Re: Diphthongs in ASCII (was: CHAT letter names etc)

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Isaac Penzev wrote:

> Matthew Kehrt eskriviw:
>
> <<I had thought that '.' represented a syllable break.  It was so
> used two
> years ago when I was last active on the list.[...]
> and I am unfamiliar with the changes to XSAMPA that make CSX.>>
>
> As one of contributors to CXS, I think it's worth mentioning that
> |.| still represents syllable break, marked when necessary. So |ai|
> ~ |a.i| would solve the ambiguity.
Actually, I think |ai| is meant to be inheritly ambiguous, with
interpretation language-dependent (e.g. in (my) English which forbids
hAij&id@s, it'd mean diphthong; in French which I think avoids
diphthongs, two syllables). Syllable break/non-syllabic should be used to
resolve the ambiguity.

--
Tristan.