![]() Dear Sir, I have transcribed your alphabet, etc., which I think might be of service to those, who wish to acquire an accurate pronunciation, if that could be fixed but I see many inconveniences, as well as difficulties, that would attend the bringing your letters and orthography into common use. The text reads: "Kensington, 26 September, 1768. Sample text in Franklin's phonetic alphabet from a letter to Franklin. ʃ/: the phonemes immediately above provide the sounds in IPA of the extra symbols (above them) which Franklin devised for his phonetic alphabet. What today is considered a schwa is mostly represented with ɥ, although whenever spelled in standard English with a, Franklin maintains the symbol α. Unstressed vowels are generally represented by the letters used to represent their stressed equivalents./ ʒ/ is represented z (as in mez ɥr for measure)./ tʃ/ is represented t (as in t it for cheat). ![]() / oʊ r/, at the time separate, is represented or (as in kors for course)./ ɔːr/ is represented r (as in f rget for forget)./ ɔɪ/ is represented ɥi (as in distr ɥi for destroy)./ iː/ is represented as ii or i (as in ſtriim for stream)./ ɜːr/ and / ər/ are represented as ɥr (as lɥrn for learn). ![]()
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