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Re: Nyuu Romaji WAS: Re: A BrSc a? & Nyuu Romaji

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Sunday, April 21, 2002, 5:10
    I did not come up with Nyuu Romaji. I just found it on a Spelin Reeform
website.
In a message dated 4/19/02 02.44.54 PM, nerd525@YAHOO.COM writes:

>Here is a hole in the scheme: If American stressed >vocalic "r" is represented by AA in non-rhotic >accents, the words "father" FAADHA and "further" >FAADHA become orthographically the same despite >distinct pronunciations, as do "Balmer" BAAMA and >"Burma" BAAMA (yes, I know it's MIIAENMAR now :), and >I bet there are other examples.
Of course there are holes in this orthographic scheme... I found it amusing. In a message dated 4/20/02 02.53.08 PM, nicole_eap@YAHOO.COM writes:
>But my main problem was with Zhang's original explanatory >message (sorry, I lost it) where he gives several >alternative spellings but gives the only spelling for >"alms" as AAMZ -- not that the vowel changes for me, a >North American, but I say AALMZ just as I say PAALM -- are >those also acceptable variations? Is anything an >acceptable variation as long as someone says it? (Even the >name, at least the one used for the subject of this thread, >could be pronounced differently -- and I suspect would be >in most of North America, i.e. I know very few North >Americans other than myself who would say NYUU as opposed >to NUU)
Again I did not come up with this scheme. As spelling reform schemes go, I am rather fond of the IPA-influenced ITA (Initial Teaching Alphabet) and it's offshoot World English Spelling (WES). WES looks and feels (& tastes) more like some sort of organic, futuristic English rather than some entirely artificially-flavoured bastardization that leaves a funny/weird aftertaste ;) Hanuman Zhang {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n dZahN/ ~§~ _Ars imitatur Naturam in sua operatione._ <from Latin> = "Art is the imitation of Nature in her manner of operation." "The most beautiful order is a heap of sweepings piled up at random." ~ Heraclitus, c. 500 BCE ~§~ jinsei to iu mono wa, kinchou na geijyutsu to ieru deshou ~§~ <from Japanese> = lit. "one can probably say that 'life' is a precious artform")

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