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Re: Learn MUTLAK the secret language of mutants

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 4:18
--- Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> wrote:
> I haven't read it all---it's quite hard (spellings > like 'sirkle' really > kill my ability to read; if I was doing that, I > wouldn't change C and > other positionally-based sounds till they absolutely > had to be). Not to > mention wondering what 'dawgs' (and other unhelpful > spellings) are.
At some point there will need to be a rather radical departure from English spelling if the further mutations I have in mind are to work. I figured it would be better to make those changes up front while the words themselves were still familiar to aid in making the transition. Since "dawg" is a popular spelling of "dog" on American Saturday morning cartoon shows (Deputy Dawg, in particular) I assumed that would be a familiar spelling :)
> Personally, given that a revised spelling isn't your > primary concern, I'd > just make use of English's rules for getting rid of > silent final -e when > adding things and the like. >
Soon enough the positional elements in the spelling go away and I think ti becomes easier to read, especially having gotten accustomed to the conventions with more familiar words. Two days into the project I read and write in variant almost as fluently as I do in standard English spelling.
> However, I have noticed a few mistakes: > Just after mutation four, > | Wen xe turbyulent waterz had somewat subsided and > xe sy had sysed to spw > | up wrekaje
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> should ... 'spyu up rekaje' as far as I know. (I > Also, in the Verb Konjugaeshenz part Wun (or > whatever), you say > 'kojyugaet', which is probably missing an N. > > -- > Tristan. >
Both fixed an uploaded. Thanks for the help.