international fanatic alphabet

Conventionally written between backslashes, the international fanatic alphabet (IFA) allows amateur linguists living in bedsits to become angrily engaged in the latest language-related controversies by spamming other people's blogs with off-topic comments. While other, more complex, transcription-systems require years of practice, IFA simply requires years of prejudice. Unfettered by scientific considerations, IFA-practitioners need simply to insist that words be written precisely as they are spoken.