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I think the alphabet looks fine as you've laid it out there, except I thought we were leaning toward 'c' for /tS/. I would be uncomfortable doing as Mike muses -- losing the distinction between /Z/ and /dZ/ -- probably because my main foreign language is French, in which /Z/ is an extremely common phoneme (and /tS/ hardly exists at all). To me /Z/ is fundamental. Just MHO. Point of interest: in Quebecois, /dz/ is a commonly-used alternative to /d/, generally preceding the front vowels /u/ and /i/. "Le car du pompier" is pronounced as "Le car dzu pompier". (Off topic: Mike, I visited most of your web site. Very good...focused on content over flash. An interesting life you've led and lead!) --- In txeqli@y..., Mike Wright <darwin@c...> wrote: > Rex May - Baloo wrote: > > > > Everybody please take a look at > > http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/alph.htm > > > > And see if it all makes sense, particularly the stress rules, and if it's a > > sufficient guide to pronunciation and stress. > > ==================== > C as in CHew > [...] > J as in meaSure (Dj combination as in JuDGe > [...] > X as in SHuSH (Tx combination as in CHurCH) > ==================== > > Don't need <tx>, now, do we? And shouldn't <j> then become /dZ/, and > do away with <dj> and /Z/? > > I'll take some time to look over the new stuff this eveining. > > Mike Wright > http://www.CoastalFog.net > _______________________________________________________ > "When they wired us humans up, they really should have > labeled the wires--don't you think?" -- Ed