Re: CHAT: XS vs. Kirshenbaum vs. Who-knows-what

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Morgan Palaeo Associates wrote:

> > As I recognised ('... certain mnemonic properties ...'). The problem is
> > also aesthetic, of course, but that hardly counts for much... But how
> > would you the equivalent of [d&:n(t)s]? Would you just have to say
> > '[d&:ns] or [d&:nts]'? Even '[d&:ns], [-nts]' seems awfully long-winded.
>
> I'm not sure what you're trying to say. You seem to be asking me
> something about x-sampa [d{:n&tQs] (I don't have a cxs chart in front
> of me, sorry).
No, I'm talking CXS, but I could as well have been talking Kirsh
(actually, I could just as well have been talking X-Sampa and using a
conlang, the optional t is the important thing here). I'm asking how
would you say '"dance" is pronounced with an optional [t] between the [n]
and the [s]', except with less focus on the fact that there's an optional
[t], it's just a simple acknowledgement.

--
Tristan

Mecht most toreck, ånd absolut mecht most toreck absolutelik. Gehalchte
menn vaore nichæ ever uevel menn, jetsvao svao indfluedels evaore
nemmfremm, ånd ne othoritet.
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ivu m&:, ZEsi fo efluduS evuJE:f, Qn (mwipet_ho/nu:t_horit_heS)/