Re: Consistency in vowel sysem

Quoting Remi Villatel <maxilys@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >>i [i]   ì [y]   u [u]
> >>í [e]           o [o]
> >>ë [E]   è [9]   ó [O]
> >>a [a]
>
> >>From your CXSifications, the grave seems to round, not retract, but yes,
> this
> > is well more systematic. Only thing to complain of would be not having
> > something e-derived for [e], but you can't get everything.
>
> Errr... No, it's an X-SAMPAfication.  ;-)
>
> Any way, I agree with you: something e-related is better for [e]. Besides,
> the point of articulation needn't to be so obvious and all this acute and
> grave accents are not so legible. There was a reason why I chose the trema.
> So, here come my new (arbitrary) table of vowels:
>
> i [i]   ü [y]   u [u]
> e [e]           o [o]
> ë [E]   ø [9]   ó [O]
> a [a]
>
> "ø" stands for [2_c] (less rounded i.e. more opened) which I will simplify
> as [9] because [2_c] is such a PITA! And I'll get rid of a lot of "h" with a
> more obvious orthography: Version 13! (Lucky number!)
Less systematic, but certainly more friendly on the uninitiated. I might have
prefered 'ö' for [9], but then I'm a German-speaking Swede ...

> Now, I can go and search and replace. This orthography version 12 didn't
> live long and prosper...
>
> By the way, thanks for being such a merciless critic!  ;-)
I'm always here to shoot people's pet projects down! :)

                                         Andreas