Symbols and their Names

We've talked about schwa and glottal stop, so you all know the symbols and their names. Some of the other symbols have names too. Here they are:

ə- schwa

ʔ- glottal stop

ɜ- epsilon (This is the name the Greek letter ɜ.)

θ- theta (This is the name the Greek letter θ.)

æ- ash (This was a letter in Old English, pre-Roman alphabet, for the ash tree, so it has retained this name in English. /æʃ/)

ð- /ɜð/ (This is from Old English and how it was pronounced in Old English. There is a song by the band Rush that mentions the name of this symbol. You can check it out here.)

ɑ- script a (This is because of how the letter a is handwritten- script- without the top mark.)

ʒ- /ɜʒ/ (This symbol is from the cursive form of z.)

ŋ- ing

If these characters have names in English, I have not been able to find them. Perhaps we should have a naming contest!

ɔ
∫
ʧ
dʒ
ʊ

We have a submission for ∫!!