phonetician

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One such quirk has already been discovered, by the neuroscientist Sophie Scott: an extra loop of gray matter, present from birth, in the auditory cortex of some phoneticians.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

Alas! this correct standard English of good society is unknown to phoneticians.

From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard

The mischief is being worsened and propagated by the phoneticians.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones by Bridges, Robert Seymour

But if the play makes the public aware that there are such people as phoneticians, and that they are among the most important people in England at present, it will serve its turn.

From Pygmalion by Shaw, Bernard

This fact, familiar to phoneticians but disbelieved by others, is one of the first peculiarities noted by foreigners beginning to learn English.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest