Phonetic
Phonetic adjective - Of or relating to speech sounds.
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Synonyms for Phonetic
Speaking and phonetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speaking" instead an adjective "Phonetic".
Both words in one sentence
- Those who sound like they're speaking English are mentioned to be speaking "Stark" (likely a descendent of Starways Kommon, which itself was a phonetic, simplified variant of English).
Source: Language Drift - The Swedish singsong way speaking is often spoofed making use of phonetic accents, like for instance the Swedish Chef from The Muppets.
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Punny Name: As usual in Discworld, this time we get the Quirmian town of Aix-en-Pains - which means "Water in bread" in archaic French, but can be read by an English-speaking eye as a phonetic variation of "Aches and Pains".
Source: Discworld / Raising Steam
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