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LOGICAL ENGLISH SPELLING -
THE RULES
LOJIKL INGLISH SPELING (LI) - TH ROOLZ:
1.
KONSNEUNTS: Konsneunts hav wun sound oenli, and a sound can oenli be ritn
in wun wae. (Nevr az voul and nevr modifieing th sound ov a voul.)
B b th B az in But.
C c not needid az plaen konsneunt, riplaesd bie 'k' aur 's' (exept az
'ch' faur th aspeuraetid sound in 'chair'). But C can be uezd faur th
haard K sound in frunt of a, o, u and konsneunts if prifeurd. C iz nevr
th 's' sound, and shuud not be uezd in frunt ov E aur I.
D d th D az in Duct
F f th F az in Fox (nevr az 'v').
G g th G az in Gap (not 'j')( Aulsoe th Aspeuraeted 'gh' az in Logh (loch)).
H h th H az in Hat (but too aspiraet : Ch az in Chair, Gh az in Logh,
Sh az in Shed, Th az in This, Th az in Thing, Zh az in Vizhn (vision).
(Aulsoe, if yoo liec, 'Wh' in 'Whair'and Kh az in Khalid)
J j th J az in Jet.
K k th K and ck in Kick. Riplaesiz th haad 'c'. Aulsoe, the aspeuraetid
faum, Kh (Khalid).
L l th L az in Let.
M m th M az in Met.
N n th N az in Net. (Komn aulsoe az 'ng' in 'ring', 'singing' etc)
P p th P az in Pat.
Q q Th Q az in Qeen (not with 'U').
R r th R az in Rat. Thair aar 'r'z in sum weurdz faur rhotiks, thoe meni
do not sound them.
S s th S az in Sit (not z) (unles az sh faur th sound ov 'sh' in 'shed')(Th
pluerl aaftr c,f,p,t, th).
T t th T as in Tot (not az sh) (and az 'th' faur th aspeuraetid sound
in 'this'and 'thing').
V v th V az in Vat.
W w th W az in Wet If yoo liek, yoo can aspeuraet 'Wh' az in Whair.
X x th X az in Sex (th 'cs' sound, not th gz sound ov 'egzam').
Y y th Y az in Yet (nevr az voul) (th 'y' at th end ov weudz is riplaesd
bie 'i' aur 'ie' (veri, flie)
Z z th Z az in Zebra (pluerlz (not aaftr k,f,p,t,th)) (unles az 'zh' faur
th sound in vizhn, 'vision')
(We do not reeli need Q wich cuud bee KW, aur X, wich cuud be KS; but
wee hav them eni wae, soe wie not uez them?)
2. DUBL KONSNEUNTS: wair evr 2 aur maur konsneunts kum toogethr, boeth
aar soundid. Faur egzaampl, apl (apple), simpl (simple), nevr (never),
sielnt (silent). (This ofn hints at a sielnt 'eu' sound, (ofeun? ofn;sieleunt?
sielnt). Soe, wen doo ue puut it in? Wen doo ue leev it out? Wen needid,
faur clariti. Standd, faur egzaampl, iz oekae without, but iz simplr too
reed az standeud.) In meni plaesiz 2 konsneunts aar uezd toogethr: 'ng'
in 'singing'; 'nk' in 'pink': 'mp' in 'hump': 'tl' in 'litl': 'r' at th
end ov weudz. In theez kaesiz, th 2 soundz aar eliedid to produes a nue
sound, but a sound wich iz difikeult not to sae propli. In sum kaesiz,
th seknd aur theurd konsneunt iz soundid distinktli, and anuthr konsneunt
iz needid: 'singr' iz qiet difrnt from 'finggeur' wich needz th seknd
'g' az wel az th 'eu' voul..
3. VOULZ. Eni Voul and th foloeing pairz ov Voulz hav wun sound oenli.
Th shaut sound iz th voul aloen. Th 'acuet' long sound iz aulwaez th voul
foloed bie 'e'. Thair aar 13 uthr voulz, maed bie kombinaeshnz ov 2 voulz.
