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Re: At last, an 'official' (but far from complete) page on Tech

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, April 19, 2004, 18:44
Quoting Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>:

> > - a with ring above is probably [o], right? > > [Q] more precisely, analogous to Scandinavian a-ring. Again the fake IPA > usage. Another letter I could've used is Greek lowercase alpha.
I'd just point out that 'å' (a-ring) in Standard Swedish and a great many, if not most, 'lects spell higher vowels, typically [o:] and [O]. Andreas PS [o:] and [O] are also spelt 'o', which letter also spells [u:] and [U]. No, it doesn't make sense.