Okay, but which pronoucation should we use? Australian English?
British English? Canadian English? Does this matter with IPA?
Emily
On Apr 24, 2010, at 12:31 AM, David Goodman wrote:
To me IPA is likely to remain one of the scripts I
will never learn,
and whether I ought to learn it is besides the point The enWP is
written in English. The explanations are in English. The
pronunciations have to be given in a form English readers can read,
even if it is only approximate. sound files would be wonderful, to be
real they should be pronunciation by a native speaker of the
appropriate language, not a machine. And there still needs to be an
English readable and writeable equivalent, because someone might want
something to transcribe as text.
Certainly a more correct pronunciation guide should be given, and we
should continue using IPA also, and consider ourselves fortunate that
there is only a single standard.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:22 PM, stevertigo <stvrtg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Question - Is this wrong:
"Socrates (pronounced /ˈsɒkrətiːz/)"
Or really wrong?
-Stevertigo
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