Re: Faux-phonetics (fuit: Conlang Article in the LA Times)

>Ray wrote:
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>This Brit, now in his 69th year, has always read "eh" as [e(j)]. Way
>back in the 1940s, Reginald Dutton, another Brit, indicated the long
>vowels of Speedwords with "ah, eh, ee, oh, oo" /a:/, /e:/, /i:/, /o:/
>and /u:/.
> >>
>
>I've always interpreted "eh" as [E]--and, indeed, have used "eh"
>to represent [E] for non-linguists.  Never had any problems with
>it thus far.
>
>-David
Me too. I remember also having come across "ih" for /I/ and "ooh" for /U/.
And in an ugly variation thereof, using more h's to signify length, eg
"ehhh" for [E:].

And then there are all the diacritical dictionary schemes... Actually, just
have a look at this cross-comparision:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_respelling_for_English

John Vertical