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

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:

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>
> Dance, grass, and father all have the same vowel.
> As contrasted to cat
> or matter.
>
Therein lies the unworkability of Shavian:

Dance, grass, cat, matter, all have the same vowel
sound. Father has a very different vowel sound from
the others.

Since we can't agree on those sounds we can never
agree on how to spell them in Shavian. Thus Shavian is
doomed.

--gary