Re: USAGE: Fänyläjikyl Inglyx

No.  What got You to this English alphabet was refusing to modernize
spelling
despite the changes in the sounds and pronounciation. *shrug*

In Hungarian the word "kell" means "must".  In one regional dialect it is
however
pronounced not with an e but with an umlaut o and is thus written "k=F6ll=
".
BTW
Hungarian *is* spelled phonetically.

Hypocrisy would prevail... non-urban dialects would be considered uneduca=
ted
when seen in writing, while in speech they probably would be cheerily
excused.

And I have no doubt that fixing English' alphabet and spelling *is* beyon=
d
our
grasp.  But hey, it is fun to try. =3D)

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Re: F=E4nyl=E4jikyl Inglyx


Roland>>>>>>
Let me explain my phonlogical english title:

Founylorjykyl Englix
F=E4nyl=E4jikyl Inglyx
(fawn-aw-law-gee-cal een-gleesh)

=E4 stands for a as in awe.
y stands for schwa
j as in james
i as in in/ill/instant/illicit
x as in sh

Does Your version still disagree with mine?
<<<<<<

Unfortunately, yes.

I have

Founylorjykyl Inglix
(foh-nuh-lodj-uh-kuhl ing-glish)
ou =3D o in boat, home
y =3D  a in ago (schwa)
or =3D o in bot, hog
i =3D a in ill/instant/illicit
j =3D dg in bridge
x =3D sh is shot

Yes, it's a dialectical variation.

Isn't your suggestion of ...

> Regional dialects would either slowly vanish or adopt non-official
> spellings of their own.
... (a significant factor in) how we came to our current fudged-up englis=
h
orthography to begin with?

You have laudable aims and I want to help if I can, but I fear that findi=
ng
a
solution that actually works significantly better than the mishmash
currently in
use (including general acceptance by the public) may be beyond our grasp.





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