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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Problems on identifying words based on phonetics

I am wondering what is the possible word(s) for / 'r?? k?ld / ?
It sounds something like "ringcold" but clearly "ringcold" does not exist in English. I have tried to look up in dictionary with different potential spelling but I still can't find the answer Emotion: sad
Thank you in advance.
  

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Wagner's Das Rheingold comes to mind, but that's German. Do you have a context for your example? [ edit after 10 minutes: It might be the past tense of the verb rankle , which means to cause distress or to irritate.

— Philip

  • Wagner's Das Rheingold comes to mind, but that's German.
  • Do you have a context for your example?
  • [ edit after 10 minutes: It might be the past tense of the verb rankle , which means to cause distress or to irritate.
  • ]
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Wagner's Das Rheingold comes to mind, but that's German. Do you have a context for your example?
[ edit after 10 minutes: It might be the past tense of the verb rankle, which means to cause distress or to irritate. ]
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Thank you for your reply Philip. Unfortunately, there are no context for this word...
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AnonymousThank you for your reply Philip. Unfortunately, there are no context for this word...
You mean it was just one utterance in isolation? Nothing else?
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Surely "wrinkled" would fit?
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thank you anon and philip!
I have looked up in the dictionary. Rankle pronounced as'ræ?.kl? but not r?? k?ld.
wrinkle is pretty close to the pronunciation but still not the right one. :/
but I still appreciate your help! thank you so much!
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AnonymousI am wondering what is the possible word(s) for / 'r?? k?ld / ?
"wrinkled" What else can it be? There is no other word in English that has that IPA spelling.

CJ
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