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Re: xsampa for vowels and diphthongs

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Thursday, March 13, 2003, 8:23
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.
> Elyse Grasso
Yitzik the Snakie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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