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Pirndety
Noisy Miner
Part of speech:
(N)
Sources:
Notes:
(image - Noisy Miner by Anthony Katon - Flickr - CC with thanks. https://www.flickr.com/photos/134131572@N08/ )
Usage:
Pronunciation Guide:
Say
:
poorn
-di
ty
Pronunciation Notes:
Vowels
:
Standard
- 'e' as in ‘pet’.
Variation
- when ‘i’ follows a ‘p’ and is followed by a ‘r’, ‘rn’ or ‘rt’ but not ‘rr’, the ‘i’ is rounded off like ‘tu’ in French. (top of the tongue touches the back of the palate).
Categories:
Birds, Animals
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