The Lady Who Would be Queen
They were in latin and some other language, but had lines underneath in 'phonetic' spelling so she could get the pronunciation correct, which was very important. it was a kind of "spells for dummies" type of thing.
Fatal Radiance - Chapter 5
"they have a lot of books, so i think i can try to explain you the phonetics of the letters and then how to form words from the phonetics."
The Security Guys
Eventually, when he was four, the school psychologist managed to get him to speak up by having him read a text in phonetic klingon. he did not have to be afraid that people would notice his accent if nobody knew what he was saying anyway.
Sometimes Getting Lucky is Getting Lucky
The mouse figured he should do the same, but his self-consciousness had him sticking with one of the few things that even looked remotely phonetic. "i'll be having the olive-mussel consomme and a dirty sazerac. carter?"
Second Sun's Kiss 2
“i’ve prepared some materials on coraynn phonetics and sentence structure, but first we’ll review the alphabet again.” he sits next to me on the bed. “here, i made a workbook for you!” “marrow, uhm, i–” i feel so sweaty.
Hellborn: Poisonous Soil
Barbera opened the laptop and pulled up the dictionary, starting with phonetics. she sat next to the female and pointed to the first symbol, giving a demonstration of how it's pronounced.
Alexander's Accounts - Part 2
S/k thing (but i have heard that “c” is used instead of “s” to denote where some dialect speakers would use the “th” sound, so…), but it's so phonetic it's almost _boring_. - i should probably write stories in spanish to improve my spanish.
Tails of Power - Descent into Darkness
Setting the book on the table beside her, she incanted precisely as the book phonetically told her to. she placed the blade against the cat's lower chest, and pressed the tip in, ignoring the fact that the muffled yowls turned to abject pain and terror.
"The Thin Line," Part V
Its closest relative, in terms of language, is my own elfhame dialect, and even at that, i can only pick out the occasional words when someone sings it phonetically.
Iconoclast Chapter 3
Confusing phonetics is one reason why i alternate between khajiiti and common forms of names.) then she looks calmly at radirr and cocks an eyebrow at makari, and my wife says- "oh yes, we found him in the wilderness..."
Welcome to Earth
Their dna was close enough to earth cetaceans they could probably breed with them, but their dna didn't match any samples ever seen, and their dialect, which they'd gotten from recording them squeaking in their slumber, contained phonetics and whistle-structures
Qest: Primal - Chapter 11: Let the Games Begin
He said, pronouncing it slowly and phonetically. "i thought you were hesitant about this thing? have you grown more confident in the past few days?"