Comment on phonetic alphabet
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoMost of them do, yeah. You may hear a bit of a “tongue click” or something with others first before the “s”. A lot of first-language English speakers seem to really struggle when they see two consonants together that they haven’t previously encountered.
LwL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially at the start of words, see also e.g. pterodactyl
Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I think we need to be more consistent with it, time to drop the ‘p’ sound from helicopter as per its roots.