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SAEND SEND SI.N SO.NIT SUT |
sand send sin sonnet soot |
SOF'A RRBAN SIYN SOO SUUN |
sofa urban seen saw soon |
SAUNA SEIN SOUN SOY FYUU |
sauna seine sown soy few |
SAR STRR SOWR SOYR YUUR |
sour stir sower sawyer your |
PAERA STER STIR STOR TUUR |
para- stair steer store tour |
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chart differs slightly from the Kelley's Romaji chart. The primary
difference is the addition of RR as a simple vowel rather than merjing
it with a syllabic R. In a similar manner, /^/ and /'/ are also distinguished
as in IPA. The sounds in cut, sand, send, sonit, and sut are all
checked vowels: They are never found at the end of a syllable or
word in english. Romaji has ten simple uncombined vowels, WES has
twelve. This corresonds to IPA. There is little reason to retain
AA as a separate vowel since most of its duties have been shifted to the
short o. AA= awe lao
The Short "o" of British Received Pronunciation is represented by O; however, in certain North American dialects, this is pronounced as a Broad "ah", and so TO "sonnet" (shown above) may optionally be represent by SAANIT. Such words as TO "often", which are also pronounced with a Short "o" in Received Pronunciation, are pronounced in some North American dialects with an "awe" sound, so that TO "often" may regularly be represented by OFIN, but optionally represented by OOFIN, as well. |
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| The Broad "ah" of British Received Pronunciation, as well as of various other dialects, is represented by AA, and so TO "shan't" is regularly represented by SHAANT (above). However, in certain North American dialects it is pronounced with an "ae" sound, and may optionally be represented by SHAENT. Other words, such as TO "alms", do NOT have exceptional North American pronunciations, so TO "alms" may generally be represented by AAMZ. | |||||||||
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"r" is indicated by R, so TO "ruler"
and "earth" are represented by RUULR and RTH. With no distinction in stress
or length, it is possible to eliminate one of the distinctions in the chart
above. This means the same R phonogram can be used in both her
and other and the a phonogram can be use in up [ap] and abut
[abat].
In "r"-less dialects of English, A and AA may be used in place of (unstressed and stressed, respectively) vocalic "r", so TO "ruler" and "earth" may optionally be represented by RUULA and AATH. Likewise, A may be used in place of vocalic "r" in combination with one or more vowels, so that TO "star" and "sire" may optionally be represented by STAA and SAIA. The only exceptions involve simple r-combination words such as TO "order", which may regularly be represented by ORDR. However, in "r"-less dialects, TO "order" should optionally be represented by OODA (instead of OADA). Thus, in cases involving -OR-, R is replaced by O, rather than by A. |
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| Schwa is represented by A, except before syllabic consonants: N, M, R, and L, so TO "abut" is represented by ABAT. The use of A for Schwa is required. Merging the three hour sounds can be easily diciphered but it looks odd. Can you read this nonsense sentence? "Hr rjaz and sabrban yrniqz for fain fr irkd hr hazbnd | |||||||||
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is represented by I, only before syllabic
consonants: N, M, and L, so TO "ocean" can be written OWSHIN. The use of
I
for Schwi is optional, so TO "ocean" may also be represented by OUSHN.
In the sentence, "Ool the yunatz pensilz wr browkn." pencil could be written PENSL. The problem with WES or Winglish
is the same as with all phonemic transcriptions of English speech, it looks
a little odd and takes some getting used to. The notation can be
read without a key except for such oddities as ool for all. [ool]
makes perfectly good sense but TS has associated the double O with the
long U sound. krool is not immediately recognized as the transcriptions
of cruel.
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What
English might look like if letters and words were pronounced consistent
with Latin
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AE E I O U |
a. e : o. u. |
A ' RR I I OO UU |
AU EY OI OW YU |
AUR EIR OIYR OWR YUR |
AER ER IR OR UR |
B F V YU |
D S V Z K |
DH SH ZH CH |
Y R M J |
W L N G |
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