Diacritiques

Ellipsis Eclipses is the title of a work of art that will soon embellish the English town of Newcastle upon Tyne. I am mentioning it because pronouncing its name ten times a day might help people who want to improve their spoken English master the notoriously difficult lax i-sound [ɪ]. Just try it: [ɪˈlɪp.sɪs ɪˈklɪp.sɪz ɪˈlɪp.sɪs ɪˈklɪp.sɪz ɪˈlɪp.sɪs ɪˈklɪp.sɪz]…