Morgan Palaeo Associates <morganpalaeo@...> wrote:
> Robert Jung wrote:
> > The following is a document called 'Reformed Welsh
> Spelling' that I just developed. As I find Welsh
> > spelling a bit difficult and puzzling, I decided to make it
> > phonemic.
>
> Don't you mean "_more_ phonemic"?
Yes, I meant that. My mistake. :)
> > old spelling=new spelling
> >
> > c=k
>
> Why? It may be slightly easier for English speakers to
> read, but a lot of k's make a text look awfully harsh, to my
> mind (spiky letters tend to do that). And Welsh has a lot
> of /k/'s.
OK, you won on that one. :) /k/ is now |c|.
> > ts=tc
>
> Puzzling, given the above.
No, not puzzling; just consistent. But I guess it'll just be |ch| (or however the
foreign language spells it) - it ain't a native Welsh sound.
--Robert