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 | | It would also help create less confusion, as [a:] in Tom's system is the same as [A] in XSAMPA, which is more widely recognized and also doesn't imply any difference in vowel length (same with [i] and [i:] on Tom's system compared to XSAMPA [i] and [I]). |
 | | While XSAMPA may not always be as esthetically pleasing as standard IPA, it really does a pretty good job of making the best of standard ASCII characters. |
 | | Like a lot of people, when I have to use XSAMPA I generally follow XSAMPA convention except I use normal IPA [æ] instead of XSAMPA [{], because [æ] isn't that hard for me to make (alt 145 on Windows, at least) and shows up on most (if not all) computers. |
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