Newsgroups: sci.lang
Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!rutgers!argos.montclair.edu!hubey
From: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey)
Subject: Re: Lunatic orthography (was Re: Esperanto as a stepping stone?
Message-ID: <hubey.789683174@pegasus.montclair.edu>
Sender: root@argos.montclair.edu (Operator)
Organization: SCInet @ Montclair State
References: <HCANNON.118.2F0F0796@macalstr.edu> <elnaD22xoI.Hwz@netcom.com> 	<D23yws.FBA@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <1995Jan9.034726.9666@midway.uchicago.edu> 	<3eqh0p$mln@panix3.panix.com> <PALKOVIC.95Jan9125903@x4u2.desy.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 20:26:14 GMT
Lines: 55

palkovic@desy.de (John Palkovic) writes:

>        For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped
>to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer
>be part of the alphabet.  The only kase in which "c" would be retained
>would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later.  Year 2
>might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the
>same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with
>"i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

      year  ...............................  wons......


>        Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear
	 					kontinyu year bay year..

>with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12

     year 5 ...  away ...       ... doubl ...              yearz...


>or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.

.   ... modifaying ..  ....     rimeyning ...  aend..  

>Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi

 Bay  year ...  so/sow  .... faynali..         ... meyk.. yus .. 

>ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz

           letrz ...                ..bay naw  ...........    thi.. mayndz


>ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.

    old ..?..          ripleys ... 

>        Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud

        Faynali ,,     aefter     yiars    


>hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

haev          kohirint           yus  xruwawt   ?    

Nicely done :-)... 


--

Regards, Mark

hubey@amiga.montclair.edu
