"One of the objections to phonemic spelling is that it would have to be constantly updated." See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/45476 Sins...
... I agre wid d abv, xept i se no sens in goiq t its xtreemli loq & difrent spelqs 4 d saim wrd seen dr - sch as its 2 wais v spelq d wrd 'pr'nnsiazn'.. Gus...
... mch graitr, i think i'l keep Qikryt as it is 4 nw - as its mch closr as is, t TS, anodr selq point (bakwrd cmpatibiliti).. ZV: Prhaps a sxdd stik t V1 ntil...
Re: Pronouncing Print #45501 BOB: I think it pays at times to look at the many ways that our letters can indicate sounds. (polyvalence). The number of...
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... Ok.. ... U'r ryt, i ges. I dont rimembr it.. Thanx.!! As i'm stil nt 100% setld on QR, i dont no dt i'm redi yet 4 eni contact wid Motorola.. Gus...
Refer to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/45476 The following -ure words, taken from a, 5000 plus, most frequently used words, can be treated...
Pronouncing Print message #45501 BOB: I think it pays at times to look at the many ways that our letters can indicate sounds. (polyvalence). The number...
Zirw I have detected behavural similarities between yourself and a recent participant in the Spelling Society forum. Are you Paul P? :) Rikd ... closr ... t...
Steve, Regarding Phondot, I have always said that the system was a read-only method of teaching. Children would write in normal TS letters, but the words and...
I agree that there is no need for a spelling system to be a precise guide to pronunciation. But the whole alphabetic concept is to create letters or signs that...
From M. Gogate Sister Languages of India English example --- This ornament is made in India. Changed sequence --- This ornament India in made is. Hindi...
... Indian languages are not quoted here. They have different scripts and lots of diverse words. But they have similar sequences and are sisters. Note the...
... We hv wt u sai abv ryt nw wid TS. D onli reel problm is dt it hs so meni spelqs nt ril8d t eni axnt at ol - sch as its spelq 4 d wrd 'know'. No1 pr'nwnss d...
 This was a chart I built for Spanglish. I wondered how it might be used to explain other orthographies such as Saaspel --Steve SAXON-SPANGLISH Phonemic...
In the 60's I went from home in New England to college in Tennessee. It was a big local accent change. Yet TV accents did not substantially change. In fact...
... "Språkets stavning" is apparently the standard Swedish expression for "orthography". ... Yes. All the Germanic language except English (and Icelandic,...
Tom, Did you notice /O/ dropping in broadcast English? What words are distinguished by this vowel? What minimal pairs would we lose if we dropped /O/. taught...
Steve, I lookd at yur chart for Spanglish, & it looks good to me with one exeption. [As I think u kno I read, rite & speak spanish]. U hav used the same...
... taht" PS: Not/naught, cot/caught. Longman showz ol? /O/ wurdz, ar olso prunounsd with /A/. It wwd be wiez tu keep the aw speling at wurd end, and keep 'or'...
Yes. There's a lot of "awe" dropping in S. Florida broadcast English. I've also been watching CNBC regarding financial news. One fellow is a complete awe...
... Unless one is a bother-dropper as well, in which case one would say "skwaack baax". ... This is the conservative pronunciation. Some people - particularly...
... Here are a few that do not involve nonrhoticity, the father-bother merger, or dialect forms. bot - bought chock - chalk cock - caulk cot - caught dotter -...
If you add /t/ and /d/ flapping to the /O/ /A/ merger you get people who pronounce knotty, noddy, and naughty the same. On TV there was this woman talking...
KFS wrote: My primary interest is the shaw alfabet mF prFmAri intarest iz in Da SY Alfabet.     GHOTI font We need a proponent of Shavian in this group...
... ZV: In Vlcxi, x sllhsxn *kdd* bi az simpl az dublq x kcnsnnt aftr x C fr x sawnd in TAUGHT. TAUGHT -> tctt TOT -> tct ..Xis iz u wird teritori fr mi xo,...
The hardest idea to sell to a phonetician is the idea of an imprecise guide to pronunciation. It could be a fairly precise guide to the most understood dialect...
Feb 2 is Groundhog day in US. If Punxutawney Phil, the groundhog at Punxutawney Pennsylvania, sees his shadow, it's 6 more weeks of winter. He's been about...
Generally I agree that one should retain conservative spelling for these sounds. Merging sounds unnecessarily can obscure differences of meaning. I think this...
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