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Jul. 3rd, 2009 09:41 pmI found something amusing on Wikipeida today: A warning about there being IPA symbols on an article about Blissymbol.
The International Phonetic Alphabet is for the representation of verbal communication. Blissymbols have no verbal equivalent, which is kind of their point. Blissymbols is a augmentative and alternative communication strategy, which is are mostly used by people and those around them who have various kinds of disorders that make it difficult or impossible to communicate by traditional spoken, written, or signed languages. Like, for instance, aphasia where brain can't really grasp natural language, or ALS and Parkinson's where the person has increasing difficulties in the fine motor control needed for speech.
Anyway, the phonetic symbol part can't be edited out, as it's hardcoded into the infobox about the language.
Also, the abctajpu is very, very useful.
The International Phonetic Alphabet is for the representation of verbal communication. Blissymbols have no verbal equivalent, which is kind of their point. Blissymbols is a augmentative and alternative communication strategy, which is are mostly used by people and those around them who have various kinds of disorders that make it difficult or impossible to communicate by traditional spoken, written, or signed languages. Like, for instance, aphasia where brain can't really grasp natural language, or ALS and Parkinson's where the person has increasing difficulties in the fine motor control needed for speech.
Anyway, the phonetic symbol part can't be edited out, as it's hardcoded into the infobox about the language.
Also, the abctajpu is very, very useful.
