#phonetician

[yourdailyqueer]

John C. Wells

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 11 March 1939  

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Phonetician, Esperantist, writer, singer, musician

Note 1: He is the inventor of the X-SAMPA ASCII phonetic alphabet for use in digital computers that could not handle IPA symbols

Note 2: He was apparently approached by the Home Office to work on speaker identification but turned down the offer as it was still considered unacceptable to be homosexual at the time, and he feared that the security check would make his homosexuality public.

[plussizeadventure]

Does your job involve hauling a gigantic model of a larynx across campus for a colleague? Because if not, you are MISSING OUT! :-D

[lifeasalinguisticsmajor]

I wonder how hard it is for phoneticians who do field work to try to not read lips/watch facial movement of strangers in daily settings.

[lhaasiri]

I'm plotting my vowel space right now.

This is exhilarating