User talk:Actam

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Notes about pronunciations
First of all, thank you for your contributions so far. There are a couple of small points I need to raise though, primarily about formatting and conventions on Wiktionary - * ,
 * As UK pronunciations can be either rhotic or non-rhotic we transcribe both, usually in the same string by using parentheses, e.g. and, never with superscript.
 * Similarly other optional phones in a pronunciation are also marked with parentheses rather than superscript, e.g..
 * The phones and  are not found in UK speech. In the case of the former you might have confused it with the schwa  - it's easily done! In the case of the latter, use.
 * While is sometimes used elsewhere to transcribe the r sound in English, e.g.  as  this is incorrect. For historic reasons (which will be dealt with at some time in the future) we use  in rhymes templates, but use the correct  in the actual pronunciations.
 * If you can, it is helpful if when adding an IPA transcription that you add the SAMPA one also.
 * Audio is linked to on the line following an IPA/SAMPA transcription, and is preceded by an indent. e.g.
 * }

Lastly, some useful links to help you - International Phonetic Alphabet for English, SAMPA chart for English and Category:Requests for pronunciation.

Sorry if I've made this sound harsh or complicated - it's not meant to be, and please feel free to ask me or others for any help or advice you need. Thryduulf 17:06, 16 October 2008 (UTC)