This class was extremely interesting for me! It was great to see where everyone is from and where the accent quiz placed them...it was really odd to see that some of you are from the East Coast, and the quiz placed you in the West. I also enjoyed explaining the last question of the quiz: do you think bag rhymes with vague? For the record: yes, bag can rhyme with vague...
Reading through the sounds listed on the IPA was entertaining as well. I found that I was completely incapable of pronouncing many of the sounds . My only question: Does it truly contain every vocalization used in human communication? It will also be very useful to me when I am explaining to others (at least those who know how to use the IPA) how to pronounce my words such as my name; I will no longer have to write it "phonetically" as Say-dee or Seri, depending upon with whom I happen to be speaking. I do have another question: who developed the symbols used in the IPA, and why are they primarily western "letters"?
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I just wanted to say that's a really interesting point you made about the symbols all being Western-ish letters. They definitely are, and I wonder whether they truly are able to account for all vocalizations... in any case, I bet that the study of linguistics has been a largely Western area in the recent past (like, maybe the last 100 years?) which is why the IPA was developed the way it was. I would be interesting in finding out more about.
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