Wair maur than 2 vouls aar in a roe, th feust 2 wil bee sed sepreutli
if thae aar wun ov th pairz. If th feust 2 aar not a noen pair, th feust
voul wil be sed sepreutli. Soe:
SHAUT VOULZ
A az in bat.
E az in bed.
I az in sit. Aulsoe uezd to riplaes th 'y' at th end ov weurdz (th shaurt
'i' in eni (any).Thair aar tiemz wen 'i' soundz a litl liek a shaurt,
unstrest 'ee', 'raedioe'
O az in pot. (In sum weurdz, sum Ameriknz sae 'au' aur eevn 'aa' faur
this shaurt 'o'.)
U az in but.
AKUET VOULZ (Az th alfabet soundz, A,E,I,O,U)
AE az in faet, baet, graet, aet (fate, bait, great, eight).
EE az in bee, eet, need, reed, yeeld, riseed, qeer (be, eat, need, read,
yield, recede, queer). At th end of a weurd th dubl 'ee' kan be shaurtnd
to a singl 'e' (Be, me, we, she)
IE az in siet, siet, bier, flie, ie, sliet, tiefoid (site, sight, byre,
fly, eye, sleight, typhoid).(th long 'ie' to riplaes th 'y' in 'fly'=
flie, 'modify'= modifie.
OE az in boet, doet, foetoe, doe, floe, thoe (boat, dote, photo, dough,
flow, though).
UE az in kuet, nue ,ueniet (cute, new, unite).(But we uez 'yoo' faur 'you').
LONG VOULZ
AA az in aar, baar, kaant, laaftr, daans, baath (are, bar, can't, laughter,
dance, bath)(sum Ameriknz and Naurth Brits wil sae sum ov theez az 'a',
but th speling wil be ritaend: 'baath')
AI az in air, kair, bair, wair (air, care, bear, wear)( Noet 'whair' fau
'where')
OU az in kou, flour, ouch! sound, bou (cow, flower, ouch! sound, bough)
AU az in aur, baun, aut, jaunt, auning, dautr, thaut, faur, faur (or,
born, ought, jaunt, awning, daughter, thought, for, four)
OI az in point, joi (point, joy)
OO az in boot, rool, throo (boot, rule, through) (but not 'foot', 'wood')
(A singl 'o' at th end ov a shaut weud soundz liek 'oo' (to, do) soe,
if it soundz liek 'oe', then it iz ritn oe (soeloe, soe, foetoe))
UU az in fuut, cuud, wuud, puuding (foot, could, wood aur would, pudding)
THE OD 'EU' VOUL
EU az in weurd peurfekt (word perfect). Aulsoe th soft 'e', ofn bairli
pronounst. Whair it iz not heurd, it iz oemitid . Th aaticlz 'a' and 'an'
kan stae az 'a' and 'an'.
4.
DUBL AND MULTIPL VOULZ: If a pair ov voulz in eni seeqeuns iz wun ov th
13 pairz ov voulz eubuv, then it iz oenli spoekn az abuv, and if foloed
bie 1 aur 2 maur voulz, th feust pair iz spoekn feurst. Faur egzaampl
Poeet, poe-et. But if th feurst 2 voulz aar not wun ov theez 13 pairz,
then th feurst voul iz spoekn sepreutli, az in '
AEI: th ae-i sound in paeing (paying)
EA: the ee-eu sound at the end ov iedea (idea), real, iedeal (ideal).
EEI: the ee-i sound in beeing (being)
IA: the i-eu sound at the end ov meni names, India, Austria, etc.
IAE: the i-ae sound in deeviaet
IEA: the ie-eu sound in Dieamaufeen (Diamorphine), dieameund (diamond),
pariea (pariah)
IEI: the ie-i sound in bieing (buying)
IO: the ee-o sound in milion (million), biond (beyond). (Th rair ee-o
sound in maneeoc (manioc) staez az eeo.)
IU: the i-eu sound in glaurius (glorious), duebius (dubious), Klaudius
(Claudius), teedium (tedium), peeriud (period), kariur (carrier) ( th
laast 'r' iz needid to elied: kariur_ov guud nuez.
