My contention is that in USA English the vowel in "ink" as in words, "ink,
sink, think", is actually a "long e" which in truespel is "eenk seenk
thheenk" (where "thh" is "unvoiced th"). What do linquists think? Go to
m-w.com and click on icon to hear the words. What do you think? Surely
in/ink, sin/sink, and thin/think have different vowels. (Listen in m-w.com)
Let me know where you're from.
Tom Zurinskas
creator of truespel
Convert English to truespel (USA accent) by copy/pasting at
http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm
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special symbols, showing syllabic stress, and proposed for all languages.
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