Re: Ping! Énglis´ Artspellin

On Second Water of Tenderness of first Red Cat, I wrote:

> It uses Thryomanes font and looks okay while editing (even the HTML) on
> Word
> but doesn't appear quite okay with MSIE and special characters doesn't
> show
> in Netscape.  Anyhow, those who want to look at and comment, please do.
>
Well, here is there an explanation of my system in text format.

The following letters have no change (unless part of diagraphs):
  b, d, f (except of > ov), h, j, k, m, p, s, t, v, w, z

The following monograph letters have different spellings:
  c > c cedilla (c, in ASCII), when /s/ and not followed by any "e" or "i".
  c > c dot above (c. in ASCII), when /k/ followed by "e" or "i".
  c > c, all other cases.
  g > g acute (g' in ASCII), when /dZ/ or /Z/.
  g > g, all other cases
  l > l apostrophe bellow (,l in ASCII), when vocalic.
  l > l, all other cases.
  n > n apostrophe bellow (,n in ASCII), when vocalic.
  n > eng (n, in ASCII), sometimes when /N/.
  n > n, all other cases.
  r > r apostrophe bellow (,r in ASCII), when vocalic or schwa
  r > r, all other cases
  x > x, when /ks/.
  x > z, when /z/.
  y > y, when /j/, see vowels for other cases.

The following consonantal diagraphs are reduced to one symbol:
  ch > c acute (c' in ASCII), when /tS/
  ch > h barr (h- in ASCII), when /x/
  gh > f, when /f/
  gh > yogh (gh in ASCII), when mude
  gh > g, when /g/
  gu > g, when /g/
  kn > yogh + n (ghn in ASCII), when /n/
  kh > h barr (h- in ASCII).
  ng > eng (n, in ASCII), when /N/.  Spelled as two monogrpahs otherwise.
  ph > f, when /f/.
  qu > qu, when /kw/.
  qu > c dot above (c. in ASCII), when /k/.
  sh > s acute (s' in ASCII).
  si > s acute (s' in ASCII), when /S/.
  th > thorn (th in ASCII), when /T/.
  th > eth (dh in ASCII), when /D/.
  ti > t hook (t' in ASCII), when /S/.
  wh > hu diagraph (hu in ASCII), both /hw/ and /h/.
  wr > yogh + r (ghr in ASCII)

Unstressed vowels:
  Will usually have the same orthography as English if pronunciation is
predictable.

Mude vowels:
  If mude in some dialects: same orthography as English.
  If always mude but mark a phonetic feature: leave as is: example CVCe,
where <e> is mude but marks lenght of V.
  Dropped otherwise.

Stressed vowels:
  When stress and length is predicted and conform with following values, are
left as is:
  a: short as /&/, long as /eI/
  e: short as /E/, long as /i:/
  i: short as /I/, long as /aI/
  o: short as /A/, long as /ow/
  u: short as /V/, long as /ju/.

  Non-conforming or unpredicted vowels (monographs)
  a > a grave, when /&/
  a > a acute, when /A/ or /A:/
  a > a circumflex, when /eI/
  e > e grave, when /E/
  e > e acute, when /I/
  e > e circumflex, when /i:/
  i > i grave, when /I/
  i > i circumflex, when /aI/
  o > o grave, when /A/ or /O/.
  o > o acute, when /U/
  o > o circumflex, when /ow/.
  o > u grave, when /V/
  u > u grave, when /V/
  u > u acute, when /jU/
  u > u circumflex, when /ju:/

  Vowel diagraphs:
  ae > ae ligature, any case.
  ai > ai, when /eI/
  au > o ring (å or ao in ASCII), when /O:/
  eV > e grave, when /E/
  eV > e acute, when /I/
  ea > e circumflex + a, when /i:/
  ee > ee, when /i:/
  ei > ei, when /i:/
  eo > e circumflex, when /i:/
  eu > eu, when /ju:/
  eu > e+u acute, when /jU/.
  oe > oe ligature, any case.
  oi > oi, when /Oi/
  ou > ou, when /aw/
  ou > o circumflex, when /ow/
  Vr > r apostrophe bellow, when /r=/ or /@/
  Vr > V+r apostrophe bellow, when lengthens the sound of the vowel
  Vr > e+r apostrophe bello, when /@:/ (words like "bird")

In ASCII,

Note:
  vocalic <y> will be replaced to <i> in all positions, including diagrpahs,
except word final.

-- Carlos Th