User:Timpo/SaypU
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SaypU (Spell As You Pronounce Universally) project or Spel az Yuu Prenɘawns Yuunivɘɘrsɘl Projekt is an approximative phonetic alphabet[1] of 23 Roman alphabet letters (the "c" "q"" and "x" are not used) but an IPA letter "ɘ" (shwa) is added which represents the initial sound of "ago" or "about".
This script is intended to be a quick and convenient script for verbally penetrating foreign situations and pronouncing unusual place-names reasonably quickly and accurately. It is not intended to replace but to compliment the highly sophisticated and elegant International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) which is used in professional dictionaries (SaypU currently borrows the "ɘ" directly from the IPA but possibly this may be replaced by a * or @ for less sophisticated machines)[2]