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Re: Miapimoquitch cat's cradle

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Sunday, April 14, 2002, 15:22
En réponse à Roger Mills <romilly@...>:

> > > You are not alone. I've learned enough to read posts (mostly) but > still > prefer things like "&" (or even better Alt 0230 though I know that can > make > problems) for "ash" etc. and really dislike that % sign. I did manage > to > figure out that % and " were marking stress, but which.......???? > _Logically_ single quote should be primary stress (double underline: as > it > is in IPA), the double quote could be secondary. No? (end rant) >
I completely agree with your critics. Myself use a version of X-SAMPA with & for ae-ligature, and ' for primary stress and , for secondary stress, to look more like IPA. Though ' for primary and " for secondary could do too :). Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.