Re: Pronunciation dictionaries?

LEE Sau Dan wrote:
"António" == António Marques <m.ap@xxxxxxx> writes:

>>> situations like the german one where <st> can be st- [St]
>>> António> or -s t- [st] seem to occur.
>>> >>> But you pronounce "c" (in Europe)

António> (What's with the 'in Europe'?)

Well... I'm having the difference in pronunciation of letters
"c"[ei]/"z" across the Atlantic.


>>> and "g" depending on what follows. So, how is that simpler
>>> than the German "st", "sp"?

António> In every way. You *can't* know what <-st-> above
António> represents.

I never have problems with that.

Do you think that someone who doesn't know German would know which pronunciation applies in "sonstigen" and which in "einsteigen"?

António> Whereas you can always be sure what <ce> is.

[s] or [T]?

Why are you pretending to be so naive as not to know the difference between pronunciation that varies between *words* and pronunciation that varies between *different people's speech*? *Within one person's speech* it's always one or the other, *regardless of the word*.
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