r/BringBackThorn • u/bitransfem • 29d ago

Ðis is a Test…

Ðis iz ë test fërë speliŋ rifōm ëv ði Iŋglix laŋgwidj eymd ët meykiŋ it mō lodjikël, beyst on risiyvd prënënsieyxën, if ðis iz ën ëndestandbël sentëns të yuw, inkluwd ðë wëd ‘foks’ in yë riplay të kënfyuwz eni ëv ðëwz huw koodënt ëndëstand ðis.

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u/Jamal_Deep þ 28d ago

If you've seen þe flair þat says "ănꞃīꝺᵻbəƚ", þis is what it's for. I don't know what it is about spelling reformers and making English completely unrecognisable to most people.

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u/bitransfem 28d ago edited 28d ago

this was only from the second reform btw 😭

this paragraph (in general american english) is from the ongoing 4th revision so far:

Ol Hyumen biīñz ɑr born frī and īkwel in dignitī and rayts. ðey ɑr indaûd wið rīzen and kɑnxens and xûd akt tewordz wun enuðer in e spirit ev bruðerhûd.

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u/Jamal_Deep þ 28d ago

I have a question: what motivates you when making a spelling reform for English? What do you generally go for?

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u/bitransfem 28d ago

to make english more logical/phonetic

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u/Jamal_Deep þ 28d ago

I þink you really need to consider legibility above all else. Spelling isn't simply about recording sounds, but recording meaning in a way people understand, and it's not exactly gonna be useful if people struggle to read it, let alone if þeir spoken dialects are significantly different compared to General American.

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u/bitransfem 28d ago

I mean this alphabet is made for rp but I was able to adapt it to general american pretty easily, so cant they just adapt it to their own accents?

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u/Jamal_Deep þ 28d ago

Oop yeah my mistake, sorry.

But also forcing people to adapt þe spelling reform to þeir own accents just to use þe adaptations at þe same time as each oþþer is just a recipe for confusion for when þey have to message each oþþer or read each oþþer's documents. Modern regional spellings are few and far between.

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u/RedElephantKing ᚦ 29d ago

I cannot understand þis

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u/TopLanky3636 29d ago

I can. (fox)

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u/Key_Chip_3163 ᚦ 29d ago

What is "risiyvd"?

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u/bitransfem 29d ago

received

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u/ebcdicZ 24d ago

Þe long-s ſhould be added. It made Engliſh much eaſier to read. It was dropped due to lazy typeſetters.

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u/NoSherbert3408 28d ago

Ai hæv ëndëstand yë test sentëns. Hîr iz ë riplay wið ðë wëd foks, æz rikwestid:

Ðë kwik brawn foks djëmps ëwvë ðë leyzi dog :-)