Re: English spelling reform

En réponse à bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>:

> >
> > [MGL] an oaridiofiojbeol laionghueodh is a
> > laionghueodh itaid hoais bione
> >
>
> strangely, i found this pretty readable. i would say a
> general rule is : ignore the first letter and don't
> concentrate too hard . . .
>
LOL. It's quite readable because I made it consciously so. But with the rules
of Maggel's orthography, the first line could also have been:

[MGL'] ine oaridiofeojbl leaonghuiuodheadg eose u olaonghuadhe iteaidi haoisa
obeneadg

Which would be possible if the Maggel writer was not understanding what he was
listening to ;))) .

> i particularly liked the word eoineadg . . . i can see
> the irish influence coming out in the first four
> letters ( ok, it just coincides with the name
> eoin/owen, but all the same . . . )
>
Hehe, I had to check my mail to see what word it was supposed to
represent ;)))) . Well, indeed I made this one on purpose to look Celtic-like.
But its analysis is definitely un-Celtic ;))) :
- eo: long "e" (not quite the right pronunciation but as I said at times the
writer took aesthetics to be more important than pronunciation ;)) ),
- in: [n(d)] (quite practical seen the possible pronunciations of "and" :))) ),
- eadg: silent :)) .

Now that I think of it, a better phonetic representation would have been |aine
(adg))|. But the writer found it too plain ;))) . Of course, |an(e(adg))|, |ein
(e(adg))|, |en(e(adg))|, |in(e(adg)|, |ouin(e(adg))| and plenty of others could
have been equally correct transcriptions ;)))) . Still, I have a soft spot for
|eoineadg|. Indeed, its Celtic looks make it particularly attractive ;))) .

Christophe.

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