It should be possible to explain a  phonemic transcription system based on the ancient Saxon alphabet in a single simple grapheme-phoneme [letter-sound] correspondence table. The R-combinations are not listed in the alphabet because they are simple combinations of the sounds of the letters.  Just in case there might be a question, a second chart is provided.
 

A Phonemic Alphabet for English The Saxon alfabett: 45 fownimz - 19 vaulz - 26 connsonants A ago AA caar A. AE catt AI ais ice A.U aut out B bibb C cennt Ch check D didd E the E. EA bread EY ei eys ace ER R herdr F fetch G gwd H hurrdl I. tipp IE I yield J judj K kick L littl M maund N  nunn NG singl O. otter O AO dog OW owe OY oi oyster P pick Qu quill R rowr S sisster Sh shwd T tot tott ThDh thy thai U. upp U uu guru V vatt WWh wenn W hwk X tax Y Yu yess Y very Z zipp Zh mezhr  white cells contain vowels  ©2001 Beta  Chart as graphic

This definition only works if you understand what a non-phonemic transcription system would be.  The problem is that most people have a warped idea of how an alphabet and an alphabetic writing system is supposed to work.  Let's begin with a definition.

In the form shown above, which is the easiest to explain,  SS serves as a pronunciation guide.  In another abbreviated form, it becomes a  streamlined way of writing English.  In a third form, it becomes a way of identifying and correcting the worst spelled English words.  There are in all, three writing systems based on the Saxon augmented Latin alpahbet:

1. A fonemic Spanglish that can be used as a pronunciation guide

 

 

This notation is isomorphic with I.P.A.  Instead of an extender mark, fonemic Spanglish has a shortening dot which in continous text is changed into a double consonant.  a.t = att.  In the abbreviated forms below, this distinction between short and long vowels is dropped except in multisyllable words.
 

2. A broad Spanglish that identifies what traditional spellings have to be changed.

 

 

This form is also known as SPELLING PRONUNCIATION and involves learning a spelling dialect in addition to ones regional dialect.  With a spelling dialect, it is possible to read 90% of the traditional spellings and have a better chance of spelling these words as well.
 

3. A highly abbreviated Spanglish for rapid ryting.  [see iqliz for an even more abbr form]

Spanglish can also be considered a refinement of the system developed by British MP (Member of Parliament) Mont Follick in 1935.  Follick started his career as a Spanish teacher in Spain and then opened a successful language school in London before being elected to parliament. 

The same basic system has probably been independently invented dozens of times.  It is very close to the system adopted by Jones and Passy when the developed the IPA or International Phonetic Alphabet.

SS differs from Spanish orthography in several minor respects. First [a] corresponds not to the Italian A but to the English schwa in words such as [ago] and [america].  This concession was necessary because schwa is the most frequent sound in English speech. The Italian A in [car] is spelled aa as in [caar].

In a bilingual classroom, it might be better to represent the schwa as ['a] or ['] alone.  Hi w'az sitting on th'e sof'a.  The schwa-apostrophe transforms any vowel coming after it to a lax mid central vowel.
 

30Vowels short chekt long free unstressed combined r-combined a. - ae add   batter aa faather a sofa ai - 'y ail ais mait aar | air caar | ire e. - ea bell   bread non-rhotic fairly-fealy e  the ei - ey eis  grey they eir - ear their  heir bear i. ill   fill  itt ie - ee  si iel  field y - i very vary oi - oy oil  oyster ir - ier irrigate  near o. otter  pott ao - o cost ot o silo, go ow - o' slow boat or ore  pour roar .w. - u hook hwk  put uu guru zu u guru-guuru yu - iu yu yuz ur tour  poor u. upper cutt rr-urr herder urn r - er other au -ou kraut  out aur-aewr our power .w. means a w between two consonants = /u/  could = cwd  wud

Saxon Spanglish is a little more complicated than necessary because it is designed to transition to traditional English.  parralel is spelled systematically  parallelis the traditional spelling. Traditional spelling often lacks an underlying logic. The second A is a schwa so consonant doubling should be avoided. The first a is ae, a short vowel marked by doubling the trailing consonant  Spanglish allows two spellings per vowel sound compared to 20 in TO. This is more complicated than the ideal notation but much simpler than the traditional writing system which adds more options and uses the same spelling to reference different sounds. SS allows bedd & bread but not beak for biek. beckon the beacon = beckan the biecan.

This chart is keyed to the lettermatirix with clickable sound files.  Another IPA chart
 
 
 

A Fonimic Aelfabet for English The Saxon alfabet: 42 foniemz - 17 vaulz - 25 connsonants A e,i ago the AA aar caar A. AE aet catt AI 'y ais ice A.U aut out B bibb C cancel Ch tsh check D didd UR ER hurrder E. EA bread EI ey eys ace F fetch G gagg H. *hw hurrdl I. it tippy I IE .Y yield he J dzh judj jvj K  Qu kick quit L 'l littl M  'm maund N  'n nvn .NG singl O. otter O AO dog OW owe OY oi oyster P pick R.  'r roar S sisster Sh shipp T tot tott Th thh thy  thhai U. v upp urr .U. .W hwk hook U uu guuru V vatt W. hw winner X  ks tax tacks Y. Yu yess Z zipp Zh mezhr  vowels-white, semivowels-gray, consonants-blue, digrafs-dk. blue Irregular traditionally spelled words are italicized, eye-ai, out-aut,  *vowels when not followed by a vowel - wwln=woolen

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• Saxon Spanglish     [start page]
• Saxon Spanglish     [page 1]

 
• The Trouble with English
• Polyvalence- multiple values
• Six Axioms of English
• 50  sounds of English
• Sounds of English

 
• Spelling Test - it is easier to spell unfamiliar words phonemically
• Is Stress Phonemic
• Is AE a digraph
• Spelling in the News
• Alphabetical Order
• Alphabet Origins

 
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