Oct 23, 2015 · Kahn predicts that, unless the segmental context is different, a liquid will have the same allophonic realization in word-final prevocalic position (e.g. seal in) and in foot-medial intervocalic position (e.g. Sealey) §30 [...] The Midwestern US dialect described by Sproat and Fujimura (1993), henceforth ‘the SP dialect’.

The "a" v. "an" distinction is phonetically based. If you say L T I, when you pronounce the letter L is pronounced "el" (as in the proper name "Eleanor") which starts with a vowel. If the acronym had been dispensed with, you would have used "A" instead.

Nov 5, 2020 · L-7 (noun) also l-seven [the L and the 7 when put together form a SE square thus a pun on square n. (3b); the word can be accompanied by using thumb and forefinger extended at right angles, forming an L and a 7, and when the two are combined they form a square] (US black/teen) a conventional, tedious person, unsympathetic to teen interests.

Aug 9, 2010 · The l in 'travel' is a part of unstressed syllable so it does not get doubled in present participle and past participle. Travel -> traveling -> traveled. However, in British English and many other dialects of English, the final l gets doubled even if it's a part of unstressed syllable. Examples: Label -> labelling -> labelled

Sep 3, 2011 · Having said that, (L.L.C.) probably isn't "part of the name" as such anyway. The UK equivalent Plc (Public Limited Company) used to be Ltd, which I assume actually stood for Limited Liability Company as in OP's case. I think such additions are more akin to, say, educational or professional qualifications in brackets after a person's name.

However, in some accents, the "tt" of "little" becomes a glottal stop, and many writers have chosen to depict that as "li'l". It is a good phonetic representation of the way the word is spoken, where the apostrophe represents the small pause, or the glottal stop as it is said.

May 26, 2011 · Edit: Another Wikipedia page:. The big Z. It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z.

When listing by index letter, the convention is not to use upper- or lowercase letter O, (which, in some fonts, may be mistaken for zero) or uppercase I or lowercase letter l (which, in some fonts, may be mistaken for number 1.)

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