Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

Ference Valoczy wrote:
> > Hm, what about re-spelling Hungarian like this:
> >
> > {s}  = /s/
> > {z}  = /z/
> > {c}  = /ts/
> > {sz} = /S/
> > {zz} = /Z/
> > {cz} = /tS/
> >
>
>Hm, what would we do about geminate [z]?
Do as for the vowels - place acutes above long consonants!

Seriously, I didn't remember that Hungarian has geminate consonants. Well,
either keep {zs} for /Z/ (tho' that'd ruin the nice symmetry), use the
hac^ek option, or exhange {z} for someting else as the "postaveolarizer".
Is, say, {x} or {j} available for this purpose?My knowledge of Hungarian
orthography is somewhat hazy.

Using {sj} for /S/ would make it look a bit similar to Swedish (my native
lang), tho' the Swedish realization is usually [x\] rather than [S].

                                                       Andreas

PS I guess I'd love it if you BOTH used the hac^ek as suggested above AND
used the actue accent as length mark on both vowels and consonants. Seeing,
I've got a bit of a soft spot for diacritics ...
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