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''Þe þohtful man koht his wiif a kwik and kuning gray fisc.''
 
''Þe þohtful man koht his wiif a kwik and kuning gray fisc.''
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Since the shaping of this trammet isn't clear, I will eathly put a stretch between my framework and the earlier framework.
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* /θ/ "'''Th'''ing" and /ð/ "'''Th'''is" could both be "Þþ" (called "thorn").
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* In Old English, fricatives (th/s/f and so forth) only had the voiceless letter, and were voiceless at the end and beginning of a letter, but were voiced next to a vowel or voiced consonent. The, therefore, would have a voiceless Th, while Bathe or Ethel would have a voiced Th. This applies to all other fricatives.
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* /ʍ/ "'''Wh'''en" could be "Hw", the original spelling of wh.
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* /ʃ/ "'''Sh'''ip" could be "Sc", how it was spelled in OE.
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* /tʃ/ "'''Ch'''eek" could be "C".
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* /dʒ/ "E'''dge'''" could be "Cg", as spelled in OE. Being at the beginning or end of the word does not matter in this case. Or, it could be "Ȝȝ", known as "yogh", which was one of yogh's purposes in Middle English.
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* /k/ "'''K'''ing" could be "K", as spelled already in English and in other Germanic tongues.
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* /kw/ "'''Qu'''een" could be "Kw", as spelled in many Germanic tongues.
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* /j/ "'''Y'''ou" could be "Jj", as spelled in literally all Germanic tongues but English.
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* /aɪ/ "M'''i'''nd" could be "Ij", as in Dutch.
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* /eɪ/ "Cl'''ay'''" could be "Ea", as in Middle English and Modern English exceptions. However, this is only for words with a real long A, as in b'''ane'''. Ay and Ey could be spelt "Ej".
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* /er/ "Sc'''are'''" could be "er", as scare is spelled "sker" in Middle English.
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* /i/ "M'''e'''" could be "Ee".
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* -y and -ly could be spelled -ie and -lie
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* /oʊ/ "R'''ow'''" could be "Oo", as in Middle English and Modern English exceptions.
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* /aʊ/ "Ab'''ou'''t" could be "Aw", as in Middle English. Saw was pronounced Sao back then.
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* /u/ "R'''oo'''m" could be "Ew".
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* /ʊ/ "B'''oo'''k" could be "Oe", on basis of the spelling of Book in Dutch and Afrikaans "boek", and the pronunciation of it in German being similar.
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* /ʌ/ "R'''u'''n" could be "U" in all cases, no Oo like in "come".
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* /æ/ "C'''a'''t" could be "Ǽæ", as in OE (called "ash").
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* /ɔ/ "R'''aw'''" could be "Oa", as written in Middle English.
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* "/x/" "Enou'''gh'''" could just be written phonetically, F, W, G, or H if it is silent (Caught would be Koaht).
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* Z & V: Both were made specifically for making voiced consonants from french. They will be replaced by F and S. If it is -ve, it will be -fe. If it is in some way -ze, it will be -se.
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* Possessive nouns and contractions. Contractions either could merge the word without an apostrophe, or not be written. Possessive nouns could be written as -es.
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* -ed, -es, -ing. Only when the E in -es is said it will be written, same with -ed. The vowel written could be i rather than e, as possesive nouns use -es under this system. -ed without the i could simply be -t. -ing will be -end when showing present tense, as in Old English, but will be -ing when forming nouns, again, as in Old English. The merging of -end and -ing is a grammatical mess.
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* Lastly, the example. Here it goes, in American English pronunciation for A/Æ but British English pronunciation for Aw/Au:
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* Woakend daun þe rood in þis neahborhoed is noþing lijk ænie uþer. Þer ar geangs ænd mugers hwew al hæf al nefer hæfe been lokt up. Not efen þe loa skers þem, but þej sker þe loa. Þæt is hwij þej nefer hæf been koaht bij þe loa.
   
 
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Revision as of 00:21, 19 June 2015

Drawth
This leaf is a drawth wordwrestling a riddle or a wen that has arisen in the making of Anglish. See other drawths.

English spellings are rather odd given the teutonish birth of English. For instance, in English we spell /kw/ "qu", but this cluster (or the kincluster /kv/) is mostly spelt "kw" (or "kv") in the teutonish tungs of Europe (as it was in Old English). After the Norman Conquest in 1066, English not only borrowed a great deal of outland words, but it also became spelt so as to look like French (and other Latinborn tungs). Some say that these shifts have made English spelling far less logical and straightforward. Below is a list of thoughts for how English could be spelt if it were to use the analogy of the other teutonish tungs.

