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Re: reformed Welsh Spelling - comments?

From:Robert Jung <robertmjung@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 20:55
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