26 - Why don't we have a sound-like dictionary (PSE)

26 - Why don't we have a sound-like dictionary (PSE)

We have been trying to read English words and we have difficulties reading them correctly. Because, we can't read them as they spell. For examples: to, too, and two all read the same; head and heat read different; you and eucalypt; evict and yvonne; and so on.

When we hear a word we don't know. How do we look it up in a dictionary? Suppose that word sounds like "โร เด โอ้". We can turn to pages with words starting with "R O D A/E/..." and soon enough we will find "redeo". Now suppose that word sounds like "ออ ดิ โอ". Where do we start? Pages with words starting with "O"? We may be looking for along time. Even when see 'audio' if we don't know how to read that 'au' as 'ออ' we will go pass it. How do we look up a dictionary for words we hear but not see?

All printed dictionaries arrange words by alphabet. So words with the letter 'A' come before words with the letter 'B' and so on. Some digital media dictionaries can read the words out loud, so we can hear how they read. But there is no dictionary that we can find a word by the sound of the word. That is we can't say 'พี' and the dictionary reponds with "pea = ถั่ว; pee = urine/ฉี่;...". Would we love to have a dictionary like that. A dictionary that arrange by 'sounds of words'.

[I have thought of collecting words by sound of Thai alphabet. By asking for contribution from English teachers who know how to say in Thai what English words read. So, can you help? Whatever and whenever you can. We like to have 'sound-like' in Thai, word in English, a little picture with caption to help us understand what the word means. Anything else?

We may see a sizable sound-like free off/online dictionary in a couple years, if everyone helps. ;-) ]

[Similarly, for most of us who want to know "what this plant is", we go look in botanic, plant name, plant- with-picture books and online databases. What do we find? Plants in alphabet/name order.
What we want is to be able to say: tell me what is this plant, it has dark green, serated 10 cm long leaves, tiny white flowers in bunches, small yellow egglike sweet fruits in bunches, white main trunk and branches, 6-7 m tall, ... and the look-like plant dictionary come back with a list of pictures with names and description. Again, this may be possible as a project on websites like GotoKnow ;-) ]

[ขจิต ฝอยทอง]

• I recommend this website Krub

• 2.http://gotoknow.org/blog/yahoo/18565

    (Star fall) for children practice pronunciation

  Cheer

[sr]

Thank you

I would recommend visiting both http://gotoknow.org/blog/yahoo/18565 and www.starfall.com (which says words out loud so we can hear what words in letter sound like), too.

I am looking for a tool which we can use to look up a word in letter by sound (of the word). Roughly, an online (Internet) dictionary that has "sound-like" (in Thai), English words (in English letters), and ...

For example:

(soundlike) โร --> (1) roe = fish eggs; (2) row = paddle (for boat), arrangement in a (straight) line;

This is more or less a reverse of what provided on Starfall.com.

 

[ชลัญธร]

ขอบคุณค่ะท่าน SR สำหรับแนวคิดนี้ ถ้าทำสำเร็จขอชลัญใช้คนแรก ชลัญมีปัญหาเรื่องการฟังและพูดภาษาอังกฤษมาก อ่านน่ะพอดำน้ำแปลถูก อาจเพราะพื้นฐานไม่ดี หรือเป็นเพราะสมัยเรียนเกลียดครุอักฤษก็ไม่รู้ ทุกวันนี้สื่อสารได้แบบ คนฟังจะรู้สึกว่า English is fun เพราะชลัญจะออกหมดทั้งท่าทาง น้ำเสียงที่แปลกๆ ทำให้คนอื่นเขาตลกเวลาพูดอังกฤษน่ะค่ะ

[sr]

Thank you

I am glad you put in an advabced order for a sound-like dictionary.

The delivery date is expected in the 21stC -- sometimes. I expect help from all English teachers (how many are out there in Thailand?). If they could add a few words to this post, we would have a sizable sound-like dictionary in a few days!

As it is, my call for help is in English. Only 8 people among my followers (among 150,000 G2K members) read (my) English posts -- according to survey question. So, we are struggling...

เดียรึ : (1) dear = a greeting or saluting; high price or high value; close to heart (2) deer = (singular and plural) ruminant mammals

[krutoiting]

Nice

[sr]

Thank you krutoiting

Here is another entry

โด : (1) doe = a female deer (2) dough = a mix of flour and liquid