【糾音筆記】工具篇：跟美壇兩活寶和童鞋們分享一下字典和音標

有空寫寫這一年糾音以來的一些收獲，供有興趣的同學參考。

音標係統混雜，各個字典又用不同的係統，所以有時候符號特別多而怪。記得前一段美風貼出來的音標，吳曼問符號怎麽那麽怪，我後來看了看這個對照表，知道是因為美風用的是dictionary.com上的音標係統。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_respelling_for_English

去年糾音以來，一直用小千推薦的Merriam-Webster，慢慢也就習慣了這套係統。剛才看到冰粒問really長音短音i的問題想到該推薦推薦，糾音要養成查字典的習慣，查MW最好。這裏有一個webster所有音標符號和音的對照，可以打印出來隨時查詢：

http://www.merriam-webster.com/pronsymbols.html

as a in abut as u in abut as e in kitten r as ur/er in further a as a in ash as a in ace ä as o in mop a as ou in out b as in baby ch as ch in chin d as d in did e as e in bet as ea in easy as y in easy f as f in fifty

g as g in go h as h in hat i as i in hit as i in ice j as j in job k as k in kin as ch in ich dien l as l in lily m as m in murmur n as n in own as ng in sing as o in go as aw in law i as oy in boy p as p in pepper

r as r in red s as s in less sh as sh in shy t as t in tie th as th in thin th as th in the ü as oo in loot as oo in foot v as v in vivid w as w in away y as y in yet yü as you in youth y as u in curable z as z in zone zh as si in vision

但是象Rachel's English上講到ing裏的i和永學哥說的beer裏的ee音標是短i，其實發起來是長i。另外這個短i和長i是我們延續了以前學英語的習慣，其實這兩個音的區別不隻是長和短。再加上有地域的區別，所以這些符號不是絕對的，甚至有時候很misleading，就需要聽一聽真人發音，再確定。