Re: English notation
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 2, 2001, 21:12 |
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At 15:00 2001-07-02 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > þat'z igzaktli hwí í cúz t ignor sym distinkxnz.
>
>That seems to raise as many problems as it solves, given the two patterns
>into which, I think, all dialects fall:
>
> I. II.
>faff faf faf
>staff staaf staf
>scarf skaaf skarf
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>
>If I understand correctly, your system chooses (II) and so leaves (I)
>speakers out on a limb with BATH/STAFF words.
I'm afraid so. You are supposed to be allowed to write "à" for FATHER, but
that leaves you without a symbol when you need to indicate stressed
TRAP. I see no way to resolve the problem short of introducing "æ" and
destroying the a/á alternation in related words like "saniti/sán". (I
suppose I could introduce an accented "æ", using "a" only for FATHER and
"á" for THOUGHT, but as we all know accented "æ" is not easily found on a
computer...).
/BP 8^)>
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