User talk:Nobleness of Mind
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IPA
[edit]Please do not convert IPA ɹ to r in English transliterations. We agreed as a community to use the un-rolled "r" to clarify between Scottish dialects of English and other dialects. Using [r] is misleading to our foreign users. --EncycloPetey 03:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Please do not use /a/ for /æ/. The /a/ is rare in English, except in the diphthong /aɪ/ and in a few Australian words. --EncycloPetey 01:53, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Etymologies
[edit]Hi, thanks for your many contributions. I am about to nominate you for the whitelist, however, you need to make your contributions still a little better for this. Have a look at WT:ETY, and try to follow the instructions there. That is, use {{etyl}} and {{term}} where required. Also, I have a strong preference for writing them out in full, so no ‘<’, but ‘from’. Cheers! H. (talk) 15:06, 23 September 2009 (UTC)