Re: OT: Conorthography aesthetics (WAS: Re: Featural code based on ...

Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Conorthography aesthetics (WAS: Re: Featural code based on ...
>
>
> > Quoting "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:26:00PM +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > > g0miileg0's orthography isn't among the most aesthetically appealing
> > > > I've seen, but beyond the use of "0" as a letter there's nothing much
> I
> > > > actively dislike. Pete's system, OTOH, includes stuff like _euohfv_,
> > > > which makes French look downright stunning by comparison.
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > You think that's bad? the ASCII transcription of Ebisedian is worse.
> > > Unconsciably ugly, as Jesse Bangs says. :-) As an example, take the
> > > following text:
> > >
> > >         tww'ma esa'ni erosa'ni t3
> > >                 zota' katou' ke.
> > >                 zota' cutou' ce.
> > >                 zota' rotou' re.
> > >                 keve ta'ma ebu' n3 Ta'l3n di gh3'.
> > >         t3m3t3
> > >                 my'nac3 katui' ke.
> > >                 my'nac3 cutui' ce.
> > >                 my'nac3 rotui' re.
> > >                 Ta'lin. kil3 icu'ro bis33'di.
> > >         t3m3.
> >
> > Beyond the atrocious use of "3" as a letter, I don't think that's even
> close
> > to the terribleness of Peter's system.
>
> ohfv tkeuoh it ihv! wbveuotqh weuonkv wbvihdv hdvih hihteynb, eniiwbvei?
> tvhxveuht tbveytkeuhv it wlviyotkh hfveitkvwlvii wlvauitk
> tvhxvitbveywvihx...
Wbeuoth wbveuonkv ihv hdvat ith eynwviitveytbvwlv ...

Neuot teyiuo nbvenhxn hdvat hdveeyhv atbeywventwlvi neyiuo htantvautv
inkvwlvihx htbewlinkv hfeuo it, wbveeyhfeuo hdvih wbviwlv tvetxvhxveynveywveit
inteuo YAEPT.

                                                           Andreas

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