R: <c>, was: Re: help! phonology...

Patrick Dunn wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Roger Mills wrote:
> >
> > > Irina Rempt wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I was thinking that "c" wouldn't suggest /c/ to the average
reader...
> > > >
> > > >I may not be an average reader, but it does suggest /k/ to me. But
> > > >then that's what I use <c> for in Valdyan, and I was brought up on
> > > >the Latin pronunciation that has /kajsar/ for "Caesar".>
> > >
> > > Same here, but "c" is almost always a problem, and perhaps ought to be
> > > banished ;-).   Whenever I see "c" in a con- or natlang, I immediately
look
> > > around for an explanation.   Does it mean Romance /k ~ s/, Slavic and
> > > American Indianist /ts/, Sanskrit/Indonesian/Kash /tS/, IPA palatal
stop
> > > (which I've never figured out)....? etc. etc.
>
> I hate <k>.  I think it's an ugly spiky letter and I refuse to use it if I
> can possibly avoid it.  I almost always use <c> for /k/.
You're right, I, too, don't particularly like it, but I use it in Vaiysi. As
you I prefer the round <c> to the spiky <k>

Luca

Luca