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minus-squareMicrowavedTealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAs a non-native speaker I’d have no idea how to pronounce or spell Jig, Oboe, Tare or Yoke
minus-squareYTG123@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhich is exactly why the NATO alphabet is the way it is. NATO is an international organization, and the alphabet is suitable for that.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoJig - take the Ji from Jim and add a “g” Oboe - oh bow Tare - take the “T” from top and the “are” from share. Or more annoyingly, switch the P for T in “pear”. Yoke - same as woke, poke, toke, joke but with a Y as the first sound. It’s also pronounced the same as yolk in most accents.
minus-squareajoebyanyothername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago Oboe - oh bow I worry this isn’t the most helpful guide even for someone who speaks English as a first language, is that bow as in bow, or bow?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agohttps://youtu.be/WZLkcFns8Ks?si=x6hMrwSCVjWK9Teg
minus-squareMicrowavedTealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis was helpful but made me question how I pronounce some of those other words 😅
As a non-native speaker I’d have no idea how to pronounce or spell Jig, Oboe, Tare or Yoke
Which is exactly why the NATO alphabet is the way it is. NATO is an international organization, and the alphabet is suitable for that.
Jig - take the Ji from Jim and add a “g”
Oboe - oh bow
Tare - take the “T” from top and the “are” from share. Or more annoyingly, switch the P for T in “pear”.
Yoke - same as woke, poke, toke, joke but with a Y as the first sound. It’s also pronounced the same as yolk in most accents.
I worry this isn’t the most helpful guide even for someone who speaks English as a first language, is that bow as in bow, or bow?
https://youtu.be/WZLkcFns8Ks?si=x6hMrwSCVjWK9Teg
This was helpful but made me question how I pronounce some of those other words 😅