Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]

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From: Guido Roncalli
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 13:23

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>Orthography does not match phonetics in any language I am aware of.  That
>is why there is an International Phonetic Alphabet.  
>
>
>-- Mike Eager

Mike, in the italian language, the orthography *does* match teh
phonetics (at least for the 99.99% of the situations), that means: one
letter (one orthographycal sign) one sound (one phoneme).
In order to optimize the national alphabets for keyboard standardization
purposes, I'd like to say that I think that too many standardizations
can kill the differences that *DO* exist among populations. I like
standardizations because they ease work and communications, yet I like
to be challenged by dealing with such differences: they keep open my
mind, making me aware of differences and reminding me that (for human
related things) seldon exists "the perfect way". Ciao!
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From: roncalli@aurs01.UUCP (Guido Roncalli)
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Subject: Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]
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