Date:  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:57:33 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: song lyrics



> Yep. I think that's also the most mysterious thing about phonetics and

> transcription. To wit: you can't transcribe it correctly unless you

> already know what it means, ie, you can't HEAR it unless you know what

> it means. But how do you know what it means except by hearing it?



This kind of thing has always worried me about transcribing. Face it --

our field is rife with potential for screwing up research.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)