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The arrow from "synonyms" is incorrect. The label is already in the right section. Tesspub (talk) 07:34, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- As I understand it, the arrow is pointing towards the red outline.
Use of "tire" as an example[edit]
If anyone can be bothered, it would be nice to not use an example ("tire" = car wheel) that is only valid in American English, given that there are plenty that work in all varieties.
About / "aboot"[edit]
Confusing. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homonym#About_.2F_aboot
Linguistic typography[edit]
Examples should use angle brackets <x> or 〈x〉 for spellings, slashes /x/ for pronunciations, single quotes ‘x’ for meanings and italics x for abstract combinations:
- /tu/ <to> / <too> / <two>
- tire ‘fatigue’ / ‘car wheel’
- <desert> ‘leave’ / ‘arid region’
- <gases> / <gasses>
- /@baut/ / /@bu:t/ (too lazy to produce correct IPA)
— Christoph Päper 09:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
About/Aboot is a poor example[edit]
Not only does it refer to a regional difference in pronunciation and not a pronunciation difference that exists within the same dialect, the actual sound Canadians use is closer to /abeut/ than /abut/. Plus Canadian raising applies to all /au/ sounds followed by unvoiced consonants, and it's not specific to "about." You may as well have pretty much any word that ends in R listed on there, like driver/"drivah".
A better example would be something like "either" or "envelope," which aren't as strongly regional and are more well-documented pronunciation differences. Hist4ian (talk) 05:52, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
