pronouncing.phones_for_word("a") returns ['AH0', 'EY1', 'EY1 F AO1 R T UW1 W AH1 N T UW1 EY1 T']

[denisfitz57]

The third result seems incorrect.

[hugovk]

It does!

Looks like some oddness in the CMU dictionary, which begins:

A AH0
A(1) EY1
A'S EY1 Z
A. EY1
A.'S EY1 Z
A.S EY1 Z
A42128 EY1 F AO1 R T UW1 W AH1 N T UW1 EY1 T
AA EY2 EY1

[hugovk]

Or the dictionary is fine, but A42128 is a bit of an odd word!

Rather the problem is here:

https://github.com/aparrish/pronouncingpy/blob/master/pronouncing/__init__.py#L30

Stripping the brackets and numbers means the word A42128 is interpreted as the word A.

[hugovk]

See PR #36 for a fix with tests.

[aparrish]

weird, I wonder why "A42128" is even in there in the first place.

[hugovk]

I've no idea, but it is quite a nice shade of red.

[denisfitz57]

This may be relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t6JJL2mEdM How to Pronounce A42128 / How to Say A42128 From: Hugo [mailto:notifications@github.com] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:55 AM To: aparrish/pronouncingpy <pronouncingpy@noreply.github.com> Cc: Fitzpatrick, Denis F <Denis.Fitzpatrick@boystown.org>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [aparrish/pronouncingpy] pronouncing.phones_for_word("a") returns ['AH0', 'EY1', 'EY1 F AO1 R T UW1 W AH1 N T UW1 EY1 T'] (#34) I've no idea, but it is quite a nice shade of red<http://www.color-hex.com/color/A42128>. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#34 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABZDtGdc95b3cuGYaBBrYjLFo7poh2Moks5svMTsgaJpZM4QCTMj>.

[hugovk]

Ha, that video is just generated from the same CMU Pronouncing Dictionary!

Maybe it's a Mountweazel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry