Template talk:Pronounced
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[edit] Usage
This template is based on {{IPA2}}, but it is designed for editors who prefer the more natural wording "pronounced [aɪpiːˈeɪ]" to "IPA: [aɪpiːˈeɪ]", which can sound stilted and confusing in some contexts. It also ensures the correct font is used and automatically encloses the transcription in square brackets. It should generally only be used on the first occurence of IPA in an article, typically in the lead section; further occurences should use {{IPA}} to avoid over-linking. --Blisco 19:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] variants of this template?
This edit suggests to me that we may need more than one variant of this template, or additional parameters for this one.
--Jtir (talk) 07:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- The only thing that limits this template is that it forces the phonetic [brackets] as opposed to the phonemic /slashes/. If I understand correctly, English words should generally use the slashes and foreign words the brackets. We can't just edit this template so the brackets are out since there are likely thousands of articles that use this template and they would need to be edited with a bot to get it all done on time. While it's easier in the short term to make another template that forces slashes or is neutral to it, this would be two templates where it could be one, which doesn't make a lot of sense in the long run. — Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 07:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- OK. It was my mistake originally, and I have corrected it here. I didn't realize there is a difference between English and non-English transcriptions. Maybe the templates should not be adding the delimiters, because they are a technical detail that is essentially part of the transcription, which I regard as the work of IPA specialists (which I am certainly not).
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- Another issue is that {{pronounced}} links to Help:IPA and {{pronEng}} links to Help:Pronunciation. Help:IPA provides audio clips and is oriented toward readers who are not necessarily native English speakers, while Help:Pronunciation has no audio clips and uses English examples exclusively. Since this is an international encyclopedia, ISTM that some of the features of Help:IPA would be desirable in Help:Pronunciation. --Jtir (talk) 08:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
