Cosmopolitan Womanby Alicia Keys

submitted by Shauna Bradley

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international phonetic alphabet

IPA

A few notes on usage:• I've chosen to use a pronunciation of Cosmopolitan I imagine Keys would use, with a glottal in the final syllable

Photos from cosmomag.com, stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu), amazon.com

Did you find any mistakes? Let me know if you find one! Points to Amber for catch-ing one in the previous edition. Did you enjoy this? Let me know what you thought by emailing me at <earmstro@yorku.ca>