Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoWhat's your favourite type of beer?lemmy.caimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite type of beer?lemmy.caEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt should be /ɹ/ or /ɚ/ instead of /r/.
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year ago/r/ is perfectly acceptable to represent that phoneme in a broad transcription. Would only be a problem had he they wrote [r].
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUsually I wouldn’t bother, but seeing as this is a linguistics community; it’s a lot more inclusive to use the singular “they” rather than “he” if you don’t know the pronouns one uses. Signed, not a he.
It should be /ɹ/ or /ɚ/ instead of /r/.
/r/ is perfectly acceptable to represent that phoneme in a broad transcription. Would only be a problem had
hethey wrote [r].Usually I wouldn’t bother, but seeing as this is a linguistics community; it’s a lot more inclusive to use the singular “they” rather than “he” if you don’t know the pronouns one uses.
Signed, not a he.