Re: USAGE: Shaw alphabet (was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies)

caeruleancentaur wrote:

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>>>For me, "dance" has the same vowel sound as is found in ant, aunt,
>>>answer, pants, rancid, etc.  It seems to be a more closed sound.
>>>Does anyone know what I am talking about?
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>>Joe <joe@...> wrote:
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>>As far as I can tell, [&] seems to break in American dialects before
>>nasals.  So, 'dance' is /d&ns/ [d&@ns].  That's just from my
>>rightpondian perspective though.
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>That is some help, thanks.  The X-SAMPA chart that I have gives the
>Swedish word "drømme" as the example for /&/.  That was no help to me
>at all.
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It's CXS.  It represents the IPA a-e ligature.

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