Re: ADMIN: Conlang welcome message

Quoting Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...>:

> On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 04:45  PM, Harald Stoiber wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:54:08 -0400, John Cowan
> > <jcowan@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Here's the latest CONLANG welcome message.  Comments solicited.
> >
> > Hi John, hello people,
> >
> > Since it was a mystery to myself for quite a while,
> > I think that the welcome message should also mention
> > that X-SAMPA is used on this list to transcribe IPA
> > and perhaps it should also link to one site where
> > people can get some info about X-SAMPA.
>
> X-SAMPA may be the de facto standard, but I don't recall any statement
> regarding X-SAMPA as the "official transcription system of CONLANG"
> having been made, so I don't think that adding this to the CONLANG
> welcome message would be appropriate.
Why not simply mention that it's the de facto standard, and provide a link to
learning material for those interested?

                                                                  Andreas

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