Re: Of Haa/hhet & other matters (was: mu for [N])

From:    Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
> Needless to say, I, as a Swede, disagree; |y| is, as even the
> IPA accepts, to be used for /y/! This moreover is the original
> use of the letter.
Well, that depends on what you mean by "letter", right? I mean,
the very same form was used originally with the value /u(:)/
in Greek.

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