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@ -244,12 +244,7 @@ have no correspondence to the pronunciation. E.g.:
> "meet" vs. "meat" > "meet" vs. "meat"
The vowels are spelled differently, yet they rhyme. The vowels are spelled differently, yet they rhyme [^1].
Fun fact: They used to be pronounced differently in Middle English during the
invention of the printing press and standardized spelling. The [Great Vowel
Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) happened after, and is
why they are now pronounced the same.
So if the spelling of the words is useless in telling us if two words rhyme, So if the spelling of the words is useless in telling us if two words rhyme,
what can we use instead? what can we use instead?
@ -261,7 +256,7 @@ The IPA is an alphabet that can represent all varieties of human pronunciation.
* meet: /mit/ * meet: /mit/
* meat: /mit/ * meat: /mit/
Note: this is only the IPA transcription for only one **accent** of English. Note that this is only the IPA transcription for only one **accent** of English.
Some English speakers may pronounce these words differently which could be Some English speakers may pronounce these words differently which could be
represented by a different IPA transcription. represented by a different IPA transcription.
@ -510,3 +505,11 @@ you'll be almost ready to run a TensorFlow port of word-rnn:
I plan on playing around with NNs a lot more to see what kind of poetry-looking I plan on playing around with NNs a lot more to see what kind of poetry-looking
text I can generate from them. text I can generate from them.
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[^1]:
Fun fact: They used to be pronounced differently in Middle English during
the invention of the printing press and standardized spelling. The [Great
Vowel Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) happened
after, and is why they are now pronounced the same.