thatone
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In fact, there's no ɛ at all on that page. Precisely .They are not mixing two phonemic systems.
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The majority of British publishers use a phonemic system of letters and symbols from other alphabets. This has worked well, and still does so, for phonemic transcription used by hundreds of thousands, probably millions, of teachers and learners of English.
Using a system that uses letters and symbols from other alphabets is different than using a system that is exactly the same as another, except for one single vowel that is out of place.
That's like creating a language that is exactly like English in everything, except it uses a schwa instead of, say, "e." And that is pərfəctly finə and makəs pərfəct sənsə.
Oops, sorry, wrong language.