Due to a 'misunderstanding', I will not be able to use the Internet for a number of days, possibly weeks, so unfortunately I will not be able to receive from...
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Neil Stewart
nrstewart@...
Mar 11, 2000 7:13 pm
Greetings to all! I have sent my transliteration to the Vault. For those of you that like trivia questions and clues, the second line of the poem is: "In a...
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Ross DeMeyere
ross@...
Mar 14, 2000 2:36 pm
I received a msg (included) that some people on this group might have more time to play with than I do. Also, I am on a Macintosh and he set this program up...
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Simon Barne
simon_barne@...
Apr 9, 2000 4:09 am
If anyone has tried to email me since Christmas (unlikely, I know), I have been offline. My laptop is now mended and I have a new email address. Greetings to...
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YDerwydd@...
Apr 9, 2000 6:13 am
... Apa khabar? Sincere you live in Indonesia, I'm willing to bet that you people who have learned English as a second language. Someone once said that "local ...
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David Fox
djfox10@...
Apr 9, 2000 1:23 pm
... The strength, attraction and ... YES, YES and again YES! Nice to hear some sense in this group. [And anyone who thinks that Shavian can be adapted to any...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 9, 2000 2:22 pm
... Fanks, Guv. - .+'^'+. A.M.Callaway ------- andy.callaway@... - A N D Y Melbourne, Australia --------- acal@... - `+.,.+'...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 9, 2000 2:22 pm
... [snip-a-bit] ... I found something at http://www.io.com/~hmiller/Jarda/Lhoerr-uni.html - is that it? A.Callaway. Lost cause No. 38C5V48 rev. b - .+'^'+....
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:12 pm
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) already does this, and linguists have been using it since the early 1900's. Why do we need another such writing...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:19 pm
I am opposed to this. It is linguistically unsound to view all varieties of English as mutually comprehensible. English is also socially unacceptable to many...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:24 pm
What you say is only true for the educational elites of countries throughout the world. It is not true for the majority of people in the world, who will never...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:31 pm
Dear Simon, Selamat pagi! Apa khabar? Apakah saudara tinggal di Sumatra? Saudara kerja di Indonesia? Saya Saudara teman Shavian di Seattle. Selamat tinggal!...
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YDerwydd@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:34 pm
... That's not what I said. I wasn't talk about the various languages of the world. I was talking about the dialects of English and the fact that non-Native...
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YDerwydd@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:36 pm
... That's not what I said. I don't understand why Shavians insist on misunderstanding and misrepresenting other points of view. That certainly does nothing to...
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Steve Bett
sbett@...
Apr 10, 2000 4:00 am
Do you have a list of phonetic font sources? Someone asked me this last week and I replied without answering by asking what kind of phonetic font did he want,...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 11, 2000 6:54 am
The Summer Institute of Linguistics site is the best source I know for phonetic fonts, and they would know others. I am interested to see your PMF, Steve. I...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:49 pm
... Try saying that with a mouthful of grapes... :-) - .+'^'+. A.M.Callaway ------- andy.callaway@... - A N D Y Melbourne, Australia ---------...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:53 pm
... Yes. I have the same problem. (Due to me getting old, apparently...) I have trouble with the simpler characters, both remembering which are which, and ...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 11, 2000 10:55 pm
Dear Andy, I grew up in Chicago, speaking Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian. It's saying things without a mouthful of grapes that I find a real challenge. My...
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Steve Bett
sbett@...
Apr 16, 2000 5:19 am
Dan, Thanks for the SIL lead and for your interest in PMF. As a notation for dyslexics, PMF would have the same defects as Shavian. PMF is little more than a...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 16, 2000 9:44 am
Friends, Is there an inherent incompatibility between making letter forms as similar as possible for ease of learning for regular and older readers; and making...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 16, 2000 9:48 am
Where can I see a PMF chart, Steve? Got one ready yet? If it's not computer ready yet, my postal address is: Rev. Dr. Daniel Szczurek, Th.D., Ph.D. 7425 Ruby...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 16, 2000 2:32 pm
Evenin' All... Well, after struggling with my compiler for three months, I've given up on it, and bought the very expensive Microsoft version. Now I can draw...
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Stuart Thiessen
sthiessen@...
Apr 16, 2000 3:07 pm
Why not try Perl? It should be able to do all that you want to do, and with Perl/Tk, you should be able to do all the GUI things you need to do without paying...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 17, 2000 3:59 am
My grandmother learned to write her/our dialect of Polish in Cyrillic. She thought the Latin Script looked like chicken scratches too. Besides, Cyrillic was...
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Daniel G. Szczurek
twojbrat@...
Apr 17, 2000 6:39 am
Really wonderful chart and explanation, Steve. It'll take me a while to think about it and admire it. I have so much translation to do. I translate into...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 17, 2000 2:20 pm
... 1. Someone else at this site has already given it a go. (Not sure what the outcome was.) 2. I already know how to program in Basic. I don't know perl. But...
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Steve Bett
sbett@...
Apr 18, 2000 5:20 am
Dan, Shavian and Shavian derivitives such as PMF (monofon) are really substitutes for shorthand and cursive writing. They differ from most shorthands in being...
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A.M.Callaway
acal@...
Apr 19, 2000 2:29 pm
... substitutes for [A very big snip] What is PMF, Steve? - .+'^'+. A.M.Callaway ------- andy.callaway@... - A N D Y Melbourne, Australia ---------...
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Phillip Driscoll
phild@...
Apr 21, 2000 12:28 am
In The Kingsley Read Alphabet Collection, Read says "Throughout 1962 I had been preparing plans for a Shavian typewriter, and on propaganda grounds the Trustee...
