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[Shannon West]

At 09:55 AM 19/06/2000 -0600, John Koontz wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Shannon West wrote:
> > Aha!  That's what that thing is called!  Hmm, so each vowel would need one
> > of those?  Or just the basic a e i o u?
>
>Maybe it means 'flame'?  I think I got it from a reputable source, but
>it's well known on the Web that my Slavic etymologies are weak.
>
>Anyway, for most Siouan languages, aiou suffice, but e occurs in various
>primary sources for various reasons.  For Tanoan you need ae and open o,
>too, I think, plus all the other vowels, in combination with acute, grave,
>and circumflex.  Also with capitals you ever plan to work with texts of
>any size. The Tanoanists, of course, are on their own as far as this list
>is concerned :-) but I keep having to worry about them personally, and
>I can report that their vowel systems are a real nuisance.  You can't even
>fit them into the "wastage" in a standard-sized font, at least if you want
>capitals.

I'm nowhere near putting in capitals, as this is not supposed to be for
writing systems, but for transcription.  Eventually I'd like to put in the
vowels in combination with the accents, but that's not in the near future
either, unfortunately.  I put in a e i o u with ogoneks though.  I hope
someone will find it useful.  It's being used here by several different people.

I realized that I may have sounded sarcastic the other day when I was
saying that I was commissioned to do this by someone studying 'not
Siouan'.  I intended to be funny, but realized later, that in the print
medium, emotions aren't always interpreted the way one wants.  Hope no one
misinterpreted me.  Must start using more emoticons.  :)

Shannon, who's off to see if someone has done a serious study of emoticons.