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From: misrael@scripps.edu (Mark Israel)
Subject: Oxford and IPA
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In article <32a9f507.29985589@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, exw6sxq@ix.netcom.com (Bob Cunningham) writes:

> Note that I have no way to distinguish between the pronunciation
> that is meant by /lV":(r)nd/ and the one that is meant by /l@:(r)nd/.
> Burchfield and COD8 use the reversed epsilon followed by a colon 
> for the vowel in "learned", and the AUE FAQ tells me to transliterate 
> that with /V":/, while NSOED/93 has a schwa followed by a colon.

   Up to and including COD8, Oxford's use of IPA was in step with the 
rest of the world.  In the New Shorter and in COD9, Oxford used a new 
scheme.  The main changes are:

/&/ (ash) -> /a/ (non-script lowercase a)       vowel in "cat"
/E@/ (epsilon schwa) -> /E:/                    vowel in "hair"
/V":/ (reverse epsilon) -> /@:/ (schwa)         vowel in "her"
/aI/ -> /VI/ (turned V)                         vowel in "my"

   In _The New Fowler's Modern English Usage_, Burchfield does not
use the symbol /E/ (epsilon).  He uses /e/ in both "met" /met/
and "mate" /meIt/.

   I do not recommend adopting any of these innovations.  Stick with
the rest of the world.

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misrael@scripps.edu			Mark Israel
