Re: English notation
| From: | Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 29, 2001, 3:28 |
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Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
>
> Anyhoo, I've never been quite fond of any of those alternate writing
> systems. They either look weird or make impractical phonetic
> distinctions. Here's my take on the problem. I humbly call it TONORUNE
> -- The One 'N' Only Really Useful Notation for English.
>
> Consonants:
> - Use the letters p, t, k, b, d, g, m, f, v, s, z, l for their IPA values.
> - Use the letters r, j, y for [R], [dZ] and [j] respectively.
> - Use the digraphs th, dh, sh, zh, ch, ng, nk for [T], [D], [S], [Z], [N],
> [Nk] respectively.
You have more digraphs than phones here. My guess is that [tS] for "ch"
is missing.
> Vowels:
> - "Short" vowels: (view in fixed font if possible)
> [æ] [E] [I] [Q] [V] [U] [@]
> æ e i o a u e
> - "Long" vowels and diphtongs:
> [ej] [i:] [aj] [ow] [A:] [O:] [u:] [ju:]
> ei ii ai ou aa oo uu yu
> - Rhotacised vowels:
> [AR] [ER] [iR] [oR] [uR] [3R]
> ar ær ir or ur er
Why to you distinguish [V] and [@]? Is that a phonemic distinction in
any dialect of English?
> Æni obzerveishenz or koments? Das samwan sii æn obvies sursiz of
> problemz?
Your system in my dialect, assuming [V] for stressed and [@] for
unstressed:
Einii obzerveishenz or koments? Daz samwen sii æn obviies ??? av problemz?
I can't figure out what "sursiz" is. "Sources" maybe? That would be
"sorsez".
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