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Ambrose Li
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I just can’t stand its backward schwa Mar 23, 2013

And it doesn’t even distinguish between /θ/ and /ð/. And it can’t represent any non-English sounds except for /x/.

I doubt it will “help language learners” in any way…

[Edited at 2013-03-23 08:33 GMT]
 


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