Truespel Analysis of USA English - Book One

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:04 AM -0400 8/10/04, Grant Barrett wrote:
>My standard text for such things is the Gettysburg Address. Here it is
>after being run through the TrueSpel converter:
>
>Forskor and sevin yeerz uggoe our faatherz braut forthh aan this
>kaantinint u nue naeshin, kunsseevd in libertee and dedikaetid tue thu
>praapuzzishin that aul men aar kreeyyaetid eekwool.
>
>Nou wee aar enggaejd in u graet sivil wor, testeeng wether that naeshin
>or enee naeshin soe kunsseevd and soe dedikaetid kan laung endduer. Wee
>aar met aan u graet batoolfeeld uv that wor. Wee hav kum tue dedikaet u
>porshin uv it az u fienool resteeng plaes fer thoez hue died heer that
>thu naeshin miet liv. This wee mae, in aul pruprrieyitee due. But in u
>laarjer sents, wee kanaat dedikaet, wee kanaat kaansikraet, wee kanaat
>haloe this ground. Thu braev men, liveeng and ded hue strugoold heer
>hav haloed it faar ubbuv our por paawer tue ad or ditrrakt. Thu werld
>wil litool noet nor laung rimmember wut wee sae heer, but it kan never
>forgget wut thae did heer.
>
>It iz rather fer us thu liveeng, wee heer bee dedikaetid tue thu graet
>task rimmaeneeng beeffor us-frum theez aanerd ded wee taek inkrreesd
>divvoeshin tue that kauz fer wich thae heer gaev thu last fool mezher
>uv divvoeshin--that wee heer hielee rizzaalv that theez ded shal naat
>hav died in vaen, that this naeshin shal hav u nue berthh uv freedim,
>and that guvermint uv thu peepool, bie thu peepool, fer thu peepool
>shal naat pairish frum thu erthh.
>
>Grant Barrett

Paawer tue thu PEEPOOL!

hmmm...

larry