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Subject:      Re: Beginner Question - IPA
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> 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??

See <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Evan_Kirshenbaum/IPA/>.

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