> > Trebor Jung wrote:
> > > I read a little while ago (someone's post)
> > that Kirshenbaum IPA
> > > ASCIIification went out of style a while ago
> > on Conlang, but why?
> > > Pablo Flores and Mark Rosenfelder(?) still
> > use it.
> > >
> > > Why is XS better than KB or any other system
> > - why was it chosen?
> > > (Maybe because XS was designed by linguists?
> > ... But that's not so
> > > fair, 'cause XS is ugly - numbers,
> > punctuation... Well, KB etc. use
> > > those too I'm sure.)
> > >
> A good overview of different systems is here
> <
http://www.blahedo.org/ascii-ipa.html>
>
> in detailed phonology anyway, so don't have a
> great use for all those fiddly little squiggles;
> for me, the basic sounds and basic symbols are
> plenty.
>
IIRC the need -- by some -- for more careful/accurate transcriptions (i.e.
all those squiggles) is what has led to the use of XS over plain S or KB.
Personally I too favor the "basics", mais chacun a son goût