The three nearest neighbours to "_hearts" share the same class "a0" (unstressed long /a:/). Via analogical reasoning (i.e., on-the-spot merged induction and selective abduction), it is concluded that the class "a0" also applies to "_hearts".

According to this definition and processing, word pronunciation is just a direct transfer from spelling to stressed pronunication. This is a non-standard view to word pronunciation!

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Last update: 25 January 2000