Re: Idea for a new ASCII-IPA scheme
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 24, 1999, 16:07 |
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Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Well. Actually in SAMPA, the symbol for the almost wide open frontal vowel
> (IPA ae ligature or ash) is {, the & symbol is from Kirchenbaum(sp?)... but
> I agree is more used, and more clear in my opinion, & than {.
Oh, yeah. But still, I feel that the CB /.ae/ is better than either
one, since that indicates "ligature of a and e", which is *exactly* what
ash is, while { or & are both just arbitrary replacements, with & being
just slightly better, since it phonetically reminds the reader of ash.
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