Re: Latin mxedruli, or do we really need capital and small letters?

En réponse à Andreas Johansson :


>* And sometimes it indicates things that aren't actually there. Eg, 
>_nehes_ "by
>me" is usually pronounced [nes], despite having an 'h' thrown in, that
>according to the rules forces [ne.es]. Mercifully, the spelling _nes_ is also
>found. Does Maggel have anything of this sort?
I need to make a list. Do you have 200GB of space for it? ;)))

Seriously, the Maggel orthography is so remote from the pronunciation that 
virtually every letter is an oddjobman there ;)) . There are rules, but 
they are mostly there to confuse people into thinking that the rules are 
actually followed ;))) .

And amazingly enough, you don't see that many orthographic variants or 
spelling mistakes in Maggel. It must be because for the Pictics, spelling 
Maggel correctly is a matter of honour, and bad spelling can mean become an 
outcast ;))) . And it seems to work, as spelling mistakes are extremely 
rare, except among children who are still learning to write :) . You can 
imagine the contempt they have for the English who, despite their extremely 
easy and phonetic script (remember, the Pictics use Maggel as a standard of 
comparison ;) ) can't seem to be able to master it and keep making mistakes 
at adult age ;)) .

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang. 

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