In the IPA 1989 Kiel Convention it was decided to include the voiced epiglottal plosive in the IPA chart in the ‘Other symbols’ section (IPA 1989: 69). Accordingly [ʡ] “voiced epiglottal plosive” appears in the published chart in the middle page of the same issue under ‘Other symbols’. I claim that a “voiced epiglottal plosive” is an ‘impossible’ sound.

The style of speech illustrated is that typical of the educated younger generation in Hong Kong. The recording is that of a 22-year-old female university student who has lived all her life in Hong Kong.

There were several omissions and errors in issue 21.1 of the Journal for which the Editor apologizes and offers these corrections.

Two errors occurred in the References to the Research Note “The woman behind ‘Arthur’” by Michael MacMahon (JIPA, 21.1: 29–31). The date of Abercrombie's review of Bronstein et al is 1978, not 1964 as printed. And Gertude Sellon's Short Stories about Animals was published in 1882, with a second edition in 1892, not in 1876 as printed.

Several mistakes were also made in preparing the Illustration of Hong Kong Cantonese by Eric Zee for publication (JIPA, 21.1: 46–48). An alveolar trill [r] was included on the consonant chart - this is not a segment of Cantonese. The high tone mark for the word [tsha] ‘fork’ was omitted. In the listing of vowel symbols a length mark was included after the symbol [e] in the alternate transcription in which length distinctions among vowels are overtly marked. This vowel is short and should not have been followed by a length mark. In the listing of diphthongs, the second element of the diphthong [ɐi] was omitted in its first occurrence. On the positive side, Dr. Zee also writes to say that, following some new work on acoustically analyzing the vowels and diphthongs of a number of speakers, he feels that more accurate descriptions of these segments could be given in place of the impressionistic ones in the published illustration. It is hoped that the Journal will be able to publish this new research in due course.