Karl Eichwalder wrote:
fabiform fabiform_wikipedian@yahoo.com writes:
I'm comfortable with using the IPA, but many people do find all the symbols off-putting. In fact, very few dictionaries use it, presumably for that reason. Perhaps SAMPA is a bit friendlier?
All printed dictionary I am own use the IPA. Maybe, online ditionaries are different? If yes, they might be different because editor don't know how to enter IPA symbols.
This SAMPA looks very ugly to me and I have never learnt it.
I also find many of its usages to be counterintuitive. The advantage of the "unusual" symbols is that the reader does not have preconceptions about what they mean.
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