[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Suggestion: Pronunciation on all names

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Fri Jan 18 11:31:55 UTC 2008


> On a related note, it would be helpful if we, you know, used a
> pronunciation guide that makes sense to most English-speaking people.
> The IPA thing is nonsense, and I have never been able to glean more
> than bits of redundant pronunciation information from it.

Agreed. IPA is great for people that know it, so it's worth including,
but a simple phonetic spelling should also be provided, or even just a
"rhymes with X".



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