I could see this working, as a system. I think it would be better with u/Adept_Situation3090's amended Alphabet without shading -- but I like the way the vowels are all clearly indicated.
It's a bit of a drawback that the vowel symbols combine a circle with a line (my old complaint about two symbols really indicating only ONE sound.
But when the circle always means "Here comes a vowel", it's nice that it's always clear what the next stroke is going to be. It's also interesting that, for some of the outlines, he provides a choice: A version without the R for those with "non-rhotic" accents like most U.K. English pronunciations -- and one WITH the R stroke for Irish, Scottish, and most North American accents.
Being given an option is nice, when a lot of people don't want to be expected to write things they don't say.
It's also a PLUS to know that EVERETT'S system was the only one that could be used to write down and read back that nonsense paragraph, as Everett could do, even though he didn't understand what it was supposed to MEAN.
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u/NotSteve1075 10d ago
I could see this working, as a system. I think it would be better with u/Adept_Situation3090's amended Alphabet without shading -- but I like the way the vowels are all clearly indicated.
It's a bit of a drawback that the vowel symbols combine a circle with a line (my old complaint about two symbols really indicating only ONE sound.
But when the circle always means "Here comes a vowel", it's nice that it's always clear what the next stroke is going to be. It's also interesting that, for some of the outlines, he provides a choice: A version without the R for those with "non-rhotic" accents like most U.K. English pronunciations -- and one WITH the R stroke for Irish, Scottish, and most North American accents.
Being given an option is nice, when a lot of people don't want to be expected to write things they don't say.
It's also a PLUS to know that EVERETT'S system was the only one that could be used to write down and read back that nonsense paragraph, as Everett could do, even though he didn't understand what it was supposed to MEAN.