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grue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago

Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name

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grue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago
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Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.

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Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.


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    are you thinking because of the use of IPA characters? because those have defined sounds only within the IPA.

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      Is this not IPA? I thought the article said it was

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        it’s the alphabet the BC first nations use. it uses similar characters but not with ipa pronunciations.

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          TIL - thanks

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