Re: CHAT: Bob's Introduction

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
> > I don't want to make the sketch
> > seem like too much of a big thing before I post it, because then some
> > people will be dissapointed.
>
> Hmm, I thought you said you stopped worrying about what other people
> thought?  ;-)  But seriously, just go ahead and post it, no one's gonna
> laugh or anything.  No one's grading you here.  We have a whole range of
> people, from amateurs with very little knowledge of linguistics to
> people with PhD's.
I should rephrase: I don't care what people think about ME, but I do
care what people think about my work. Or something like that.
>
> > My language does use the Roman alphabet, but it does correspond to the
> > IPA as I've said. I decided on x for the voiced velar fricative, because
> > I don't have a voiceless velar fricative, and the gamma looks close
> > enough to an x to me.
>
> Good enough reason.  "Gh" would work, but, as you said, you're wanting
> to avoid digraphs, so that's out of the question.  Of course, if /g/
> doesn't exist, "g" would work just as well.
>
Gh would work, I'm not morally opposed to digraphs, but I'd like to
avoid them if possible, but I do use "g" as /g/, so that's out of the
question.
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