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mansr on April 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to read Korean in 15 minutes

Whenever pronunciation of a letter depends on the surrounding context, you have an exception.

guard-of-terra on April 24, 2012 [–]

There is no way for a pronunciation to not depend on the surrounding context. You do not spell words letter by letter.

Thus minimal pairs are the king.

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