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On 5/24/10, Daniel Nielsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I like it; it's fairly natural to read (and pretty fun), and such
> abbreviations are a natural if sometimes unpleasing (ie, one might claim
> those "extra letters" are there for a reason) way to condense the
> representation of written language. Some words, however, seem very
> ambiguous: trc? I also wonder if some of the abbreviations that seemed
> natural in the example text might wind up reinterpretted in another context.
> I don't see what Franklin's phonetic alphabet has to do with it, since this
> is not meant to be a phonetic alphabet.
>
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Lensman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Its taking quite a lot of effort to read your spelling reform. I say we
>> move
>> to Ben Franklin's alphabet.
>>
>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 16:39, Garth Wallace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Jesse Bangs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > 1. All written vowels have their "long" pronunciation, i.e. {a e i o
>> > > u} are [eI i: aI o: (j)u:]. {y} may still be used as a vowel to retain
>> > > continuity with the old system.
>> > > 2. "Short" vowels are always omitted. You'll find that these are easy
>> > > to restore from context.
>> > > 3. All digraphs are reduced to their first element: th -> t, sh -> s,
>> ch
>> > -> c.
>> > > 4. To avoid (some) ambiguity, we respell {s} as {z} when pronounced
>> > > [z], and {c} (when not [tS]) is eliminated in favor of s/k.
>> > > 4. All silent letters are completely obliterated
>> > > 5. The common diphthongs are given single-letter substitutions: /au/
>> > > -> o, /oi/ -> i. So "oil", "aisle", and "isle" are all _il_, but how
>> > > much trouble could that cause?
>> > >
>> > > Wt tez smpl cangz, we lrdy rdus te lngt f n Engls sntns sbstncly.
>> > >
>> > > COMMON WORDS:
>> > >
>> > > Cmn wrdz r rdusd tu a sengl ltr or tu:
>> > >
>> > > a(n) : n (regrdls f ctul prnnsiasn)
>> > > the     : h
>> > > this    : hs
>> > > these   : hz
>> > > that    : ht
>> > > those   : hoz
>> > > there   : hr
>> > > than    : hn
>> >
>> > This is reducing digraphs to the second element, not the first...
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."
>> -
>> the Buddha
>>
>