From: Rick McCallister
Message: 53264
Date: 2008-02-15
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister____________________________________________________________________________________
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > OKAY --Can we agree to use a common set of ASCII
> > symbols for laryngeals, schwas and other such
> items?
> > My understanding is there is a linguistic
> convention
> > for these items. I believe Trask himself explained
> to
> > me that @ stands for schwa, ? for glottal stop, I
> > forget what he used for 'ayn
> > But things get confusing with people using their
> own
> > signs
> > Piotr, Brian --could either of you issue a diktat
> and
> > have people stick to it: i.e. bounce e-mail that
> fails
> > to conform
>
> That's a good idea. I tend to use X-SAMPA myself,
> but I'm not sure if
> everybody interprets the representation in the same
> was as I intend.
>
>