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

On 6/9/06, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> Actually, /Q/ contrasts with /O:/ and /A:/ (which are long).  Minimal
> triple: 'cart', 'caught', 'cot'.  /kA:t/, /kO:t/, /kQt/.
Ah.  Thank you.  Although, assuming Shavian was intended to provide a
dialect-neutral spelling (despite Gary's objection that it's not
actually used that way by enthusiasts), "cart" would presuambly be
spelled kick-are-tot rather than kick-ah-tot.   There is a separate
series of letters for the vowel+r combinations.

So we have separate letters for /A:/, /A:r/, /O:/, /O:r/, and /Q:/.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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