact, execute

Classification according to the pronunciation

Thanks to this phonetic key, we can get meaningful results in all languages.

It’s also possible to add or subtract the results of several people in a discussion, in the attempt to obtain a certain number.

In order to insist on a numerical value of a sentence, we can use many metaphors to point out the number(s) through any quantifiable item. For instance the hour, position, weight, height, price, score, mark, temperature, how many, where, when…

By extension, the other meaningful items (second degrees, homonyms, anagrams, spellings) of languages can be called word, joke, sound, air, wind, life, skin, clothes, flag, what, who, and so on according to the given cases.

Example of spelling: blow => below.

We consider that allophones, almost similar sounds, and letters pronounced with another language accent, are homonyms.

Examples:

- Ease [i:z] and is [ɪz].

- To do [tu: du:]. In French, Spanish and Italian, it sounds do [do], and २ [do] = 2 in Hindi. Consequently, to do => 2 2 (two २).