Re: CHAT: Bob's Introduction

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
> > Which ASCII representation of the IPA is used here? In Kirshenbaum my
> > <x> is /Q/, but in Carrasquer and SAMPA it's <G>.
>
> The Conlang representation.  :-)  There actually isn't one system.
> Generally, people tend to use a slight modification of SAMPA.  For
> instance, /&/ is used for ash (ae ligature, the sound in most
> [American?] pronunciations of "cat")
>
I see. I guess I'll just have to figure it out as I go along. A lot of
the more common symbols don't differ much from system to system from
what I can tell, specifically the ones used in English, so I guess they
wouldn't be much confusion unless I use lots of wacky sounds. Maybe a
language that consists entirely of clicks I can't pronounce and /i/.
Can you say /!\iO\=\i|\i?iO\/, 'cuz I sure can't. I did cheat and use a
glottal stop in there, and I'm using the SAMPA system in case you're
wonerding, although it probably wouldn't be the best in that case, as it
looks rather hard to read. In the Branner system it would be
/r!ip!c!it!i?ip!/, which is the best we can hope for. I don't know why
I'm still rambling on about something that doesn't have much relevance
to anything.

> > www.conlang.org doesn't seem to work for me, I've tried it twice today
> > and I can't get in. Maybe the server isn't working.
>
> Same here.  Must be down.
>
Yup. Maybe it will be up tomorrow.

--
Robert