Converting IPA to simple ASCII text

[E. Stark]

Proposal at:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/eee.sss
(IPA - Latin Alphabet Conversion)
IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet

[Henry Churchyard]

In article <AvL77.14856$A4.17...@news20.bellglobal.com>,
E. Stark <eee...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Proposal at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/eee.sss (IPA - Latin Alphabet
> Conversion) IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet

As a semi-convenient ad-hoc retransliteration of some selected IPA
symbols into 7-bit ASCII, this might or might not have some limited
practical value, but will not see widespread use. As a usable and
workable general-purpose English spelling reform system, it's utterly
and pathetically off-target, and has just about exactly a 0% chance of
ever being adopted.

By the way, your transcriptional choices for central vowel sounds are
extremely inconsistent; also, I can't figure out how "Heart" should
correctly be transcribed according to your system, but it makes no
sense from any point of view to have the <;> after the <r>.

--
Henry Churchyard || "...equal to 2800 pounds, 19 shillings, and elevenpence
three farthings, as nearly as can be expressed in English money, the Aphanian
currency being a complex decimal coinage which would take too long to explain"
- Tom Hood, _Petsetilla's Posy_ (1870) http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/