ASCII IPA (Was Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang))

Tristan wrote:

> For a while, Christophe (and others?) was working on his own ASCII IPA
> because X-SAMPA is unaesthetic and lacks good mnemonics, and other ASCII
> IPAs don't represent the entire IPA with simple characters. I don't know
> what happened to it in the end; it probably fell onto a backburner and
> then dropped behind the oven. Of course, knowing my luck, Christophe's
> been working hard at it and is about to start using it tomorrow...
I'd be interested to see something about that, Christophe... I have
one that I'm alpha testing but it's not for public consumption (like
my homegrown stenographic system).  I use it for my own notes and
for now I'm using it as I put together my conlang website, but in
public I usually use X-SAMPA with the usual Kirshenbaum
modifcations: & for { mainly.

I've used and seen X-SAMPA, Kirshenbaum and my own so much that I
can move freely between the three and it doesn't bother me - I'm
sure most of us can move between X-S and K.  I don't mind which one
someone uses as long as it's known which system is being used and
the more esoteric usages are defined at least in context.

Cheers,
Eamon

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