This book provides an easy-to-understand guide to the peculiarities of English Pronunciation and Spelling. It was created for students of English as a Second Language.

It represents each different vocalic sound in the word itself by using a few diacritic symbols. This approach helps to understand the sound of a word directly as it is written and avoids the need to learn it separately using a completely different set of symbols, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet, which contains more than 150 characters.

"I know nôthing in thë world that has as mûch pôwer as a word. Sômëtimes I write õne, and look at it, ûntil it shines."

- Emily Dickinson

Alvaro J. Alves-Milho was born in Lima, Peru. He studied computer science at the National Engineering University, and the Catholic University of Lima. He currently lives in Florida, where he worked as a Software Engineer for a major corporation. From an early age, he has been interested in history and language, as well as mathematics and engineering, which led him to analyze the intricacies and traditions of spelling.The first edition of the book was published in 2006 and was finalist for Book of the Year on Education from Forward Magazine awards. He recently created an on-line English pronunciation course for Spanish speakers, and has a presence on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok, with a few viral videos, and almost 400k followers.