It's not good for customer service and it costs the business or organisation money, at worst in righting mistakes or at best in duplicate phone calls. Using a phonetic alphabet to check details shows that you pay attention to detail know your stuff and are professional ( I have heard someon...
Template:Selfref Template:Infobox Writing system The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)[note 1] is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardi
In his rejoinder to Fowler's argument about the invention of alphabetic writing, Port argues that ‘I certainly would not say that our impression that speech has segment-sized units is due solely to alphabet training’ ([Port, 2010b: 61]; emphasis in the original). And yet in the article...
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Other attempts were made to integrate a Latin alphabet for the Mandarin language during the 1920's and 30's, but most were unsuccessful. Finally, in 1985, the Pinyin Romanization system officially replaced the Wade-Giles method. The Chinese government's commitment to promote a standardized Latin...