Re[2]: [tied] Re: Cybalist Phonetic Alphabet: A Modest Proposal [sh

At 10:12:19 AM on Tuesday, January 20, 2004, Piotr
Gasiorowski wrote:

> 20-01-04 15:54, m_iacomi wrote:

>>> [t], [d] (stops)
>>> [T], [D] (non-sibilant or "wide" fricatives = [þ], [ð])
>>> [s], [z] (sibilant or "narrow" fricatives)
>>> [c], [3] (affricates)

>> Only a modest suggestion: [S] instead of [c] would look
>> slightly better IMHO.

> Perhaps, but since [S] has often been used for [s^] (the
> "shibilant" fricative) on this list (and has this value in
> in the SAMPA notation), I find [c] less confusing.

I agree. Note that [S] is also the usual symbol for [s^] in
sci.lang and some other venues, and in phonetic contexts I
automatically read it as long-s.

Brian