Re: [T] -> [f] (was: Chinese Dialect Question)

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> (*) I really hate the X-SAMPA trailing-\ diacritic.  I always misassociate
> it, having been trained by 15 years of UNIX experience to associate the
> backslash with the FOLLOWING letter.
I have to agree with that. It also goes against the arguments I've seen
for placing the stress marks before the syllable rather than the vowel in
qn (i.e. you now have to go back and read over it again).

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
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