Re: English spelling reform

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:09:55 -0700 Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
writes:
> --- Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote:
> > j, "soft g" - cg
> > sh - sc
>
> Good use of OE spelling conventions!
>
> > th - ð
>
> Which "th"?
both

 And do you have an edh key? 8*)
> For what it's worth, when I write I use thorn for "th"
> groups (both types). I also tend to use long esses to
> distinguish the medial squiggle.
of course i don't have an edh key, but i can type alt-0240 and alt-0208
really fast (almost as fast as i can type 'th') and can write ð/Ð faster
than th/Th.

> I have no trouble at all with spelling, though, as all
> words are spelled with an initial letter, a
> nondescript squiggle and various dots, slashes and
> slanty bits to give the overall shape of the intended
> word.
>
> > v - f
>
> Why?
because i felt like it :-P
actually, i have found that in quite a few cases there is no need to
distinguish between 'f' and 'v' in english (is it even necessary at all?
there are 'fan'/'van', 'fear'/'veer', 'fast'/'vast', etc. but i think
context almost always disambiguates)

> > x - cs
>
> Another good one. Especially for hand writing, as "x"
> is one of those letters that requires you to stop and
> go back to cross it. A "cs" would eliminate that.
>
> > a silent 'e' is sometimes added
> > because i feel like
> > adding one (i'm sure it's not completely arbitrary,
> > but i don't feel like
> > figuring how it works right now)
>
> Ah, silent "e" is a goode thinge! ;)
>
> > Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar)
>
> Padraic.
>
>
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