En réponse à Adrian Morgan <morg0072@...>:
>
> It's been through several editions now, and recently I have simplified
> the stress marking. The reason for complexifying the stress marking in
> the first place was aesthetic - the new simplified version generates a
> few duds like _eovolvvd_ for "evolved" (yuck!).
>
What? It's lovely! :))
>
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> This fictional spelling reform was created as a private intellectual
> challenge. In other words, for fun. The author does not believe that
> such a scheme is suitable for the real world, even though the name
> _Yûomaewec_ derives from the phrase "You-May-Wish". The result is
> semi-phonetic, but among the aesthetic preferences that governed its
> design was a belief that a few exceptions and ambiguities add
> character to a language. The best way to think about it is as the
> system that might have been if Australian English had evolved on an
> isolated island and was given an orthography by scribes, much as
> happened for Gaelic in our world.
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> Hzes fektcinil spàlleyn rifoom woz kreattid az i pruevit entilàkktcil
> tcalindj. En uhzi wùodz fo fun. Hze oohsi duz not bileov hzat sutc i
> skeom ez sûotibil fo hzi reol wùold, eovin hziu zi naem _Yûomaewec_
> diruevz from hzi fraez "Yû-Mae-Wec". Hzi rizolt ez sàme-fonàmmek, but
> imuyn hze ashsàttek pràfrintsez hzat guvind ets dizuen woz i bileof
> hzat i fyû àksàptcinz and ambigyûittez ad karikti tû i langwedj. Hzi
> bàst wae tû hseynk ibawt et ez as hzi sestim hzat muet hav beon ef
> Istraelein Englec had eovolvvd on in uesilaetid uelind and woz gevin
> in oohsoggrife bue skruebz, mutc as hapind for Gaelek en awi wûold.
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>
Wow! An English spelling that is pretending to achieve even more Maggelity than
the normal English spelling ;))))) . And it even has real features of Maggel!!!
> EXPLANATION OF SYSTEM
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>
> - Digraphs ending with 'o' represent long vowels
>
When I said that it does have real features of Maggel ;))) . In Maggel an o
after a vowel often marks it long.
>
> - Table of vowels:
> /{/ {a} (as in "bat")
> /{:/ {ao} (as in "bad")
> /e/ {à} (as in "bet")
> /I/ {e} (as in "bit")
> /i/ {eo} (as in "beat")
> /6/ {u} (as in "but")
> /6:/ {uo} (as in "bard")
> /8/ {ùo} (as in "bird")
> /}/ {ûo} (as in "boot", allophone [u:] as in "fool")
> /O/ {o} (as in "bot")
> /o:/ {oo} (as in "bored", also for "gone" and "all")
> /U/ {ò} (as in "book")
> /@/ {i} (as in "rabbit")
Funny, an English spelling that doesn't write /@/ as |a| :))) . I must say I
prefer this one :)) .
>
> - Surprising consonants:
> /S/ {c}
> /Z/ {j}
> /tS/ {tc}
> /dZ/ {dj}
> /T/ {hs}
> /D/ {hz}
> /N/ {yn}
>
I especially love the last three ones!!! |hs| for /T/ and |hz| for /D/ should
be adopted in the official orthography!!! They are much more original than
|th| :))) . I think |hs| as [T] or [D] is gonna appear in Maggel (but as an
exception only, because the regular rule is that |hs| in Maggel marks [4] :)) .
And there's no *|z| in Maggel...).
About |yn| for /N/, does it mean that "singing" is then spelt |seyneyn|? Neat!
>
> - Table of stress rules:
> # If stressed nucleus followed by one or more consonants:
> Double the first consonant. If a digraph, double the {h} or {y}.
If what is a digraph? And where would the first |h| or |y| come from if you
have to double them?
> # If at the very end of a word:
> Append a {h} to the word. If a long vowel, the {o} may optionally be
> reinserted.
> # If the first half of a vowel cluster where the second half is /i/ or
> /l=/
> Mark stress as though the whole cluster were the nucleus.
> example: _ambigyûittez_ ("ambiguities")
> # If as above but the second half is not /i/ or /l=/
> Insert the normally implicit consonant followed by a 'h'.
> example: _sàmeokaeyhos_ ("semichaos")
>
"Implicit consonant"?
> - Note that some English words are stressed diffrerently depending on
> the context. Compare "the unseen horror" with "the horror was
> unseen". One could spell "unseen" _unseon_ / _unseonn_ respectively
> but I prefer _unnseonn_.
>
So you actually mark both syllables as stressed? Strange but neat :)) . Do you
do the same with noun/verb pairs like present/present?
> - Optional features might evolve into distinct spellings for words
> that are pronounced the same; the system is deliberately designed in
> such a way as to allow conventions and interpretations to evolve.
> For example since stress marking is meaningless for monosyllabic
> words it is sensible to spell "to", "too" and "two" _tû_, _tûh_ and
> _tûoh_ respectively.
>
Hehe, a spelling reform that can easily evolve into an even more Maggelish
system than English orthography already is ;))) . Neat-o.
Christophe.
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