Re: USAGE: No rants! (USAGE: di"f"thong)

Oh, left out /Z/ = <jx> => <dj>.

On 5/31/06, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On 5/30/06, wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> wrote:
> > My idea goes like this:
> >
> >         <ux>    ->      <w>
> >         <j>     ->      <j>
> >         <jx>    ->      <zy> or <jy>
> >         <cx>    ->      <cy>
> >         <sx>    ->      <sy>
> >         <gx>    ->      <xy> or <gy>
> >                 <dz>         ->            <x>
>
> Beyond <ux> to <w>, which is already used by many people who otherwise
> use the -x digraphs, none of those feels like an improvement.
>
> Fine, since everyone is taking this seriously.  Lessee what we have:
>
> -x:    a b c  cx d e f g gx h hx i j jx k l m n o p r s sx t u w v z
> CXS: a b ts tS d e f g dZ h x  i j Z  k l m n o p r s S  t u w v z
>
> If I were going to change anything - which I am not proposing. I have
> no desire to become the creator of Idido or whatever! - I would first
> merge <k> and <hx> into a single phoneme; most of the words with <hx>
> have alternates with <k> anyway, and [k] is a common realization of
> [x] in languages which lack the latter sound.
>
> I would then divide all the affricates into their component
> stop+fricative sounds.  If we're going to be forced to use digraphs
> anyway, they might as well be digraphs that make logical sense.  Of
> course, you could then reanalyze the affricates as realizations of a
> two-phoneme set and poof!  No digraphs at all. :)
>
> Then we'd just need symbols for /S/ and /Z/ and we're done.  For maximum
> comprehensibility, I propose switching to <y> for /j/, then using <j>
> for /Z/.  Which leaves the question of what to use for /S/; I can see
> arguments for both <c> and <x> (the latter mostly in that it's used
> that way in some Asian transcription systems).  I choose c.
>
> That gives us this:
>
> CXS    iksoj  MJR
> a          a        a
> b          b        b
> ts         c         ts
> tS        cx       tc
> d          d       d
> e         e        e
> f          f          f
> g         g        g
> dZ       gx      dj
> h         h         h
> x         hx       k
> i           i         i
> j           j         y
> k         k         k
> l           l          l
> m        m        m
> n         n         n
> o         o         o
> p         p         p
> r          r          r
> s         s         s
> S        sx        c
> t          t           t
> u         u         u
> w        ux       w
> v         v         v
> z         z         z
>
> - Tcu vi ankoraw povas legi esperanton?
> - Yes, mi djin povas legi.
>

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>