Help:WildWords Respelling Guide
WildWords has decided to use a respelling system, because it bases pronunciation off of other words, and allows the reader to use their own personal speech patterns, instead of forcing the user to conform to a speech pattern other than their own.
The System
This system was chosen due to high simplicity in readability without necessarily needing to refer to the chart. However, the chart still remains as a reference for any reader who is confused, and as the standard for any writer adding to WildWords.
Consonants
| Symbol | Sample Word |
|---|---|
| b | bed, dab |
| ch | chin, itch |
| d | dip, bad |
| f | fit, laugh |
| g | get, dig |
| h | hop, hat |
| j | jump, age |
| k | cat, lake |
| l | lap, sail |
| m | met, ham |
| n | need, ban |
| ŋ | sing, rang |
| p | put, lap |
| r | red, far |
| s | sell, pass |
| sh | sheep, session |
| t | top, sat |
| th | thin, with |
| th | that, rather |
| v | van, save |
| w | will, awake |
| y | yet, yogurt |
| z | zoo, jazz |
| zh | pleasure, vision |
Vowels
| Symbol | Sample Word |
|---|---|
| a | cat, ladder |
| ah | father |
| aw | all, paw |
| ay | laid, great |
| ayr | America, fair |
| e | bed, ten |
| ee | bee, leaf |
| i | nice, sigh |
| ih | his, miss |
| o | go, nose |
| or | soar, core, floor |
| oo | pool, boot |
| ow | now, pout |
| oy | toy, coin |
| u | look, put |
| uh | up, luck |
| ə | ago, legal, occur |
| ər | learn, bird |
Syllabication
Syllables will be separated by spaces. Stress will be indicated by an apostrophe at the beginning of a stressed syllable. Separate words will be separated by a forward slash.
Examples:
- iguana [ih ‘gwah nə]
- logistics [lə ‘jih stihks]
- rather [‘ra thər]
- Norris ['nor rihs]
- United States of America [yoo ‘ni ted / stayts / əv / ə ‘mer ih ka]
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Acronyms and Initialisms
Terms that are pronounced letter by letter (e.g. NCE) are considered to be made up of different words and thus separated by forward slashes as in [‘en / ‘see / ‘ee]. Terms that are pronounced as a word (e.g. PARC) or some unique pronunciation (e.g. NESB) use spaces to separate different syllables as in [‘pahrk] or [‘nez ‘bee]. When using forward slashes, there is a space before and after the slash. Stress marks are placed according to spoken emphasis.
