Re: help! phonology...

Irina Rempt wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
>> I was thinking that "c" wouldn't suggest /c/ to the average reader...
>
>I may not be an average reader, but it does suggest /k/ to me. But
>then that's what I use <c> for in Valdyan, and I was brought up on
>the Latin pronunciation that has /kajsar/ for "Caesar".>

Same here, but "c" is almost always a problem, and perhaps ought to be
banished ;-).   Whenever I see "c" in a con- or natlang, I immediately look
around for an explanation.   Does it mean Romance /k ~ s/, Slavic and
American Indianist /ts/, Sanskrit/Indonesian/Kash /tS/, IPA palatal stop
(which I've never figured out)....? etc. etc.