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 <stv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Question - Is this wrong: >> >>> "Socrates (pronounced /ˈsɒkrətiːz/)" >> >> Or really wrong? >> >> -Stevertigo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l