Re: IPA for the Vowel in "good"

In a message dated 7/26/01 6:16:18 AM, cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:

<< A sound has to have phonemic status in at least one language in order
to have a symbol in the chart.  Can you exhibit a minimal pair with /U/? >>

    Yes, I can: /k_hU<:d/ (that < I'm using for "less rounded")="could" and
/k_hu:d/="cooed".  Oh, but wait a minute, that's between /U</ and /u/ not
/U</ and /U/...  Dangit!  If I come up with a minimal pair will they let me
make the symbol?  I'll make it cool.  I was thinking upside-down (or, in
other words, "regular") omega.  Anyway, I found a symbol on my IPA font that
was a lower case "i" without a dot, and I thought that was it (it'd make
sense).  But really, now, are there any minimal pairs between /Y/ and /I/?

-David

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