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Spanglish
is a phonemic transcriptions
system
that follows the original
Saxon
alphabet
for
English.
Short
stressed
vowels
are marked with a trailing
double
consonant. Long vowels are marked with a
double
vowel
letter
before
consonants[suut]
No
marking is
required
in the
terminal
position
unless
the
vowel is
marked
for
stress.
[canuu]
,
in
1-syllabl werdz
before
a consonant
the
default is short
iz
= izz not iez
after
a consonant
the
default is long
zi
= zie
in
2-sillabl werdz
World English
mp3 audio
|
Polyvalence*
in Traditional
English Spelling
*multiple sound values associated with the
same letter
|
| One example, the spelling of the vowel in rule,
will illustrate the meaning of polyvalence. The term means
multiple
values and refers to the fact that in the tradtional English writing
system there are an average of 20 ways to spell any vowel.
Some of the spellings indicate the way that a word used to be pronounced
in Middle English or Old English [Saxon]. Some of the spellings are
borrowed from other languges -mainly French and Latin - and can be said
to indicate etymology or the origin of the word.
In an alphabetic or phonemic writing system, spelling is a reliable
guide to pronunciation. When you see a word spelled canuu
in Spanglish, there is only one interpretation. Not only does the
spelling indicate the vowel sound, it also indicates which syllable is
stressed.
[canuu] is stressed on the second syllable while [canndy] is stressed on
the first.
Old English had a way to indicate stressed short vowels but it was not
extended to words that were borrwed from French and Latin. |
Pronunciation Guide spelling
spells one sound one way
instead of over 20 as in TS
See uu-18ways
The problem is not with
the Roman letters
but with the irrational
way we use them
Henry Sweet
|
|
In the traditional
writing system, the same sound is spelled an avg. of 14
different ways. Half of these options also spell different sounds.
This code overlap is the most serious problem with English spelling. The
main reason for the the same spelling having different pronunciations is
the great vowel shift.
Around 1400, the pronunciation of some words changed while others with
the same vowel spelling did not. heterographs
- homophones
pear &
fear
used to have identical pronunciations
pear &fier
are the overdue respellings
fier rhymes with pier
|
Polyvalence
in the traditional English writing system
Letters
are associated with more than one sound
sounds
are associated with multiple spellings
|
Letter
|
Sound
|
Unifon
-SS
|
Sample
|
Truespel
|
Sound
|
Letter
|
Sample
|
|
A
|
ae
|
kat catt
|
cat
|
kat tee
|
/i:/
|
ea
|
tea
|
|
a: aa
|
kxr caar
|
car
|
kaar see
|
ee
|
see
|
|
e@ e'
|
ker kear
|
care
|
kair kee
|
ey
|
key
|
|
ei
|
kAs keis
|
case
|
kaes mee
|
e
|
me
|
|
o:
|
kxl col
|
call
|
kaul seej
|
ie
|
siege
|
|
o
|
kwxlitE
|
quality
|
kwaality
|
ei
|
seize
|
Polyvalence
means multiple values: Letters are associated with multiple sounds, sounds
are associated with multiple letters. For more polyvalence and inconsistency
see uu18ways spell 
Notice that
all phonemic notations spell different sounds with different letters and
the same sound with the same letter. Words that rhyme are spelled the same.
