Re: ADMIN: Conlang welcome message
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 19:02 |
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On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 11:16 AM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> 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?
I suppose I'm not crazy about the idea because I'm not crazy about
X-SAMPA to begin with. I use it, but only because it seems to be the
transcription lingua-franca around here. Trouble is, there aren't any
real alternatives right now, and I don't have the time or energy to
make up my own. I was intrigued by Herman Miller's system which was
introduced earlier in the summer, but I haven't tried to use it, and
I've been away all summer and was thus unable to be an advocate for it.
Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga
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its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie
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