variouis topics

Tue Dec 12 02:08:43 UTC 2006

Wilson,

Right.  The letter "u" ~u (tilde means in truespel phonetic notation) stands
in truespel for the "short u" sound as in "fun, up, hut."   Long u is
spelled ~ue.  This is in keeping with the scheme of moving silent e over to
spell the long vowels - ~ae,~ee,~ie,~oe,~ue (other phonetic respellers use
this scheme as well).  The other choice to spell the long u is "long oo" as
in "boot".  But my analysis in truespel book 4 shows that letter string "oo"
is used slightly more in running text for short oo, as in "good,book".

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.

>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: variouis topics
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:21:44 -0500
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>I've been wondering, why "Truespel" and not "Truspel"? Because people
>might pronounce the latter as, e.g., "trusspel"?
>
>-Wilson
>
>On 12/11/06, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > from TZ 12-9-06 regarding topics below
> >
> > Diagramming.  I had sentence diagramming as a kid and thought it was a
>good
> > way to learn and understand sentence structure and parts of speech.  I
> > thought that way as a 12 year old and still think so today.  Don't know
>why
> > it was ever stopped.
> >
> > Posh British.  I wonder what it is about the UK accent that indicates
>the
> > "poshness".  The r-dropping?  Perhaps a certain tonality?  Hear UK
>accent at
> > http://www.howjsay.com/  Quite a difference in cot/caught.  In fact the
> > vowel in caught is not said in USA.  Is it posh?
> >
> > Accent and Dialect.  California gov. Schwartzenegger has a German
>accent,
> > but he's been in USA so long he has picked up on USA vocabulary and
> > phrasing.  Shall we say he has a California dialect with a German
>accent?
> > Also, the newspaper printed a list of 100 favorite phrases.  A TV
>dialect?
> >
> > A Very Nice Passage.  "It should be the chief aim of a university
>professor
> > to exhibit himself in his own true character - that is, as an ignorant
>man
> > [sic] thinking, actively utilizing his small share of knowledge." Alfred
> > North Whitehead    Thus, even the most knowledgeable should be open to
>new
> > ideas.  Just ask Socrates.
> >
> > Coventry agreement.  I wonder what is meant by dInIs who says he accepts
>the
> > Coventry agreement and will act on it?
> >
> > Spelling Reforms.  Mark Twain was an advocate of spelling reform.
>Andrew
> > Carnegie together with Theodore Roosevelt gave the last big push to do
> > additional reforms.  They weren't accepted.  So I think changes to
>spelling
> > will not happen.  But the Simplified Spelling Society is in earnest
> > developing a new English spelling.  If you'd like to participate, check
>it
> > out.  The idea is to make it simpler for people to learn and use.  But
>then
> > there's always texting.
> >
> > Crank Call.  When someone calls you names, such as "crank", they have an
> > obligation to explain why.  Mandel knows my efforts over many years in
> > spelling USA English phonetically.  He knows my 4 books and sees my
> > dedication to my life's work.  I would call his remark the ultimate in
> > cynicism.
> >
> > TV Words.  Of interest are also words TV newscasters are not saying,
>such as
> > the front part of verbs, dropping "is" and "are".   To make up an
>example:
> > "The government giving thought to mobilizing troops."
> >
> > Sammich. It's samrich in our household.  Does one household consist of a
> > dialect?  I wonder how many dialect words come from mispronunciations.
>Like
> > "Bubba" for "brother."
> >
> > Truthiness.  If a word as contradictory meanings, how does one know
>which is
> > meant?
> > 1 : "truth that comes from the gut, not books" (Stephen Colbert, Comedy
> > Central's "The Colbert Report," October 2005)
> > 2 : "the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true,
> > rather than concepts or facts known to be true" (American Dialect
>Society,
> > January 2006)
> >
> > Truespel database is available.   Again, for those interested in
>analyzing
> > USA English or using truespel for other languages, I will gladly freely
> > supply the truespel database of 63k words and provide quality overview.
>You
> > can preview the phonetic notation at truespel.com.
> >
> > Sound emails.  Perhaps we could share sound emails (like from
>springdoo.com)
> > so we can use voice to illustrate phonetics.  I tried a springdoo
>message
> > but it was not recognized.
> >
> >
> > Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
> > See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
> >
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