http://cslu.cse.ogi.edu/tutordemos/SpectrogramReading/cse551html/cse551/node9. html In an earlier post, I referenced some freeware that could be used to create...
What many spelling reformers want is an orthography that will be both consistent and retain familiar word patterns. The problem, illustrated in Figure 3, is...
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Dec 1, 2003 10:56 am
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Dear Gus, <<> I stil think ol 4 goles (not just 2) I came up with shud be considerd: <<> 1. Similarity tu TS. <<> 2. Foneemisy. <<> 3. Eesy lerning of the...
Hi Bob, <Every once in a while I cannot help but enter the fray. The 'ae' in <Caesar is a single phone to me, not a diphthong. It is just like <the 'ee'...
<Diphthong refers to the pronunciation not the spelling. The ea in <great is a diphthong (if you pronounce it /EI/ or /eI/) the ea's in <feat and learn are a...
Steve wrote: <Gus thinks that one can cut /paI/ to /pa:/ without a significant loss in comprehension. <In spite of the fact that pie-pa are minimal pairs in...
Steve wrote: DANSPEL: Ai think Inglish dizyyrvz its oun speling sistem. Ai duu trai and triit dhe letters ov dhi alfebet akourding tu dheir Latin valjuuz, az...
Steve wrote: <SPANGLISH: I think English dezurvz its own speling sistem. I du trai tu triet <the letterz ov the allfabet akording tu their Lattin vallyuuz, az ...
David wrote: How individuals pronounce these phonemes is not that important. Londoners pronounce the /aU/ of 'mouth' 'about' as a monophthong. The question is...
<Hi Steve,< <In regards to 'real', there is a convention in SRS which specifies <that 'ea' and 'ee' = ''. It here that I decided to stop adding any <more...
Dear Gus, Here an article and discussion going on on Lowlands-L list. I thought you may be interested. From: Peter Snepvangers Subject: History Hello Ron, I...
... Hear, hear! Not to mention that printing in a tiny typeface will decrease the number of pages, but, at least after a certain point, will diminish rather...
From Worldbookonline.com Phonetics «foh NEHT ihks or fuh NEHT ihks», /f@'netiks/ /fcnetiks/ FONETICS is the science of speech sounds and the symbols by...
Hi Dan, I can't find the message which notes that yearn and learn are not pronounced exactly the same. Maybe somebody will help me out. I was confused I...
Steve... U point out that "thru altho & lite" r words that hav broken thru the barrier uv resistance. This sertanly is a positiv, and shows promis. Maybe we...
Hai Steve I had a go at transcribiq yoo paragraf intu IanSpel. I foloud your advice ov a while ago and am stil trialiq the suggestion ov yuu and Roly (Niki?)...
Ian Ascott
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Dec 1, 2003 11:41 pm
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Yes Dan This iz an intrestiq poll (I think?) So faa cz "above" iz kons3nd, I rait it cz "abav", both vaulz identcal. Ov koos the 'schwaa' enthuziasts wil...
Ian Ascott
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Dec 1, 2003 11:46 pm
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... to ... Taam wrote: <Lost me. Banana is foespeld "bunnanu" in truespel. According to the <truespel key, the "u"s are spoken as in "up", and the "a" is...
... ... Inglish2 eether. The ... werth lerning ... especialy Texting at ... even has eny ... sivings. Ih ... impourtent. ... ov bieing ... n wht ... ...
... ... importens, as ... Danspel ... I ... How du yu 'kno' it's 'not going tu hapen'? Is'nt this being just a 'litl' pesimistic? ... the ... going ...
... ... English. ... is ... It's not 'impresise' for meny suthern Americans. After ol, thay number mor than reel RP speekers.. Gus ... can cut /paI/ to...
... ... East ... Thanks for leting me see it, Dan. As Steve dus'nt like a long artical reprodused, I wo'nt du so, but just coment on it hir. Tho sum...
Bill, I like your idea. I was thinking of reviving the Phonetic Spelling Council PSC but the ASA might be better. ... I don't think I said they have broken...
Gus If by majority accent you mean an an accent that is spoken by more people than speakers of all the other accents put together then there is no such accent...
Ian, I think that it is important to provide a memory hook for any new phonogram or sound sign. When you are hijacking a symbol, this is especially important....
Ian and Bill, There is clearly a dectectable difference between the two syllables in above and abut, and the difference can be phonemic. @'bVv/ @'bVt...
Thanks for leting me see it, Dan. Tho sum lingwists (Renfrew) feel Turkey was the orijin of Indo-European, I go along with sum others (Mallory) hir. Moast feel...
