Title abbreviations

IPA1 Compromise dialect-neutral English pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in Wikipedia. IPA2 General American pronunciation using IPA in A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English (1944 [1953]), John S. Kenyon, Thomas A. Knott. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster. APA Americanist phonetic notation, used primarily in linguistics literature in the U.S. WPRK - Wikipedia Pronunciation Respelling Key, used in some Wikipedia articles to spell out the pronunciations of English words. NOAD New Oxford American Dictionary (2001, 2005, 2010). New York: Oxford University Press. (Diacritical transcription). AHD American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2000). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. Also used by the Columbia Encyclopedia. RHD Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1966). WBO World Book Online (1998). MECD Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary. DPL Dictionary of Pronunciation, Abraham Lass and Betty Lass. DPN Dictionary of Pronunciation, Samuel Noory. NBC NBC Handbook of Pronunciation. MWCD Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. COD The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1964 [1974]), 5th edition, E. McIntosh, ed. Oxford: OUP. (This notation was used up to the 7th edition; newer editions use the IPA.) POD The Pocket Oxford Dictionary (2006), 2nd edition, E. Jewell, Oxford: OUP. Cham The Chambers Dictionary (2003). AB Arpabet, a commonly used computerized encoding of English pronunciation. It is used by the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Dictcom Dictionary.com offers both spelled pronunciation [1] and IPA [2] BBC BBC Phonetic Respelling.

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