Peter T. Daniels wrote:

>
> Neither IPA nor Visible Speech is a writing system -- it isn't used for
> writing, just phonetic transcription.

Isn't that "writing" of a sort, using a system of symbols to transfer
meaning?

> with minimal
> redundancy and considerable potential ambiguity.

Does IPA or Visible speech have these features? I don't really know, I
am asking the list at large....

Best,

Barry