Re: Senyecan Orth. & Phon .

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:10:11 -0000, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:

> Alt 0235 = ë.  That one works & it's the one I need.
>
> Alt 0246 always bumps me back to the name/password sign-in page!!
>
> I'm not computer literate enough to know why these idiosyncrasies
> happen.  But many thanks for the help.
Whan I have to use non-ASCII characters in a plain-text context, I either
use Character Map or copy from a page already containing the characters I
need. (In HTML, I mostly use the predefined names) That avoids having to
remember which alt-codes have been preempted by some malevolent piece of
software.

> What is the ASCII 4-letter code for o/?  I'd rather use that than oe
> if possible.
Alt 0248, if that's what you're asking.

> BTW, I'm trying to represent with oe the "ir" in bird.  My phonetics
> dictionary uses that backwards epsilon followed by :, but on the site
> where IPA symbols are sounded, that epsilon sounds nothing like "ir."
> Any suggestions?
Is that an American bird, or a British bird? It makes a big difference! In
General American, a rhotic schwa is written ([@`] in CXS, but for most of
us it's simply a syllabic /r/, pronounced [r\`=]). The English mostly use a
lowish central vowel, non-rhotic ([3] or [3\] ?). I suspect the "o/"
(normally [2]) is closest for non-phonetic purposes.

Jeff