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In this case seems to be used to represent a glottal stop, using numbers in place of letters is common in romanising foreign alphabets and languages (seen in Arabic, for example)
1. Sq;
2. Make a 'w' shape with your mouth;
3. Make a back of throat Kh noise, like the Scottish 'loch' but deeper;
4. Disengage 'w' shape;
5. Nice forceful u;
6. Glottal stop, as in "Bri`ain, inni`" or the ` in uh`oh
7. Mesh, where the 'e' is actually a schwa like the 'e' in "Taken".
Sqwkhu`mesh
May take some practice.
(This is an incredibly rough - likely inaccurate - guide, anyone learned in IPA symbols?)
(, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 13:26, Reply)