David Starner wrote:

> Is the IPA wrong? (I'm refering to a 40 year old
> book, so some of the IPA characters might be wrong.)

If "y" means the initial sound in "yes", it should be "j" in IPA. IPA "y" is
the u in French "lune": [ly:n].

Why are "y" and "w" classified with vowels? They are consonants in all
respects.

> Any other comments?

A few questions, out of curiosity:

- There are two series of consonants: are they uppercase and lowercase?

- If yes, I don't know the scenario of your role game, but is it plausible
that English spelling underwent such a radical change without eliminating
the capital letters?

- Are vowels diacritics that stack on top of consonants or are they written
beside the consonants?

- If they are diacritics, how is it written a vowel at the beginning of a
word?

- English has a lot of diphthongs, like the [au] in ['hauz] (house), or the
[ou] in [pi'ænou] (piano): how are these spelled?

- How is it indicated a consonant without a vowel: is there a sort of
"virama" or simply the consonant is written without signs?

- What is the direction of writing?

Ciao.
Marco