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Re: The Pronunciation of {hsara}

From:Ed Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Thursday, October 14, 1999, 4:53
Thanks, Austin.

Don't feel you have to suddenly become a linguistics freak just out
of peer pressure.  But if you think it would be useful to know the
jargon, you can find some good simple explanations of terms on the
web, incluiding our own Pablo Flores' guide to language creation:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/1021/how.html

Ed

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Ed doesn't know everything, but he hasn't figured that out yet.
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Austin Taylor wrote:

> I do not know how to write {hsara} in phonetic terms; the > IPA to ASC-II converter speaks in terms of labials, dentals, > fricatives, alveolar things, and the like. I have no idea > what those are. I do know, however, that <h> and <s> are > pronounced like /h/ and /s/ with an unwritten schwa in between, as is the
only phonologically possible way. Also,
> <r> is like <r> in Spanish; how do I represent that in your > phonetic notation? The two <a>s are like /a/. Is that > good enough? Asc (OE spelling) is the coolest letter! > > LINGUA LATINA VIVAT! > > -- > Austin Taylor > aemilius7@onebox.com - email > (703) 234-3965 x1020 - voicemail/fax > > > > __________________________________________________ > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com >