"Joe" <joe@...> wrote:
> [SEMI-SATIRE]
> The logical thing to do is to base any spelling reform on the other
> languages 'pon this isle. And since Scottish Gaelic isn't what you'd
> call easily spelt, Welsh it is.
[...]
> Babel text (in my dialect, plus rhoticism)-
>
> Naw ddy howl wyrld had won langwuj, and y comyn spitsh. As men mwfd
> istwyrds, ddei fawnd y plein un Sinar, and setyld dder. Ddei sed tw itsh
> yddyr - 'Cym, lets meic brucs, and beic ddem thyryli.' Ddei iwsd bruc
> unsted of stown, and butsiumyn for mortyr. Dden ddei sed, 'Cym, let ys
> buld awrselfs y siti, widd y tawr ddyt ritsiys tw ddy hefyns, sow ddat
> wi mei meic y neim ffor awrselfs, and not bi scatyrd ofyr ddy ffeis of
> ddy howl yrth.
[...]
> Well, that was a fun way to waste an hour. I think it looks quite nice.
I too like it.
--
Damian