Re: languages in reverse

MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 6/17/2007 12:03:20 AM Central Daylight Time,
> rfmilly@MSN.COM writes:
>
>
>> Shouldn't it be called [SIlg'NI ~ SIlg'NI?] ? Surely it's not based on the
>> _spelling_ !!
>>
> Perhaps so, but I don't do this sort of transcription readily.  English has a
> set orthography, so hsilgnE would have the mirrored orthography.  All the
> letters should be reversed, too, but there's a limit to what I can do easily.
How about writing it right to left? Then the hsilgnE equivalent of your
paragraph above would be:

         Perhaps so, but I don't do this sort of transcription readily.
has a set orthography, so English would have the mirrored orthography.
be reversed, too, but there's a limit to what I can do easily. hsilgnE
                                                 All the letters should

Or using more conventional punctuation:

         .perhaps so ,but I don't do this sort of transcription readilY
  has a set orthography ,so englisH would have the mirrored orthographY
be reversed ,too ,but there's a limit to what I can do easilY .hsilgnE
                                                .all the letters should