Re: Tone Romanization: Opinions Sought

B.P. Jonsson wrote:
(re Gwr tone marking)
>
> Actually I prefer the / \ ^ _ - system you used on your webpage,
> since you don't have to think in English to make them work,
> only I would put the diacritics (other than the hyphen, maybe)
> *before* the syllable.  Alternatively you may devise digraphs
> for /E O i\/ and use diacritics _é è ê ë e_ for those tones.
>
Hmm, yes, that might work; you're right that the marks should precede, I
think. And one could leave mid tone (hyphen) unmarked. This thread has got
me thinking about digraphs, too, though a possible problem arises with the
di-/triphthongs (yw)V(yw1) (but not all occur in practice). (Remember "y" is
[j]!!) We might end up with odd-looking sequences of vowels-- well, back to
the drawing board.

> ...YR Chao always used 1 for lowest and 5 for highest.
Ah yes, makes sense. duh.