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Re:The Swedish phoneme notorious for having a dedicated IPA ... by goodcanadian on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:35AM (#21593803)
Polish is fine, but Polish should be capitalized. ;-)

I am wondering about your accent, though, because, to me, "bow" is pronounced the same in both of those examples. Robin hood shooting an arrow from his bow, however, has a different pronunciation which is the same as the bow tied on my present.

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Re:The Swedish phoneme notorious for having a dedicated IPA ... by bjoli on Thursday November 21, 2019 @09:51AM (#21594540)
He/she might mean the bow of a ship? If I am not completely wrong about my English pronunciation, that is.
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Re:The Swedish phoneme notorious for having a dedicated IPA ... by goodcanadian on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:36AM (#21595141)
Yes, the bow of a ship is pronounced the same as taking a bow. At least, it is in my accent.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bow agrees indicating IPA baʊ for both.

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Re:The Swedish phoneme notorious for having a dedicated IPA ... by bjoli on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:02AM (#21603735)
I should read the parent comment before replying.

I just assumed they meant bow as in bow and arrow. The other example I did not know. "Read before you think before you write".

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