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 | | For languages that have no official standard pronunciation, like English or German, a system of respelling was introduced with the letters given diacritics, also known as accent marks, (e.g., macrons, tildes, breves, circumflexes) that do not occur in ordinary writing, to assist the reader in pronouncing the words. |
| | For example, most Americans pronounce the first vowel in one group of words such as "ask" and "dance" in one manner, while it is standard for the English to pronounce them in a consistently different manner. |
| | It is also used to indicate only one preferred pronunciation, such as RP or General American, for foreigners to learn the language or for domestic people to alter their dialect. |
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