These variants are included because of the fact that they are in widespread use” (Wells 2008: xx). To date, the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (hence, LPD) by J C Wells is the only pronouncing dictionary that incorporates such useful information in its entries: “For a few words, LPD includes a pronunciation variant that is not considered correct. This short piece addresses particular cases where native speakers of the two major reference accents, RP and GA, pronounce words in ways that are not considered normative, that is standard pronunciation.
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