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From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Christophe Grandsire
Sent: vendredi 24 mai 2002 13:29
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: Optimum number of symbols
En réponse à julien eychenne <eychenne.j@...>:
>Hehe, you're really from the South :))) .
Yes, I was born near Marseille, now I live near Toulouse ( where I'm
studying). So try to imagine what my speaking english is like :(.
>My idiolect still has all these oppositions. In my case, spelling is
nearly
>phonemic.
So, you're really from the North :-P.
>True, but I also think that spelling needs to be tailored for the needs
of >the
>ones who make the most distinctions, because it's better for
>recognisability
>that distinctions are marked even when they are not made by everyone,
>rather
>than distinctions not to be made while many people make them.
You're absolutely right. But I assume that French could be easier by
representing each sound by a single grapheme, based on standard
pronouncing.