Why do dictionaries have three symbols for the same vowel?

Fre   Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:28 pm GMT
Vekin,you are not welcome to post here anymore.
Please keep your fucking mouth shut in future.
Real Fre   Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:36 pm GMT
Those "Fre's" with the profanity in their posts are not me.
Fre   Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:38 pm GMT
You can tell it's not me, because I would never write "in future". It's "in the future".
Fre   Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:58 am GMT
Thats because I am not a native speaker and am incapable of replicating normal speech.
Real Fre   Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:45 am GMT
No, the fake me is not a native speaker. I am.
Fake Fre   Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:52 am GMT
And yet you dont recognize 'in future' as pretty standard speech?
B.O.L.L.O.C.K.S.
Real Fre   Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:54 am GMT
Not where I'm from. No one says "in future". It may be standard in other parts of the English speaking world, but not here.
fake Fre   Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:05 pm GMT
I take it you live in complete isolation without access to books, films, or any form of media then.