Re: My new IPA resource

Adrian wrote:
>It's a gallery of graphics featuring a selection of IPA symbols, but
>with an extra feature: the 'alt' field for each 'img' tag displays a
>description of the articulation as well as the X-SAMPA representation
>of the symbol.
It works equally well for me, either as "alt" or "title"......


>I'd be grateful if some people would visit and tell me, firstly,
>whether I've made any mistakes, and secondly, general comments such as
>whether it's really a good and useful idea (and remember, I'm a long
>way from being an IPA expert myself: just because I use a symbol
>doesn't always mean I really understand it).
>
>Here's the site:
>
><http://web.netyp.com/member/dragon/ipa.htm>
>
Very nicely done, and I'm sure it will be useful.  Some observations, meant
as _constructive_ criticism--

1.  It is, as you say, incomplete.  I note the lack of the front rounded
vowels, epsilon (E), reversed epsilon and its retroflex (3, 3^), print a
(a), script a (A), reverse script a(?) (Q)?, barred i (1), inverted v (V);
I'm not sure of the SAMPA for palatal stops IPA c, j, lateral affricate i.e
[tl]-- IPA lambda? or barred lambda? (and voiced); voiced velar fricative
(gamma), uvular stop q, glottal stop, etc. etc.  Do you plan to include
these at a later date?

2. There seems to be a problem with "eng", "p" and "g"; is there some way to
make them sit on the line?

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