Re: Question(s): creative spelling reform(s) of Techno-Greco-Latin-ish
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 6:52 |
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In a message dated 2004:05:10 09:45:25 PM, mark@POLYMATHIX.COM writes:
>How is 'ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system' *spelled* in
>Mandarin? Or do they not use ISV?
AFAIK Using characters something like:
SHIP PULL[-ING/-ED] FAR-SOUND ALERT-METHOD DEVICE-SET
or a close phonemic representation/tranliteration of the English -
somethin' like _s0-Nah_
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