Ear rhymes become eye rhymes. [tee, see, kee, mee, seej, seez]
[ti si ki mi siej siez]
| polyveilens in tradishanal spelling
polEvAlens
in trcdiScncl speliN
|
source: american literacy
council
15 vowels and blends - 160 spellings
| for a complete list, see G. Dewey
| SPELLING |
SOUND |
| cat |
(a) catt |
ae
(at, ash) |
| plaid |
(ai) pladd |
| have |
(a-e) havv |
| half |
(al)
haff |
| guarantee |
(ua) garra |
| laugh |
(au) laff |
| dahlia |
(ah) dallia |
| |
|
|
| play |
(ay)
pley |
ey
(they) |
| they |
(ey)
they |
| made |
(a-e)
meyd |
| steak |
(ea)
steik |
| rainy |
(ai)
rein |
| sleigh |
(eigh)
sley |
| straight |
(aigh)
streit |
| gauge |
(au-e)
geij |
| making |
(a)
meyking |
| gaol |
(ao) |
| veiled |
(ei) veild |
| maelstrom |
(ae) meilstrom |
| raise |
(ai-e)
reiz |
| plague |
(a-ue)
pleig |
| ballet |
(et) balley |
| seine |
(ei)
sein |
| matinee |
(ee) matiney |
| dossier |
(er) dossiey |
| bouquet |
(et) boukey |
|
|
|
| barn |
(ar)
baar |
ar
(barn) |
| heart |
(ear)
haart |
| guardian |
(uar)
gaard |
| bazaar |
(aar)
bazaar |
| are |
(are)
aar |
| sergeant |
(er) saargent |
| starve |
(ar-e)
staarv |
| catarrh |
(arrh) |
| bizarre |
(arre)
bizaar |
| memoire |
(ir) memwaar |
| |
|
|
| hair |
(air)
herr |
err
(herr)
eir
(their heir) |
| their |
(eir)
therr |
| swear |
(ear)
swerr |
| where |
(ere)
werr |
| care |
(are)
kerr |
| prayer |
(ayer)
prerr |
| heir |
(heir)
heir |
| wary |
(ar) werry |
| doctrinaire |
(aire) neir |
| |
|
|
| tried |
(ie) |
ai
(hai lai) |
| try |
(y) |
| find |
(i) |
| like |
(i-e) |
| buys |
(uy) |
| high |
(igh) |
| height |
(eigh) |
| rhyme |
(hy-e) |
| sign |
(ig) |
| island |
(is) |
| aisle |
(ais-e) |
| maestro |
(ae) |
| diamond |
(ia) |
| fiery |
(ie) |
| fire |
(i-e) |
| eying |
(ey) |
| type |
(y-e) |
| eye |
(eye) |
| |
|
|
| hot |
(o) |
o.
(hott) |
| swamp |
(a) |
| yacht |
(ach) |
| knowledge |
(ow) |
| honest |
(ho) |
| bureaucracy |
(eau) |
| |
|
|
| toe |
(oe) |
ow
(low) |
| going |
(o) |
| glowing |
(ow) |
| sewing |
(ew) |
| soul |
(ou) |
| bone |
(o-e) |
| road |
(oa) |
| yolk |
(ol) |
| brooch |
(oo) |
| beau |
(eau) |
| depot |
(ot) |
| owe |
(owe) |
| chauffeur |
(au) |
| mauve |
(au-e) |
| cantaloupe |
(ou-e) |
| cologne |
(og-e) |
| |
|
|
| point |
(oi) |
oi
(oil) |
| boy |
(oy) |
| noise |
(oi-e) |
| buoyant |
(uoy) |
| gargoyle |
(oy-e) |
|
| SPELLING |
SOUND |
| met |
(e) |
e.
(elbow)
(fell) |
|
fell
|
(e.) |
| head |
(ea) |
| |
. |
| burial |
(u) |
| said |
(ai) |
| says |
(ay) |
| many |
(a) |
| heifer |
(ei) |
| friend |
(ie) |
| jeopardy |
(eo) |
| guest |
(ue) |
| |
|
|
| feet |
(ee) |
ie
(field) |
| key |
(ey) |
| deceit |
(ei) |
| field |
(ie) |
| people |
(eo) |
| amoeba |
(oe) |
| team |
(ea) |
| leave |
(ea-e) |
| ravine |
(i-e) |
| these |
(e-e) |
| cheese |
(ee-e) |
| deceive |
(ei-e) |
| believe |
(ie-e) |
| ski |
(i) |
| receipt |
(eip) |
| debris |
(is) |
| esprit |
(it) |
| |
|
|
| pin |
(i) |
i.
