6 199 ipa would nice true democracy trying reach agreement use phonetic symbols stemburger suggested war important matter left generals choosing standardized set symbols nt left phoneticians international phonetic association always recognized fully conscious fact ipa symbols used wide variety people 1989 kiel convention first major revision almost 50 years great deal discussion remembering customers one phonetician put despite comments contrary participants discussion changes since small changes affect comparatively users alphabet largely belief important alphabet remain stable possible stemburger would like organize kind referendum good luck note suggests lsa appropriate body u although also mentions ashla american speech hearing language association interested group officially adopted ipa membership much larger lsa asa acoustical society america another group many members interested phonetic symbols the1989 ipa kiel convention open include members organizations mentioned stemburger including lsa ashla asa sil others none participants course speaking officially organizations convention also publicized paper language paper morris halle ever coauthored really see get international collaboration agreeing symbols difficult getting everyone use units measuring weights distances response previous suggestion people interested choices phonetic symbols join international phonetic association received inquiries form journal international phonetic association members receive university library take really need send name address plus check 25 13 sterling request charge access mastercharge visa eurocard annual dues secretariat ipa linguistics phonetics univeristy leeds leeds ls2 9jt u k peter ladefoged