21 of the world’s most famous quotes in IPA.

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is one of modern linguistics’ greatest and most genius inventions. Besides its usefulness in accurately describing the sounds of every human language, we can use it for more fun stuff, like this article we wrote a while back. Below we have compiled the world’s most famous quotes that not everyone will understand. You have to qualify as a language nerd to understand them. Do share with us your favorite and don’t forget to share them with other people who might be interested. 


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4 thoughts on “21 of the world’s most famous quotes in IPA.”

  1. ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl haʊ ˈivɪn nɑt ˈnoʊɪŋ ði aɪ-pi-eɪ aɪ kæn stɪl rid ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. aɪ ʤʌst hæv ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt.

  2. Your transcription of the diphthong O as /ou/ is not correct. It should be an inverted /e/ followed by u. Your transcription of IS looks and sounds strange.

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