ipa market alexis mr urges phonetic alphabets standardized writes let invisible hand market ideas operate freely market operating exactly several different systems people feel free modify systems please see market would demand asked earlier egram vol6 199 would benefit active fieldworker completely revamped phonetic alphabet still waiting plausible answer happy ipa time innovate necessary complete overhaul would wrenching probably leave feeling extremely alientated likely would go using ipa chinese ipa symbols already use dubious goal new unified standard phonetic system would fail think real reason people want overhaul ipa alter aesthetics make neater symmetrical somehow see practical value see need single unified system replacing ipa american consensual practice everybody recognizes esh everybody recognizes shachek letter _ _ appears transcription look carefully introduction find represents problem please someone tell problem david prager branner yuen ren society asian do21 university washington seattle wa 98195 charmii u washington edu