/θ/ "Thing" and /ð/ "This" could be "Þ" (known as "thorn"): "þis þing"
/ʍ/ "When" could be "Hw": "Hwen"
/tʃ/ "Cheek" could be "C": "ceek"
/ʃ/ "Ship" could be "Sc": "scip"
/kw/ "Queen" could be "Kw": "kween"
/k/ "Cat" would be abolished in favor of "C"

Also, "le" and "re", as in "hurdle" and "centre", would be respelt as "el" and "er".

Long vowels could be spelt by doubling them or adding "a": "naam", "great", "feet", "hwiit", "toad", "doom", "huus"

The net therefore would be something like this:

Þe þohtful man koht his wiif a kwik and kuning gray fisc.

Since the shaping of this trammet isn't clear, I will eathly put a stretch between my framework and the earlier framework.

  • /θ/ "Thing" and /ð/ "This" could both be "Þþ" (called "thorn").
  • In Old English, fricatives (th/s/f and so forth) only had the voiceless letter, and were voiceless at the end and beginning of a letter, but were voiced next to a vowel or voiced consonent. The, therefore, would have a voiceless Th, while Bathe or Ethel would have a voiced Th. This applies to all other fricatives.
  • /ʍ/ "When" could be "Hw", the original spelling of wh.
  • /ʃ/ "Ship" could be "Sc", how it was spelled in OE.
  • /tʃ/ "Cheek" could be "C".
  • /dʒ/ "Edge" could be "Cg", as spelled in OE. Being at the beginning or end of the word does not matter in this case. Or, it could be "Ȝȝ", known as "yogh", which was one of yogh's purposes in Middle English.
  • /k/ "King" could be "K", as spelled already in English and in other Germanic tongues.
  • /kw/ "Queen" could be "Kw", as spelled in many Germanic tongues.
  • /j/ "You" could be "Jj", as spelled in literally all Germanic tongues but English.
  • /aɪ/ "Mind" could be "Ij", as in Dutch.
  • /eɪ/ "Clay" could be "Ea", as in Middle English and Modern English exceptions. However, this is only for words with a real long A, as in bane. Ay and Ey could be spelt "Ej".
  • /er/ "Scare" could be "er", as scare is spelled "sker" in Middle English.
  • /i/ "Me" could be "Ee".
  • -y and -ly could be spelled -ie and -lie
  • /oʊ/ "Row" could be "Oo", as in Middle English and Modern English exceptions.
  • /aʊ/ "About" could be "Aw", as in Middle English. Saw was pronounced Sao back then.
  • /u/ "Room" could be "Ew".
  • /ʊ/ "Book" could be "Oe", on basis of the spelling of Book in Dutch and Afrikaans "boek", and the pronunciation of it in German being similar.
  • /ʌ/ "Run" could be "U" in all cases, no Oo like in "come".
  • /æ/ "Cat" could be "Ǽæ", as in OE (called "ash").
  • /ɔ/ "Raw" could be "Oa", as written in Middle English.
  • "/x/" "Enough" could just be written phonetically, F, W, G, or H if it is silent (Caught would be Koaht).
  • Z & V: Both were made specifically for making voiced consonants from french. They will be replaced by F and S. If it is -ve, it will be -fe. If it is in some way -ze, it will be -se.
  • Possessive nouns and contractions. Contractions either could merge the word without an apostrophe, or not be written. Possessive nouns could be written as -es.
  • -ed, -es, -ing. Only when the E in -es is said it will be written, same with -ed. The vowel written could be i rather than e, as possesive nouns use -es under this system. -ed without the i could simply be -t. -ing will be -end when showing present tense, as in Old English, but will be -ing when forming nouns, again, as in Old English. The merging of -end and -ing is a grammatical mess.
  • Lastly, the example. Here it goes, in American English pronunciation for A/Æ but British English pronunciation for Aw/Au:
  • Woakend daun þe rood in þis neahborhoed is noþing lijk ænie uþer. Þer ar geangs ænd mugers hwew al hæf al nefer hæfe been lokt up. Not efen þe loa skers þem, but þej sker þe loa. Þæt is hwij þej nefer hæf been koaht bij þe loa.

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