Template talk:Respell

This is the talk page for the template. For the discussion of the respelling system, see Help:Pronunciation respelling key and its talk page.

Permitting the use of the Respell template for non-English languages

This template is of course absolutely wonderful and allows one to instantly get a feel for the pronunciation of a word. I would like to suggest that its use be allowed for non-English languages.

Showing IPA for foreign words is good, but they are for most readers of fairly limited use: Only some people actually know IPA, and those who do only know the sounds it describes in their own language. Reading IPA takes a bit of work and one cannot do it at a glance.

It would be great if the Respell template was allowed to be used for foreign words:

• The reader could instantly comprehend how the word is approximately pronounced.
• The reader would not have to open up the IPA guide for every new language they might encounter here and do a slow lookup of sound description. (Finding the description for the Swedish "ɧ", for example, is a tad tedious and no one could be expected to know that particular IPA symbol).

Guides for transcribing IPA into English approximations are readily available on Wikipedia. I do think that allowing the use of Respell in addition to IPA would really augment the experience for the reader, especially for foreign place names.

– Þjarkur (talk) 23:45, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Rendering issue

I noticed that when you add a parenthesis within a stressed syllable, the text displays in full-caps instead of being size-reduced, e.g. DA(H)N-sər vs LOO-zər. Does it only occur on mobile devices or is it a general issue? イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:23, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Fixed here. Nardog (talk) 14:44, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Nardog: thank you. Is there a way to keep the parentheses in capitals and the text in smallcaps, in case one parenthesis is in the stressed syllable and the other isn’t? Or am I just asking for too much? XD イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 14:55, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Can you give me an example? Nardog (talk) 14:55, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

E.g. YAHSH(-ee), which I added at Iași. イヴァンスクルージ九十八_（会話） 15:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok, now {{respell|YAHSH|(-ee)}} yields YAHSH(-ee). Nardog (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Automating this template better

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Automating Template:Respell better. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:45, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

The SAMPA schwa

Dear Template Editors,

I would be much obliged if you could modify this module to automatically convert '@' into a schwa, obviating the need for using a modified keyboard layout or third-party website when expressing the most common English vowel.

Yours faithfully,

Maciuf (talk) 10:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Seconded! {{IPAc-en}} already does this, so it's odd that this template doesn't. — W.andrea (talk) 21:29, 19 March 2024 (UTC)