Re: Chinese whispers game - A Question

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
>> /alveopalatal/ -> _i(alveolar)_ in all contexts - i.e. /S/, /Z/, /tS/,
>> /dZ/ -> _is_, _iz_, _it_, _id_ respectively
> I thought it might be interesting to apply these changes to the corpus I use
> on my "Anglosic" web page <http://fiziwig.com/anglosic/index.php>. In order
> to do so I need to be sure I understand the intent of each rule. Does "in all
> contexts" imply that, for example, "judge" becomes "iduid"? Does "she" ->
> "ise"? "should" -> "isould"? "gracious" -> "graisious"? "shoes" -> "isoes"?
Yes. ("Ise" though should preserve its original vowel sound for e)

I left it ambiguous whether this is merely a spelling change or a
phonetic shift as well (from /S/ to /Is/); I think my original intent
was just the former, but I'm okay with either interpretation. Feel
free to decide that detail yourself.

> In other words, is this <http://fiziwig.com/anglosic/anglosic.php?lid=41>
> correct for he first rule?
Looks right to me.

Hope this means you liked my recast of your idea. ;-)

- Sai