[WikiEN-l] IPA issues

Emily Monroe bluecaliocean at me.com
Wed Apr 21 23:14:19 UTC 2010


I'd have to agree with you, Nathan. I can't read IPA to save my life!

Emily
On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Nathan wrote:

> What's the point of using a phonetic alphabet that 95% of our
> readership can't interpret? If the idea is to help readers understand
> how a word is pronounced in English, it should actually be useful to
> the majority of readers and not largely useless but academically
> perfect.
>
> Nathan
>
> _______________________________________________
> WikiEN-l mailing list
> WikiEN-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l




More information about the WikiEN-l mailing list