Talk:phonetic

RFV discussion: December 2018
Rfv-sense: In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical). — justin(r)leung { (t...) 08:56, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The source I gave above for attesting semantic can also serve for phonetic. --Lambiam 12:12, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

cited. I managed to add two cites to the entry. The third can be found [here], which I did not add to the entry because I don't know how to produce the chinese characters. Kiwima (talk) 22:20, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I could not see the full sentences of your third cite, but I found another one, an oldie, which I’ve added. --Lambiam 10:50, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

phonetic deficit
I saw this wording, and I think it meant, 'difficulty using language'. Not sure if this is a mistake or slang or maybe bona fide medical terminology. Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:28, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

RFM discussion: July 2022–March 2024
Sense 3: Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.

Feels like this could be merged in some way with sense 1: Relating to the sounds of spoken language. Theknightwho (talk) 08:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I suppose this might be trying (unclearly) to express the sense used in "a phonetic spelling" (one based on how it sounds) as contrasted with, say, "a phonetic sketch of Urama" (one describing its phonology). Whether this merits a different sense I'm not sure. - -sche (discuss) 23:30, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Meh, kept distinct; I've added a usex to try to clear things up. - -sche (discuss) 21:17, 29 March 2024 (UTC)