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phonetist

American

[foh-ni-tist] / ˈfoʊ nɪ tɪst /

noun

a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.

phonetist British

/ ˈfəʊnɪtɪst /

noun

another name for phonetician
a person who advocates or uses a system of phonetic spelling

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Etymology

Origin of phonetist

1860–65; < Greek phōnēt ( ós ) ( see phonetic) + -ist

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Characteristically, he suggested that the best way to do it would be to scrap the whole thing and start afresh, and the prizewinner, a devoted English phonetist named Kingsley Read, did just that.

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