From: "E. Notagain" <ecg321@...>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Dumb IPA Question
> >> Cyrillic Is Easier Than IPA.
>
> >Only if the sound you want is used in Cyrillic. And using Cyrillic
> >misleads
> >you to thinking that CH is a single sound. Though I've met people who
> >thought that SH was two separate sounds, as it's written with two
letters.
> >There are plenty of languages where Cyrillic would fail. Try Mandarin or
> >Zulu in such a system.
>
> *sighs* I meant it's easier to learn, use, and understand than IPA.
>
> --Erin Notagain--
Well, sure. But they're not for the same thing. Though if you had a
language with enough phonemes, you might want to use IPA as its writing
system. But I digress...