A PHONEMIC ENCOUNTER

Hello,

We're having to learn the international "phonemic" alphabet (aka IPA--sorry that doesn't stand for "Indian Pale Ale" from Fort Collins).  

Essentially, it's an alphabetic system of phonetic notations that standardizes the sounds of oral language.  At a more basic level--it's the curly funny alphabet you see after words in dictionaries.

We need to know the alphabet in order to help non-English speakers pronounce words (located here if you're interested):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

While we were out walking on Friday we encountered this door.  I cracked up--anyone watching would think I was a mad woman!  Do  you know what the word is?  Sure you do?

It's character!  

Just sharing a bit of our school world with you,

Hugs,

Ellie and Gary

ps  As of today--we are "rubbish"!

Here it is: