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- abbreviation General American; a notional composite of various dialects of English spoken in the United States intended to minimize some notion of regional coloration.
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In addition to the official IPA charts, we have also provided a chart demonstrating the diphthongs and triphthongs of Received Pronunciation (Standard British English,) and General American (GenAm.)
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