Re: Spelling WASRe: Optimum number of symbols, though mostly talking about french now

En réponse à J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:

>     Talkin' of French spelling...
>
>     For your linguistic amusement... an interesting byte of phonemic
> creolization of Haitian Kreyòl:
>
>     Rive bò lariviè,
>     Li wè nan dlo-la, ki te klè,
>     Youn lòt chen, lèd, vòlè, gro je,
>         Avèk mòso manje
>     Pi gro, pi gou, pasé pa-li.
>
Well, I had to read it aloud to make the connection with the French
lexifier :)) . What I find funny is the incorporation in the lexical noun of
what in French are articles (like "lariviè" for "river", from "la
rivière", "dlo" for "water", from "de l'eau", "lòt" for "other" - I
suppose "youn" means "one" - from "l'autre") and the use of the French
orthography with some funny twists :)) .

>
> rough English trans-litter-ation:
>
>     "Arriving at the river's edge,
>     He saw in the water, which was clear,
>     Another dog, ugly, thieving, dirty,
>         With a bit of food
>     Bigger, tastier, than his."
>
Funny enough, look at what I get if I translate it in correct French and give
it a phonetic spelling a bit like the one of Haitian Kreyòl (the pronunciation
is mine, but a very sloppy version of what I would actually pronounce if I read
this text. I put the spaces where I felt they were right :)) ):

Annarivan obòr dlarivyèr,
Ivi danlo, kyétè clèr,
innotchyin, lè, voleur, sal,
avèkinmòrso dnouritur,
plugro, mèyeur, klesyin.

It changes a lot the looks of French doesn't it? :)))

Christophe.

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