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...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 5:29 pm
Hi Andrew, Welcome to the list! :-) Simplified Spelling sounds interesting. I have found http://www.spellingsociety.org/index.php but no texts written in...
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Andrew Jarrette
anjarrette
Nov 1, 2007 6:37 pm
Hello, Stephan. The Simplified Spelling Society is at http://www.spellingsociety.org/ and I have forwarded their first and only correspondence with me,...
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chamavian
Nov 1, 2007 7:53 pm
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...
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Nov 1, 2007 8:50 pm
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...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 9:49 pm
This is so hilarious! http://bar.wikipedia.org Some of the second Germanic sound shifts are missing, you may note. :-) Bye, Stephan...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 9:53 pm
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...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 9:56 pm
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...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 9:57 pm
Sorry, but it's not really my fault... :-( stefichjo80 @ googlemail.com ... links? ... i.e. ... have to ... aims ... learn, I ... that ... words ... ...
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 1, 2007 9:58 pm
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...
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 1, 2007 10:03 pm
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...
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David Parke
parked71
Nov 1, 2007 10:11 pm
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...
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David Parke
parked71
Nov 1, 2007 10:13 pm
... pronounced ... pronounced "o:r" ... In my dialect of EN, "pour" and "poor" are homophones. And they rhyme with "floor"....
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 1, 2007 10:17 pm
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...
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stefichjo
Nov 1, 2007 10:17 pm
... 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. ... ...
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David Parke
parked71
Nov 1, 2007 10:20 pm
Oh yeah, also "paw". "poor", "pour", "paw", they are all [pO:] in NZ english....
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Nov 1, 2007 11:09 pm
... 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,...
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nordslesviger
Nov 2, 2007 1:42 am
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...
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chamavian
Nov 2, 2007 6:12 am
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...
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Nov 2, 2007 8:38 am
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...
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 2, 2007 11:15 am
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...
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chamavian
Nov 2, 2007 11:17 am
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...
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 2, 2007 11:21 am
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...
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Hugo Cesar de Castro ...
hugocesarcc
Nov 2, 2007 11:23 am
Sorry, word should be "cxtirsto"; ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Matt Emson
memsomintera...
Nov 2, 2007 11:25 am
... 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...
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Matt Emson
memsomintera...
Nov 2, 2007 11:32 am
... 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...
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Nov 2, 2007 12:14 pm
We are never ... ass for the ... Those 'Mericanisms are catching... The word is Arse - (although, admittedly I would probably rather suck a donkey)!...
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nordslesviger
Nov 2, 2007 1:05 pm
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...
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Peter Collier
peter21691
Nov 2, 2007 2:33 pm
Ne. De spraakdiktatur is en frankisk aktivitaet and ik midspele nigt! ;) ... [...]...
