, 22 May 2006 (UTC) (edited by  to use Template:IPA)  :A neat solution - often used in dictionaries - is to put the optional vowel in parentheses. I'd go with . I think it's right to enclose the transcription in slashes rather than square brackets, indicating  that this is a phonemic (rather than phonetic) transcription, which can apply to any dialect.  18:43