International Phonetic Alphabet

Phonetic Alphabet sounds
http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm

Unicode entity codes for phonetic symbols
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/ipachart.html

PDF file for Phonetic Alphabet Reference
http://www.antimoon.com/misc/phonchart2008.pdf

PDF IPA Chart
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPA_chart_(C)2005.pdf

IPA Software Download
http://www.davidmontero.net/Linguistics.php

Fantastic Flash IPA with sound and interactivity
http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/

Osho on the word ‘Fuck’

English Language Fun

I feel sorry for my students who are trying to learn this crazy language. Here’s some examples of how messed up the language can get.

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The farm was used to produce produce.
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
• We must polish the Polish furniture.
• He could lead if he would get the lead out.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
• A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
• I did not object to the object.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• The buck does funny things when the does are present.
• A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
• To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
• The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
• After a number of injections my jaw got number.
• Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
• I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?