Phonetic Quotes

Known.
Some.
Call.
Is.
Air.
Am? — Mark Z. Danielewski

My object to venture the suggestion that an important application of phonetics to metrical problems lies in the study of phonetic word-structure. — Adelaide Crapsey

Welsh mutates initial consonants. Actually all languages do, but most of them take centuries, while Welsh does it while your mouth is still open. — Jo Walton

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding. — Roman Jakobson

As a speller he was adrift in a no-man's-land between phonetic and dyslexic. — Nell Zink

Proper evaluations of words and letters in their phonetic and associated sense can bring the people of earth to the clear light of pure cosmic wisdom. — Sun Ra

We give anonymously because the sackfuls of thank-you letters break our hearts with their clumsy handwriting and hopeless phonetic spelling. — David Sedaris