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blog! “Is IPA furigana a bad idea?”
My name is Terence(/ˈtɛɹəns) Eden(ˈiːdən/). Modern HTML allows the user to use <ruby> to annotate text. This is usually used for furigana - which allows pronunciation to be placed above words. For example: "シン・ゴジラ (Shin Godzilla)" shows you how to pronounce both words if you are unfamiliar with kanji. The text can be any language […]
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@Edent I think it's a good idea! There may not ever be a single ultimate accepted way to communicate how to pronounce one's name, but this seems like it could often help. Like many people, I don't know IPA very well, but I bet I would learn much of it quickly if people started annotating names and other words in their web pages.
@npdoty @Edent Wikipedia also uses Pronunciation Respelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key
Given almost nobody knows IPA but most people can probably work out Respelling, it would be great to see the later present for every occurrence of the former (at least for English). But there are too many Very Serious People™ on enwiki for that ever to actually happen