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Re: Deseret Alphabet [was: Re: Regularized Inglish]

From:R. Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Thursday, September 30, 1999, 10:45
> well, i consider roman alphabet a difficult stuff (any alphabet is - long
live
> syllabaries ;-) but i'm not sure i can handle this one on my computer.
If alfabets are difficult stuff and Dutch had a syllabary, what should I do with words like "herfstsfeer" and "angstzweet". Lot of consonantclusters.
> my latter mail's (un)ortho(dox)graphy may read awkward to english > native speakers (ENS) but that's how GB english sounds to most > european non-native speakers acquainted with german > or dutch.
I'm currently writing Dutch phonetically. It turns out that Dutch is highly agglutinative! E.g.:
>>> Rob Nierse 09/30 11:53 >>>
kepselfsnetsoonsnikkersop. kbartsfandonger, sulleweso? (= Ik heb zelfs net zo'n snickers op. Ik barst van de honger, zullen we zo?)
>>> Jacqueline Berkhuizen 09/30 11:51 >>>
'pjijooksonhonger?
>>> Jacqueline Berkhuizen 09/30 11:35 >>>
hebbiealfoutereacsiesvananderedan?
>>> Rob Nierse 09/30 11:34 >>>
kdagdattileukwas, madawazzinie