Terminology: Phones and Phonetics
You’ve probably seen a misspelling like *<enuf> for <enough> and have seen someone write that * <enuf> is a phonetic spelling. That is a misnomer, because English spelling is not phonetic. Writing systems are phonological — they represent meaning to people who already know and speak the language. But phonetics can be a useful aspect of language to … More Terminology: Phones and Phonetics