Re: Leute (was...)

Christian Thalmann wrote:

>'Mach', how do you write /9/ in Swiss German?  Right now, I
>use "ë", since [E] instead of [9] sounds less wrong to me
>than [2] instead of [9].  I recently considered switching
>to "æ" for /E/ and "œ" for /9/, but I'm not happy with the
>resulting typographical look, especially when doubled (and
>I do have phonemic vowel length in my lect).
>
>
Depending on how important length is (and whether <ae>/<oe> need to be
used for something else), you could be evi... errm... fun and use <æ>
for /E/ and <ae> for /E:/ and <œ> for /9/ and <oe> for /9:/. It's what
I'd do, but I like the look of æ and œ and use them when I can (god
bless œsophaguses, or however they're spelt). Not that I speak Swiss
German or anything...

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