Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's your favourite type of beer?lemmy.caimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite type of beer?lemmy.caEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago/r/ is perfectly acceptable to represent that phoneme in a broad transcription. Would only be a problem had he wrote [r].
minus-squarephr@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoyeah true. thx. i was just a bit puzzeled bc i assumed [ ].
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWell, the question was in []. I responded with // because I’m not enough of an expert to attempt narrow transcriptions 🙂.
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat is also a fair point.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoUsually I wouldn’t bother, but seeing as this is a linguistics community; it’s a lot more inclusive to use the singular “they” rather than “he” if you don’t know the pronouns one uses. Signed, not a he.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThis reminds me Mark Hale using emojis for broad transcription of Marshallese vowels. That was hilarious (and genius - it’s a great way to tell people “focus on their contrast dammit”).
/r/ is perfectly acceptable to represent that phoneme in a broad transcription. Would only be a problem had he wrote [r].
yeah true. thx. i was just a bit puzzeled bc i assumed [ ].
Well, the question was in []. I responded with // because I’m not enough of an expert to attempt narrow transcriptions 🙂.
That is also a fair point.
Usually I wouldn’t bother, but seeing as this is a linguistics community; it’s a lot more inclusive to use the singular “they” rather than “he” if you don’t know the pronouns one uses.
Signed, not a he.
This reminds me Mark Hale using emojis for broad transcription of Marshallese vowels. That was hilarious (and genius - it’s a great way to tell people “focus on their contrast dammit”).