Re: [shavian] Re: Global English and the OED

stbetta Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:07:04 -0700

Hi Steve

The Oxford English Dictionary, that I have, uses Standard or
Received Pronunciation, which is definately, non-Rhotic.
The American Heritage Dictionary, provides a nice clear Rhotic
pronunciation, but it tends to be full of Americanisms.
Can you suggest another Generally Available British Dictionary?

Regards, Paul V.
P.S. Until quite recently Oxford RP pronunciation was the
High status pronunciation in England. Dictionaries by definition are
a little bit behind the Times.

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Paul,

Have you checked out the Cambridge Dictionary? It is supposed to list both UK and US pronunciations. --Steve

http://www.foolswisdom.com/~sbett/q-ref.html

Cambridge Dictionaries online � Cambridge University Press 1999
Pronunciation guide in IPA - probably the best on-line dictionary to date except for # words.
Sample: cambridge = /'keim-brij 'dik-�' neri/ | ss keimbridj dicshanerry | Truespel - kaembrij
dikshunairree | RITE caimbridge dictionary | Spanglish: keimbrij dickshanerry

Miriam Webster Dictionary .with pronunciation guides in a new ASCII notation [&= schwa] [see below ]
www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mweb | www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary . will correct non-standard spellings. Enter anything close and then pick from a list. miri&m webst&r diksh&neri

Exploding Dictionary - An SQL data-based of dictionaries with multiple cross references. Generates
about 2 pages of data per query. Includes techno-jargon SQL=structured query language

HyperDictionary Definitions

Foreignword Multiple Dictionaries - multiple languages Pron-Guides & converters
Foreignword.com is building an IPA converter based on the SIL IPA font. SAMPA is working on
a similar project. Usually, words are not spelled phonetically but sample sentences provided.
[no longer available]


foreignword.com

Encarta Talking Dictionary Pronunciation Guide � MS Encarta www.dictionary.msn.com
The most unabridged dictionary on the Net. If you have an obscure word, check here first.
The pronunciation guide includes schwa but also ee, oo, ay, 'n [fash'n], nn, i-macron.
Spanish talking dictionary http://www.spanishdict.com/

yourdictionary.com .Uses M-W's search engine but has better interface. good links Oxford

American Heritage Dictionary, 2000 at Bartlesby

Worldnet - large quick lexical database

Rhyming dictionary http://rhyme.lycos.com/ Input a word and get a list of words that rhyme.

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Re: [shavian] Re: Global English and the OED

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