Re: xsampa for vowels and diphthongs

Quoting Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>:

> Ktabta Elyse Grasso:
>
> > I don't need enormous precision for depicting the vowel sounds in
> > Jouevyaix... the Shayanans have stingers and venom sacks in their
> > mouths, so the shapes of their oral cavities are affected by mood.
>
> Ssshnakesssh? I jzzhusst love sshnakessh...
>
> > (u" is u umlaut)
> > Ascii   Latin1  Center of gravity of the Sound  possible xsampa
> > ii      ii      heat                            i: or i_i?
> > u       u"      hoot (rounded)                  u?
>
> My comment here is not on shmampa, but on spelling. When you *write*
> words
> by hand, |ii| and |ü|/|u"| will be definitely confused. It's almost a
> no-no
> in alphabet designing to have them both at one time, AFAIK.
I think that depends ALOT on what hand you learnt. In my handwrighting, a semi-
well written |ü| is quite unlikely to be confused with  |ii|, and when I write
rapidly they'll join |ä| in loking like hyphen-umlaut.

                                                 Andreas

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