The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation used to represent the sounds of spoken languages. It is used by linguists to transcribe words into unambiguous written representations. The word transient, for instance, is often pronounced [ˈtrænʃənt] (or tran-shuhnt) but may also be pronounced [ˈtrænziənt] (or tranzee-uhnt). While the non-standard transcription (shown above [...]