<c>, was: Re: help! phonology...

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Roger Mills wrote:
>
> > Irina Rempt wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > >
> > >> I was thinking that "c" wouldn't suggest /c/ to the average reader...
> > >
> > >I may not be an average reader, but it does suggest /k/ to me. But
> > >then that's what I use <c> for in Valdyan, and I was brought up on
> > >the Latin pronunciation that has /kajsar/ for "Caesar".>
> >
> > Same here, but "c" is almost always a problem, and perhaps ought to be
> > banished ;-).   Whenever I see "c" in a con- or natlang, I immediately look
> > around for an explanation.   Does it mean Romance /k ~ s/, Slavic and
> > American Indianist /ts/, Sanskrit/Indonesian/Kash /tS/, IPA palatal stop
> > (which I've never figured out)....? etc. etc.
I hate <k>.  I think it's an ugly spiky letter and I refuse to use it if I
can possibly avoid it.  I almost always use <c> for /k/.

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