Re: CXS suggestions

John Vertical skrev:
>> /B\/ is already in use for the bilabial trill.
>>
>> Other than that, I think I would find myself in the "pro" camp for
>> all  your other suggestions, at least at the start of the debate.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
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>
> Arghh, typo. I meant /b\/.
I've already used [w\] for this sound when transcribing Tibetan.
IMHO this makes a better parallel to [v\].  Also since [p\] is
voiceless bilabial fricative [w\] is less misleading for bilabial
approximant.

>
> ...IMO the trill system could actually be rationalized even further - if
> /r/ is trilled and /r\/ untrilled, why are /R R\/ and /B B\/ the other
> way round? - but I don't find that as big an issue.
It is leftovers from the origin as an IPA retranscription.
IPA small capitals are all capital+backslash in X-SAMPA.
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