The name FUPA

[Johanna Laakso]

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Michael Everson (everson at evertype.com) writes:
>
> >The difference between IPA and FUT is that IPA mainly modifies
> >letters where FUT mainly uses diacritics. So IPA can be called an
> >alphabet but FUT is more a transcription system.
>
> I really don't agree with this characterization of the two. FUT has
> lots of letters in it. Yes, it uses a lot of diacritics. IPA also
> uses diacritics. *Both* are used to transcribe languages.
>
> >What does this mean? In my opinion the name "(F)UPA Extensions" in
> >ISO/IEC 10646 does not necessarily conflict with the name of the
> >whole system (FU transcription). The latter is and has been used by
> >linguists. The former is a table in a standard.
> >
> >(F)UPA for consistency in between the standards?
> >FUT in order to stick to the tradition?
>
> I don't much like "FUT". I think "Phonetic Alphabet" characterizes
> both these (and some other) systems quite nicely. My question
> remains: is Finno-Ugric Phonetic Alphabet better than Uralic Phonetic
> Alphabet? I am inclined to stick to it because it does seem that the
> bulk of material written in it belongs to that branch of Uralic. But
> what do I know? ;-)
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> Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
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