IEU: the ie-eu sound in jieunt (giant)
OEI: the oe-i sound in goeing (going)
OII: the oi-i sound in voiij (voyage)
UAE: the ue-ae sound in situaeshn. (pleez noet peurswaezhn (persuasion))
UEI: the ue-i sound in spueing (spewing)
UEU: the ue-eu sound in kazhueul (casual).
Noet
that wair AE, EE, IE, OE, UE kum feurst, thae rimaen th akuet A,E,I,O,U
sound. 'Ao' 'ei', 'eo', 'oa', 'ua' 'ui' 'uo' woud be sounded az 2 voulz,
if thae shuud evr eukeur.
5.
PLUERLZ: Theez foloe th sound: aaftr k, f, p, and t th sound iz an S and
's' iz adid. Moest uthr pluerlz sound liek Z soe 'z' iz adid. Aaftr s,
z, ch aur sh, iz iz adid (houziz, dishiz). LI prifeurz staediumz, arenas,
to th aenshnt Greek aur Roemn spelingz. Istablishd Inglish ireguelrz stae
az thae aar, but speld az thae sound: fuut, feet, mous, mies.
6.
JENITIV Poezeshn is maarkd with 'z' aaftr moest nouns (Tomz), an 's' aaftr
k, f, p, t, (Dicks) aur 'iz' aaftr a weurd ending in s, z, sh, ch (Jaemziz).
Thair iz noe need faur an apostreufi.
7.
SIELNT LETRZ: needles too sae, wee wil leev them out. But sum konsneunts
aar sielnt unles eliedid with anuthr voul, faur egzaampl 'faur' (for),
soe th 'r' iz needid. Meni peepl proenouns 'r'z in weurdz liek peurfekt,
soe puut th r in, eevn if yoo do not sae it.
8.
AXENTS: Thair aar noe axents, sedilaz, seurkumflexis, stroeks, aur uthr
diviesiz. Apostrofiz mae be uezd to dinoet letrz left out: i'v faur i
hav.
9.
PAAST TENS: Aaftr d and t, th sound 'id' az in 'needid' (needed). Aaftr
b, e, g, j, l, m, n, r, v,w,x,y,z, noe Voul, az in 'beurnd' (burned).
Aaftr k, f, p, s, 't' is uezd, az in 'krept','paast'
10.
STRES: Moestli, th akuet vouls aar strest; then th long vouls aar strest,
then a shaurt voul mae be strest. Th 'eu' voul iz aulmoest aulwaez unstrest
unles it iz foloed by 'r', az in peurpeus. 2 shaurt voulz in a weurd aar
uezhuuli haaf strest equuli. Thair aar weurdz ending in _i_i (infiniti,
velositi, nuetraliti, rapiditi, capasiti); in aul ov theez, th voul bifaur
th -i-i ending iz strest. Th 'ing' aur 'id' at the end ov a paatisipl
iz not strest.
10.
EXEPSHNZ; Sum ov th komn shaurt weurdz hav shaurt faurmz: a, an, I, me,
he, she, we, be, to, do. Meni weurdz staart with a shaurt 'a' sound which
shuud be 'eu' but komn uezij lets th 'a' rimaen: agoe, agaenst. The aatikl
th haz 'e' adid bifaur a voul giving a shaurt unstrest ee sound.
11.
PROPEUR NAEMS: Jenreuli theez wil not chaenj, thoe thae mae in tiem ivolv
to Lojikl Speling.
12.
UTHR DIEALEKTS AND LANGWIJIZ: Lojikl Inglish lets yoo riet th sound yoo
heer in eni langwij, not just Inglish. Th riet speling iz th wun that
spelz th sound. Man kan ough Doich shriebeun. Tambeeen podemos eskreeveer
en Espanyol. But Chieneez, Veeetnameez and Hotentot klik speech aar triki,
and sum langwijiz hav extra voulz (th voul in 'en' aur 'on' in French
faur egzaampl, speld az 'oa'.
13.
Feurthr Voul infeumaeshn at VOULZ. Sum Egzaamplz at EGZAAMPLZ. A tieni
lexikon ov th 1000 moest komn weudz iz at LEXIKON.
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