Re: Babel text in Orêlynna

Tristan <kesuari@...> wrote:

>On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:45, James W wrote:
>> Some notes:
>> * /i/ = [I]
>> * /y/ = [i]
>> * /th/ = [T] - how do I type in a thorn?
>> * /dh/ = [D] - how do I type in an eth?
>
>Just to let you know, /sl&S@z/ (slashes) are used to surround /f@nIimIk
>repr@z@nt&iS@nz/ (phonemic representations---a broad look at the sounds,
>that shows only sounds that are distinguished from others). [skwe:
>br\&k@ts] (square brackets) are used for [fn=e4Ik r\epr\_0z@t&iS@nz]
>(phonetic representations---a narrower one that takes the sounds without
>regard for the language). <Angle brackets> are used for <orthographic
>representations> (the way the written language writes stuff).
>
>So what you wanted to say is:
><i> = /I/ or [I]
><y> = /i/ or [i]
><th> = /T/ or [T]
><dh> = /D/ or [D]
That is correct. Thanks.

>To type a thorn, if you have an international keyboard layout, type
>either AltGr-t or AltGr-p (depending on the actual layout). If you have
>Unix, you might be able to do compose/multi, t, h if you have a
>compose/multi key.
[snip]

Anyone know how to do this on a Mac running OS 9.2?

James W.

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