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11809
Hi Bjorn, I'm new to the Folkspraak group, having discovered it during a search for Conlangs, or invented languages. So I am not able to converse in...
Andrew Jarrette
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Nov 1, 2007
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11810
Hi Andrew, Welcome to the list! :-) Simplified Spelling sounds interesting. I have found http://www.spellingsociety.org/index.php but no texts written in...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
5:29 pm
11811
Hello, Stephan. The Simplified Spelling Society is at http://www.spellingsociety.org/ and I have forwarded their first and only correspondence with me,...
Andrew Jarrette
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Nov 1, 2007
6:37 pm
11812
Hi Andrew, I checked this site, but I don't understand why it is so hard to find examples there of simplified spelling. The site itself seems to be in regular...
chamavian
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Nov 1, 2007
7:53 pm
11813
Welkom, Andrew! English spelling is far from perfect, that's quite true, but I don't think it's as bad as some people make out. It's not as neat and tidy as...
Peter Collier
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Nov 1, 2007
8:50 pm
11814
This is so hilarious! http://bar.wikipedia.org Some of the second Germanic sound shifts are missing, you may note. :-) Bye, Stephan...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
9:49 pm
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Thanks Andrew, could you please forward it again to sts@...? My yahoo adress may not work (I don't use it). Thanks! I have invented some sort...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
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11816
Apparently yahoo doesn't like that I write my email adress in here. Hey, wait, I have a google mail adress: stefichjo80@... Maybe this one is OK for...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
9:56 pm
11817
Sorry, but it's not really my fault... :-( stefichjo80 @ googlemail.com ... links? ... i.e. ... have to ... aims ... learn, I ... that ... words ... ...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
9:57 pm
11818
I agree with you, but in some cases I simply disagree. There are rules: so-so. Why can't "ghoti" be pronounced like "fish"? "gh" is only pronounced as "f" at...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
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Nov 1, 2007
9:58 pm
11819
What about this. Add a consonant and change the pronunciation of a vowel and of a cluster of 2 consonants: tough => though => through. ... [Non-text portions...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
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Nov 1, 2007
10:03 pm
11820
All good points. It always bemuses me that an aim of FS is to make FS without diacritical letters, using just the 26 letter basic roman alphabet. Of the German...
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2007
10:11 pm
11821
... pronounced ... pronounced "o:r" ... In my dialect of EN, "pour" and "poor" are homophones. And they rhyme with "floor"....
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2007
10:13 pm
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It would be better if it would be like that. Imagine if "pour" would rhyme with "flour". So, pour = power flour = flower ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
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Nov 1, 2007
10:17 pm
11823
... cluster of ... it is ... but I ... never be ... That's the ... cases it is ... or "o" as ... as say ... advantage - it's ... use 5/6 ... difficulty. ... ...
stefichjo
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Nov 1, 2007
10:17 pm
11824
Oh yeah, also "paw". "poor", "pour", "paw", they are all [pO:] in NZ english....
David Parke
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Nov 1, 2007
10:20 pm
11825
... off the top of my head, I would think it is silent after a long/stessed vowel, and 'f' after a short/unstressed vowel. Seems to work for enough, cough,...
Peter Collier
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Nov 1, 2007
11:09 pm
11826
English spelling seems to be a hot topic, even it is a bit off topic ;-) The fundamental problem is that one needs some 40-50 different letters to spell...
nordslesviger
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Nov 2, 2007
1:42 am
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I'm a bit surprised (don't want to say "disappointed") to see how many reactions from so many different members we get about a non-FS topic like this, whereas...
chamavian
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Nov 2, 2007
6:12 am
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Maybe my 'dialect' of FS just happens to look amazingly like English? :) *mischievous giggle* Seriously though, yes it was a little off topic, but sometimes...
Peter Collier
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Nov 2, 2007
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Sorry to all for continuing talking about EN phonology, but this one is maybe important for FS orthography. It's just a simple thing I'd like to say. To create...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
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Nov 2, 2007
11:15 am
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I don't mind to discuss off topic things, especially when they have a certain relevance for FS. But I'm just sorry to see that many people seem more interested...
chamavian
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Nov 2, 2007
11:17 am
11831
Better than this.... just because Slovio creator did not want to use diacritics he used "x" before each consonant that needed a diacrtitic on it. The result...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
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11832
Sorry, word should be "cxtirsto" ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
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Nov 2, 2007
11:23 am
11833
... Ditto for me.. and David, I assume, speaks with a Kiwi accent and I speak with a Southern British regional (read: Portsmouth) accent. Our accents...
Matt Emson
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Nov 2, 2007
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11834
... Noddy Holder goes into a tailor's and says to one of the assistants, "I'm re-forming Slade, I want to buy some new stage clothes. I need a pair of flared...
Matt Emson
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Nov 2, 2007
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11835
We are never ... ass for the ... Those 'Mericanisms are catching... The word is Arse - (although, admittedly I would probably rather suck a donkey)!...
Peter Collier
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Nov 2, 2007
12:14 pm
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Like Ingmar I'm also a bit surprised, but I agree, that FS also has some similar problems with spelling. But first of all I would suggest something that makes...
nordslesviger
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Nov 2, 2007
1:05 pm
11837
Ne. De spraakdiktatur is en frankisk aktivitaet and ik midspele nigt! ;) ... [...]...
Peter Collier
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Nov 2, 2007
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11838
... The irony obviously passed over you ;-) M...
Matt Emson
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