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mu for [N]

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, January 20, 2005, 23:19
Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>: > > >>Salvete, >> >>Henrik Theiling wrote: >> >> >>>Isaac Penzev writes: >>> >>>>... µ for [N] - translit is mine) ... >>> >>>Would that generally be understood? >> >>I think no. I used µ as a simulation of eng character. The only reason for >>this is that I find ñ used sometimes for this purpose extremely misleading, >>as I'm accustomed to see it in Spanish for [J]. > > > I find the use of mu extremely misleading, since I'm used to see it for /m/. :p
Moreover Celticists use it for /v~/ (or /F/, which is much the same thing).
> Andreas > >
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