Re[2]: [tied] *a/*a: ablaut

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 53240
Date: 2008-02-15

At 9:28:13 PM on Thursday, February 14, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> What do you suggest we use for schwa? As long as we're
> consistent

We have traditionally used <&>. In Kirshenbaum ASCII IPA,
which is probably the most common in sci.lang and such
places, this stands for IPA [æ], but the character <æ>
doesn't seem to cause many problems nowadays, so use of <&>
for schwa shouldn't be terribly problematic.

Brian