pho|nog|ra|phy

pho|nog|ra|phy
pho|nog|ra|phy «foh NOG ruh fee», noun.
1. the art of writing according to sound; phonetic spelling.
2. phonetic shorthand, especially the phonetic shorthand devised by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837.
3. Obsolete. the study of speech sounds and their phonetic transcription.

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