Re: OT: 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.

                                                             Andreas

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