Re: USAGE: Shaw alphabet (was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies)

Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On 6/9/06, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>
>> Actually, /Q/ contrasts with /O:/ and /A:/ (which are long).  Minimal
>> triple: 'cart', 'caught', 'cot'.  /kA:t/, /kO:t/, /kQt/.
>
>
> Ah.  Thank you.  Although, assuming Shavian was intended to provide a
> dialect-neutral spelling (despite Gary's objection that it's not
> actually used that way by enthusiasts), "cart" would presuambly be
> spelled kick-are-tot rather than kick-ah-tot.   There is a separate
> series of letters for the vowel+r combinations.
>
> So we have separate letters for /A:/, /A:r/, /O:/, /O:r/, and /Q:/.

We also need a letter for /A:/~/&/.  That is, 'grass', as distinct from
'father'.

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