Re: languages in reverse
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 17, 2007, 13:26 |
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stevo> The goal is to treat reverse English (elsewhere called hsilngE)
RogerMills> Shouldn't it be called [SIlg'NI ~ SIlg'NI?] ? Surely it's
not based on the _spelling_ !!
At least in Hofstadter's work, it's spelled "hsilgnE" (stevo: you
forgot to reverse the "ng") but nevertheless pronounced [SIlg'NI] ~
[Sil'NI]. That is, both the spelling and the phonetics are reversed.
Which makes explaining the spelling system quite difficult. :)
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>