antedating "hobo" 1885

[Randy Alexander]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I can't figure out your spreadsheet.  What has it got to do with the "o?o"
> tradstreeng?  What is it good for?
>

It's good for seeing what other words might follow that pattern.  I can
filter it by specifying more specific patterns than "o?o", like making sure
that ? is a consonant letter, and that a consonant precedes the first o.  I
can also filter out words that are more than two syllables, and that are not
accented on the first syllable.


> I looked at the Carnegie Mellon word list and phonetics.


Their pronunciations are not phonetic, but rather phonemic.


> Not useful for simple English phonetics as I've done.  It uses schwa, so
> it's not as accurate as truespel.
> Has anyone used IPA in spreadsheets?


I have.

--
Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org