Comments on: Name visualization: The phonetic name list http://www.thenameinspector.com/name-visualization/ Tells you what makes names tick. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John Xavier http://www.thenameinspector.com/name-visualization/#comment-4008 John Xavier Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:17:34 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/name-visualization/#comment-4008 Examining the phonetic representations of names is definitely an interesting topic. Great idea with the sonority representations, makes it easy to tell which sounds are the "harder" ones. I'm pretty much familiar with phonetic transcriptions, There was only one symbol I haven't seen before: it's the schwa with the hook (ɚ) but it was easy to figure out (the "er" sound). Pretty much all textbooks on phonetics seemed to use symbols that differed from IPA though (especially for the diphthongs). Examining the phonetic representations of names is definitely an interesting topic. Great idea with the sonority representations, makes it easy to tell which sounds are the “harder” ones.

I’m pretty much familiar with phonetic transcriptions, There was only one symbol I haven’t seen before: it’s the schwa with the hook (ɚ) but it was easy to figure out (the “er” sound).

Pretty much all textbooks on phonetics seemed to use symbols that differed from IPA though (especially for the diphthongs).

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