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Re: Transcribing Ebisedian (was Re: Introducing Paul Burgess etc.)

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Saturday, March 15, 2003, 20:51
Ktabbe H. S. Teoh:

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:08:40PM +0200, Isaac Penzev wrote: > > K'tabbe H. S. Teoh: > > > > > Well, it may be consistent, but I don't find it nice-looking at all! :-) > > > > De gustibus... But I still like it. The only problem for me is with _0_. I > > would imagine smth like _8_ in its stead... > > No, I don't like _8_... _8_ would probably be better used for what is > currently _w_ (since it is after all pronounced [8]). If only ASCII had an > o-slash, that would be perfect...
OK. Let's try _Q_. At least it's more contrastive to _o_ than _0_ is.
> > Surely I meant alternative IPA symbols. Under what conditions those > > different allophones are realized? > [snip] > > It depends... I haven't really sat down to work out the intricacies of > Ebisedian phonetic realizations yet. > [skip] > > Also, /w/ is sometimes realized as [w@\] instead of [8].
OIC. It's not yet formalized. Ok. Let's be waiting... Yitzik