[Ads-l] "to ping"

[Tom Zurinskas]

The sound of letter "i" in "ping" or "pink" is a long e ~ee not sort i ~i as in "pin".  This is written phonetiacally incorrectly all dictionaries.  It can be heard at thefreedictioary.com for both UK and USA.  ~pin ~peeng ~peenk.


I speak the words  pin, ping, and pink.   https://clyp.it/eum4eqky


The only dictionary I know of that has this notation correct is truespel book 3 version of the VOA beginner's dictionary for the top 1500 words of US English..


Tom Zurinskas,
Originally SWConn 20 yrs,  college Tenn 3,  work NJ  33,  now FL 14.
truespel phonetics free converter and  tutorials - http://truespel.com








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FWIW, Wikipedia's "Submarine films":
<<Submarine films have their own particular semantics and syntax, creating
a film genre concerned specifically with submarine warfare. A distinctive
element in this genre is the soundtrack, which attempts to bring home the
emotional and dramatic nature of conflict under the sea. For example, in
the 1981 Das Boot, the sound design works together with the hours-long film
format to depict lengthy pursuit with depth charges, and as the critic
Linda Maria Koldau writes,
"again and again, the mortal threat of the [sonar] ping, which signifies
[the crew's] helpless exposure to the enemy."  >>

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