Re: CHAT: First report on Coní (was: Re: CHAT: Bouncing)

En réponse à Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>:

>
> Haha! I didn't realize! My IQ (Stanford-Binet) and my body weight
> (in pounds) is exactly the same! I wonder what would happen
> if I gained some weight...? :D
>
If they are in balance, then you'd lose IQ ;))) .

>
> /8/ is written |û| as of now (u + circumflex). If this vowel
> can be prepalatalized (like the other vowels) we have a problem.
> Prepalatalization is marked by diaresis: |ä| is /ja/. Irregular
> stress is marked by an acute accent (as in the language name:
> Coní). How do you combine diaresis and/or acute accent with a
> circumflex?
>
> Another idea was to use |w| for /8/, but the problems remain.
>
> Ideas?
>
One: switch to LaTeX ;))) . Anyway, as soon as you enter the realm of accents,
you leave the ASCII territory and there is no single standard there, so there
will always be someone to have trouble to read what you write, especially if
you need strange letter-diacritic combination. So just screw up standards and
do whatever you want (LaTeX will always be able to follow ;)) ) and just make
an ASCII transliteration for e-mail :) .

Christophe.

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