I would like to add that phonetic writing of English results in different
spellings for the same word in the different Englishes. So while it _might_
(and that's a _tenuous_ might) solve some problems, it creates others.
If you'd like more information, please contact the American Dialect Society
(http://www.americandialect.org) or post to the EDIE-CECTAL list, a British
Isles dialect list (see
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/visitors/kenji/lis-ling.htm# EDIE-CECTAL).
Regards,
Andrea
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Andrea Vine
Sun-Netscape Alliance messaging i18n architect
avine@eng.sun.com
I always wanted to be an architect. }sigh{ Of course, I _am_ an architect.
Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>
> JoAnne wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all, I joined the list about a week ago and this is my first posting.
> > I have included below a 'broadly targeted' text explaining why I am
> > proposing a new (non-alphabetic!) form of writing (description on my web
> > site - in 'signature'). This system (the Camion Code) would extract Patrik
> > (and others) from the clutches of the 'castrated ram', and Eric, his (P.S.)
> > 'least' for 'lest'. Any feedback (wild enthusiasm preferred ;-),
> > suggestions, or help! would be greatly appreciated - particularly with
> > regard to preparing binary coding suitable for submission to Unicode (? -
> > recent postings have left me a bit confused as to 'standards bodies'...).
> > I'll be happy to answer any questions or supply further elements on
> > request. Thank you. JoAnne ('An American in Paris')
> >
>
> Well, I'm sorry to say that you won't be able to count me among the
> wildly enthusiastic. I would suggest that you study the long, sad
> history of English spelling reform. It is not for want of logically
> constructed, phonetic (or phonemic) alternatives that English has
> stubbornly maintained its spellings -- only gradually yielding in
> nooks and crannies, very slowly, as new words come in and old ones
> disappear.
>
>
> The correct URL is:
>
> http://www.filnet.fr/perso/jmarie/fonetima.htm
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