I was very bored today. I give you: Simple English! The spelling version of English designed to be.. more simple? It only works with the right accent/inflection whatever. Sample text copy-paste: Sympel Yŋglyʃ ålfebät yz a wa üv spälyŋ Yŋglyʃ wrds yn a kensystänt wa. Mäni Yŋglyʃ wrds ar späld yn kenfîuzyŋ was, wyþ symelr kömbynaʃens üv lätrs îuzd fr väri dyfrent sounds. Kömbynaʃens süč ez "ough" yn Yŋglyʃ hev ovr syx prenünsiaʃens, fr ygzåmpel. Yŋglyʃ spälyŋ: "though, through, rough, cough, thought, bough" Sympel Yŋglyʃ spälyŋ: "ðo, þru, rüf, kohf, þaht, bou" EDIT: Simple in a "one thing only has 1 pronunciation" way, not a "small number of letters" way. It's not good at that.
RE:Þ, because I like the look of it more. There is no advantage over IPA. It's just easier for me to read than IPA, and English once you get used to it. Hard to type though.
I love the Thorn. I think we need to bring it back into standard usage, personally.
Isn't that what the phonetics thing on every wikipeadia article for?
English spelling really is the worst, as a not-really-native speaker words like "wednesday" and "business" always baffled me. An easy way to spot tourists in London is how they pronounce "Leicester Square" ;)
Yeah, it's for the exact same purpose as IPA symbols. All I did was associate IPA symbols with letters already in the English alphabet and a few other ones thrown in. On the surface it's just a phonetic alphabet (for Ontario-accented English) that makes more personal sense than the IPA, but it's really only the product of a lot of time-wasting. Oh well.
Raised by Ontario parents. EDIT: while I've got you here, would you want to get on IRC? I'm bored.
ha ha I was just on IRC (I was also looking for distraction) Put out a call for 11:00 p.m. (??!!) But don't say "You're bored". We're not on the planet to amuse you. (well, we are a little) say "I have a problem and need some help" or say "I am working on a poem and want help" or say "I just read rob05c's thesis and wanna talk about it." Just kidding of course. Will you be up later?
I'll be up all night, in a non-literal sort of way. I'll be up for another 5-7 hours.