Furthermore, the function of the symbol chosen to represent the phoneme is to communicate the fact of distinctiveness, and to be broadly mnemonic in reminding the reader about the phonetic manifestation typically associated with the phoneme. It is therefore not normally necessary, in developing a phonemic transcription as such, to choose symbols whose purpose is to make highly specific comments on detailed subtleties of pronunciation. For these reasons, a phonemic transcription is sometimes called a broad transcription.