Should the use of K.K. be restricted?

[Joesox]

@ImaniOU

From what I understand about KK (and it seems I don’t understand much about anything these days), it’s based on the IPA which is used to represent all of the sounds of spoken language in the world.

KK is based on the IPA but changes some of the symbols.
See here;
ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page8.htm
for details.
If I remember rightly, it arguably simplifies too much by combining two phonemes into one symbol; I can’t remember the example. It may be /o/ and /oh/ as mentioned here;
ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/intro%20page%2025.htm

@ImaniOU

I had to learn the British phonetic alphabet this summer as part of my CELTA course and had a hell of a time with it because it did not correspond to the accent with which I speak, let alone important phonemic representations differing from what I was forced to memorize.

There are not actually that many differences between the British phonemic alphabet (I presume that’s what you mean; the one with the 44 symbols, right?) and the American ones (I seem to remember there are two major versions commonly in use).

@ImaniOU

…that’s what they use to teach English pronunciation in the UK.

It is used for teaching EFL to adults in the UK. As such I think it can be a useful tool if used carefully.