```
espeak-ng -X �          
Flags:  ï   $accent
Found: '_dia' ['UmlaUt]  
Found: 'i' [aI]  
,aI_|'UmlaUt_|
Replace: ½   a half 
Flags:  a   $nounf
Translate 'a'
  1	a        [a]
 26	_) a (_  [a#]

Translate 'half'
  1	h        [h]

 78	h) al (f [A:]
  1	a        [a]

  1	f        [f]

a# h'A:f
```

I would have rather expected something like "replacement character"
U+FFFD pronunced oddly
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repo:espeak-ng
owner:espeak-ng
Title : U+FFFD pronunced oddly
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```
espeak-ng -X �          
Flags:  ï   $accent
Found: '_dia' ['UmlaUt]  
Found: 'i' [aI]  
,aI_|'UmlaUt_|
Replace: ½   a half 
Flags:  a   $nounf
Translate 'a'
  1	a        [a]
 26	_) a (_  [a#]

Translate 'half'
  1	h        [h]

 78	h) al (f [A:]
  1	a        [a]

  1	f        [f]

a# h'A:f
```

I would have rather expected something like "replacement character"
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