1 The IPA has often been used as a basis for creating new writing systems for previously unwritten languages. 2  The IPA is used in some foreign language text books and phrase books to transcribe the sounds of languages which are written with non-latin alphabets.
Staccato is marked in music with a small black dot placed above or below a note (not to its side like a dotted note). See staccatissimo. Also Known As: 1  detache; dÃ©tachÃ© (Pique).  piquÃ© fr
IN ISRAEL the @ symbol is often referred to as strudel. Computer books often refer to @ as the at sign. Anyone who ever made or cut a strudel would agree th@ strudel is @ least as appropri@e a name as at sign. Roy Sage (roysage@msn.com). , IN DUTCH it is called apestaart , which means monkey's tail.