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Re:The Swedish phoneme notorious for having a dedicated IPA ... by einr on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:53AM (#21592699)
It also has words that are pronounced the same despite of context, cf. Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo ;)

Ever-relevant poem: http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html

English is kind of a hot mess.

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