From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Nov 29 12:52:56 1995 Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id MAA06795 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:52:54 -0500 Message-Id: <199511291752.MAA06795@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id A449D67B ; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:42:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:37:51 GMT Reply-To: G R A Dunbar Sender: Lojban list From: G R A Dunbar Organization: The Robert Gordon University Subject: Beginner Question - IPA X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR I have been trying to keep up with the recent mail on pronunciation but I do not understand all of the phonetic spelling using standard ASCII characters. A quick search of the net has come up with lots of "alpha charlie bravo ..." type alphabets but not this sort of phonetic alphabet. Can anyone help? Is there an "International" standard or do people make it up based on some sort of norm? - something else to put in the FAQ perhaps?? Regards, Graeme +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Graeme Dunbar | | School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering | | The Robert Gordon University | | Schoolhill Tel. +44 1224 262415 | | Aberdeen AB9 1FR Fax +44 1224 262444 | | Scotland U.K. email g.r.a.dunbar@rgu.ac.uk | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+