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I think we're all agreed that the letters as pronouns is a great idea. We have
13 total:


B as in Boy
C as in SHoe
D as in DuD
F as in FluFF
G as in Good
H as in Hat
J as in pleaSure, French Je
K as in KinK
P as in PiP
S as in So
T as in ToT
V as in Victory
Z as in Zoo

Breaking them down phonetically, we have

p
b
t
d
k
g
f
v
s
z
c
j

(this is with the 25-letter alphabet, reserving x as the digraph-maker)

So, for maximum reduncancy, I go thru this way, as an experiment

First, let's say that the rule is that all these names will be in the form CVV.
Okay?
I'm open to better ideas.

Should they all be two syllables? Say

pai, bia, tau, dua, kao, goa...

Or one-syllable?

pay, bya, tey, dye, kaw, gwa...

Or maybe a pattern like CVq

paq, beq, tiq, doq, kuq.

What we need is a redundant, regular way of doing this. With 13 variations.

We could, for mnemonic purposes, just dip into vocabulary items from various
languages that are NOT otherwise Ceqli words

pay (greek letter)
boy
taw (greek)
dyu (e dew)
kway (bridge over the river)
gwa (guaspi)
fyu (e few)
via (latin) [ I know this is a two-syllable, but we're running out of
diphthongs]
sui (latin sui generis)
zoi (name zoe)
cwey Mandarin water
jwa (joi de vivre)
heo (Ed McMahon HE-o!)

Reactions to any of this? Other suggestions?

Anybody like the Lojban schwa system? buh, cuh, duh?







Thu Apr 7, 2005 3:06 pm

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I think we're all agreed that the letters as pronouns is a great idea. We have 13 total: B as in Boy C as in SHoe D as in DuD F as in FluFF G as in...
Rex May
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Apr 7, 2005
3:06 pm

I just realized that I have two Cyu's, dyu and fyu. Fyu is a very good mnemonic, so I change dyu to dea (the greek DEltA) pay (greek letter) boy taw (greek) ...
Rex May
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Apr 7, 2005
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"Pay" is the English pronunciation of the Greek letter "pi." Rex May <rmay@...> wrote:pay (greek letter) ... Do you Yahoo!? Better first dates. More second...
steve rice
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Apr 8, 2005
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... Quite right. I should have said I was picking it for its mnemonic value as the English name of the Greek letter....
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