(pinn itt) |
| women |
(o) |
| busy |
(u) |
| pretty |
(e) |
| lynch |
(y) |
| been |
(ee) |
| sieve |
(ie-e) |
| minute |
(u-e) |
| counterfeit |
(ei) |
| |
|
|
| form |
(or) |
or
(form)
|
| floor |
(oor) |
| pour |
(our) |
| drawer |
(awer) |
| reservoir |
(oir) |
| swarm |
(ar) |
| roar |
(oar) |
| rapport |
(ort) |
| dinosaur |
(aur) |
| |
|
|
| moon |
(oo) |
u
(guru)
20
alternate
spellings |
| group |
(ou) |
| fruit |
(ui) |
| glue |
(ue) |
| drew |
(ew) |
| two |
(wo) |
| flu |
(u) |
| canoe |
(oe) |
| through |
(ough) |
| rule |
(u-e) |
| lieu |
(ieu) |
| loose |
(oo-e) |
| lose |
(o-e) |
| coup |
(oup) |
| bruise |
(ui-e) |
| buoy |
(uo) |
| deuce |
(eu-e) |
| sleuth |
(eu) |
| rendezvous |
(ous) |
| mousse |
(ou-e) |
| |
|
|
| cut |
(u) |
u.
(cutt) |
| love |
(o-e) |
| young |
(ou) |
| blood |
(oo) |
| does |
(oe) |
| ton |
(o) |
| |
|
|
| cue |
(ue) |
yu
(use) |
| feud |
(eu) |
| few |
(ew) |
| view |
(iew) |
| queue |
(ueue) |
| fuse |
(u-e) |
| ewe |
(ewe) |
| beauty |
(eau) |
| fugue |
(u-ue) |
| coupon |
(ou) |
| nuisance |
(ui) |
| vacuum |
(uu) |
|
Two Phonemic or Alphabetic Solutions to the mismatch
between spelling and pronunciation and polyvalence.
Use a real alphabet with one sound per symbol and polyvalence disappears
14 vowels [yellow], 2 blends [white], 24 consonants [blue]
Unifon
consonants
| 2
New
Phonograms |
4
Digraphs
changed to Unigraphs |
17 retained - no change |
Dh Zh  |
Ch Ng Sh
Th |
only
7 changes, cxq dropped |
| D Z
c |
K N
S T |
b
d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w y |
Not much has to be changed with the consonants, add 3, drop 3,
change 4
English speech uses 24 consonants, Unifon has 23 sound signs above.
The biggest change is in the consistent use of these phonograms.
The vowels are a bit more complicated
Unifon
vowels YnifOn vqlz
| 6
New
Phonograms |
5
Digraphs
to Unigraphs |
5 retained - no
change |
| all
hook out oil unit |
ape eel ice oat ooze her |
no change in 5 short
vowels |
| x c C
q Q Y |
A E I
O U c |
a
e i o u
|
The three redundant letters cqx are
reassigned to sounds without phonograms
Reassignment is always problematic. It takes a while to see the
C's as a lazy U's instead of a phonogram
for the k and s sounds.
Many unifon constructions do not resemble TES, allow = clq
our=qr, are=xr, or=Or, calm=cxm, all=xl, cost=cxst
qr kOrvet iz mI fAvcrit kxr
qr kOrvet iz mI fAvcrit kxr
Our corvett iz mi feivrit caar
Spanglish is based on the
Saxon alphabet
Old Saxon was based on an
augmented Latin alphabet
With the Saxon i.t.a you
learn the consistent sound values first
14
pure vowels with schwa and schwer - 24 with combinations
| 6 short checked. |
a. e. i.
o. u. w |
| 8 long free . . . . |
aa ei
ie oa
uu er
ao a
e |
| 3 diphthongs . . . |
ai -
iu/yu
oi au |
| 7 r-combinations |
aar err ir
or ur aur air/aair aer |
Saxon-Spanglish
has two spellings per sound - stressed & unstressed
iu
havv a gwd hedd av herr
yu
haev a gud head av heir
They
are all invented spellings
A complete
set of stressed and unstressed vowels and blends
bello/bellowd/below - "Get out hi bellowd fram the flor below"
|
distinguishes stressed & unstressed
