From: leszek.karlik@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 17 May 2014 12:15:23 +0200, mumble  wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > Back in olden times they had these devices called "dictionaries" that   
   > contained information on pronunciation in addition to specific meanings,   
   > and some few were taught to look up the words they encountered which   
   > were new to their personal vocabularies.   
      
   I had a Longman's Pronunciation Dictionary somewhere on my shelf.   
      
   There were many words for which it had multiple pronunciations, sometimes   
   with prevalence data. Ah, the fun of English. :-)   
      
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   Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik   
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