Pavel napisal:
> > Here's an essentialist explanation.
> >
> > Manx orthography is essentially what happens when the people who
write
> > pronunciation guides for dictionaries get a whole language to be in
> > charge of.
Except that pronunciation guides for dictionaries tell you how a word is
pronounced, whereas Manx spelling rarely gives you any clues as to a
word's pronunciation! ;-)
As ren Keith screeu:
> Or rather:
>
> Manx orthography is essentially English orthography grafted onto
> Gaelic.
Yeah, that's pretty fair.
> Or:
>
> Manx orthography is essentially an attempt by the English to
> decipher Gaelic orthography that failed horribly.
Don't you mean Gaelic pronunciation? The Gaelic literary tradition --
including Gaelic orthography, in any of its varieties -- was lost in Man
before Manx Gaelic was ever written down. Which is why...
Manx orthography is essentially the result of people who only knew how
to write English attempting to write Gaelic.
Thomas