What will they think of next? TAXING AIR? Aren't spelling fascists in fact spelling anarchists? After all, do THEY really follow all of those 91 spelling rules, always? &, who is paying for those extra teachers who are teaching them & those tens of thousands of exceptions? Is the English spelling system a mess, making learning to read, learn, & teach excruciatingly long & taxing, taxing taxpayers in more ways than one? Is the status quo the best option?
The author is a linguist and a teacher with a double major in linguistics and French literature from Simon Fraser University, BC (Canada), and 25 years of teaching experience! Ironically, he is a great speller!
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You may read IAST Pronunciation key which supports India's 24 languages.
Thank you, but I truly believe that a "new" code is never going to be accepted by the public or authorities! I like your code, but the public at large is likely to feel that this is too different!
Sounds are universal but not the symbols. We need to agree on symbols that are most agreeable to all. The symbols we choose should be type able and from within Alphabet.
Also I flexible to symbol simplification.
IPA Symbols / IAST symbols
eg. IPA>>>IAST
ŋ =ng sing, finger ʃ = sh she, crash tʃ =ch check, church θ =th think, both ð =dh this, mother ʒ =zh pleasure, vision dʒ =j just, large
VOWELS: ʌ = a cup, luck /kʌp lʌk/ ɑ: =aa arm, father /ɑːrm ˈfɑːðər/ ɒ =aa hot, rock /hɑːt rɑːk/ aʊ =aa now, out /naʊ aʊt/ ɪ =i hit, sitting /hɪt ˈsɪtɪŋ/ i: =ee/ii see, heat /siː hiːt/ ɪəʳ =ee near, here /niːr hiːr/ ʊ =u put, could /pʊt kʊd/ u: =oo/uu blue, food /bluː fuːd/ æ=ae cat, black /kæt blæk/ e=e met, bed /met bed/ eəʳ=? where, air /hwer er/ eɪ =ey say, eight /seɪ eɪt/ aɪ =ai five, eye /faɪv aɪ/ oʊ =o go, home /goʊ hoʊm/ ɔɪ =ou boy, join /bɔɪ () ʤɔɪn/ ə =a away, cinema /əˈweɪ ˈsɪnəmə/ ɜ:ʳ =a turn, learn /tɜːrn () lɜːrn/ ɔ: =au call, four /kɔːl fɔːr/ eəʳ=? where, air /hwer er/ ʊəʳ =? pure, tourist /pjʊr () ˈtʊrɪst/
Thanks for your comment. However, I do not believe that a new code --as you are describing-- is going to be accepted by the public. Unless hardcore reformers create a body that can vote on which one is best (following universally acceptable standards and criteria), you are going to be spinning your wheels for a bvery long time! I think the best way would be to use the existing rules (and removed all of the exceptions)! Who could argue with that idea?
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You may read IAST Pronunciation key which supports India's 24 languages.
How many European languages are spported by IPA?
http://iastphoneticenglishalphabet.wordpress.com/
Thank you, but I truly believe that a "new" code is never going to be accepted by the public or authorities! I like your code, but the public at large is likely to feel that this is too different!
Hello Peter
Sounds are universal but not the symbols.
We need to agree on symbols that are most agreeable to all.
The symbols we choose should be type able and from within Alphabet.
Also I flexible to symbol simplification.
IPA Symbols / IAST symbols
eg.
IPA>>>IAST
ŋ =ng sing, finger
ʃ = sh she, crash
tʃ =ch check, church
θ =th think, both
ð =dh this, mother
ʒ =zh pleasure, vision
dʒ =j just, large
VOWELS:
ʌ = a cup, luck /kʌp lʌk/
ɑ: =aa arm, father /ɑːrm ˈfɑːðər/
ɒ =aa hot, rock /hɑːt rɑːk/
aʊ =aa now, out /naʊ aʊt/
ɪ =i hit, sitting /hɪt ˈsɪtɪŋ/
i: =ee/ii see, heat /siː hiːt/
ɪəʳ =ee near, here /niːr hiːr/
ʊ =u put, could /pʊt kʊd/
u: =oo/uu blue, food /bluː fuːd/
æ=ae cat, black /kæt blæk/
e=e met, bed /met bed/
eəʳ=? where, air /hwer er/
eɪ =ey say, eight /seɪ eɪt/
aɪ =ai five, eye /faɪv aɪ/
oʊ =o go, home /goʊ hoʊm/
ɔɪ =ou boy, join /bɔɪ () ʤɔɪn/
ə =a away, cinema /əˈweɪ ˈsɪnəmə/
ɜ:ʳ =a turn, learn /tɜːrn () lɜːrn/
ɔ: =au call, four /kɔːl fɔːr/
eəʳ=? where, air /hwer er/
ʊəʳ =? pure, tourist /pjʊr () ˈtʊrɪst/
Thanks for your comment. However, I do not believe that a new code --as you are describing-- is going to be accepted by the public. Unless hardcore reformers create a body that can vote on which one is best (following universally acceptable standards and criteria), you are going to be spinning your wheels for a bvery long time! I think the best way would be to use the existing rules (and removed all of the exceptions)! Who could argue with that idea?
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