Template talk:GetIPA

/i:/
Hey, I think I noticed an error in how the template converts the letter "i" to IPA. Some examples: Both these display /i/ as a phonetic character, but I am fairly certain the "ee" sound is represented by /i:/ in GA. My old phonetics teacher insisted /i/ had no place in GA transcription (meaning it's always /ɪ/, or /i:/ if a long vowel), but I'm not sure if that's 100% correct. --Ir&#39;revrykal (talk) 07:52, May 20, 2018 (UTC)
 * Upon further research, it looks like this was a weird stylistic choice by my university's phonetics department, and that /i/ is perfectly valid. The reasoning being that the contrast between long and short vowels is less pronounced in GA (as opposed to RP), therefore the length symbol is often omitted. Sorry! --Ir&#39;revrykal (talk) 08:07, May 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Sadly, I never learned any phonetics notation. What is GA and RP, in this context? &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:06, May 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * General American and Received Pronunciation (British English). I would assume the plan is to stick to GA, given we default to American written English. --Ir&#39;revrykal (talk) 13:11, May 20, 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, I went with GA for exactly the reasons you mentioned. It also seems to be how the Dragon article that gives the "official" pronunciations and other sourcebooks do things. I used several Wikipedia articles to come up with most of this. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:32, May 20, 2018 (UTC)