Category talk:Spelling alphabets
"not phonetic"[edit]
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The term "phonetic alphabet" refers to two different kinds of alphabets: one, the kind used for transcribing phonetics; the other, used to distinguish symbols of an alphabet in speech by representing them with unique words. The latter is the kind you call a "spelling alphabet", but those alphabets are also referred to as "phonetic alphabets". I wish you had been less hasty in declaring "not phonetic" and changing the category tag, especially since the new category should have been Category:Spelling alphabets, with the 's'. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:15, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- hi. thank you for your comment & concern. you can change my edits if you would like. i didnt mean to be "hasty". i am sorry to upset you.
- i felt that grouping these systems together with true alphbetic phonetic notational systems is misleading, as these "spelling" systems dont have much to do with the study of linguistic sounds. so, the term is a misnomer. but, this terminology is apparently widespread in the realm of general knowledge.
- so, you could rename the category to other things like Phonetic alphabet (spelling) or put Spelling alphabet under the Phonetic alphabet category. i see listed in 2 of the articles the term radiotelephony spelling alphabet, and in the Phonetic alphabet article, term radio alphabet. these could be rename options. or you could think of a better name.
- i dont know about naming conventions. so, you are telling me that categories should be named with plural nouns while articles should be named with singular nouns?