LL-L "Orthography" 2002.04.18 (05) [E]

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 L O W L A N D S - L * 18.APR.2002 (05) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Sorry.  This one got away mysteriously ...  RFH

Dear Lowlanders,

Those of you who are interested in spelling systems, including those
among you who have been finding it difficult to understand the basic
concepts mentioned in our discussions on orthography, might find the
following websites instructive and in part amusing:

Alphabets & Reading
http://www.unifon.org/alphabets-reading.html

The Sounds of English & Their Graphical Representation
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vangogh/555/Spell/saunds-eng.html

Polyvalence in Traditional English Spelling
http://www.unifon.org/polyvalence.html

Phonics, Syllable & Accent Rules
http://www.unifon.org/phonics-rules.html

On the Number of Phonemes in the English Language
http://www.unifon.org/number-of-phonemes.html

Absurdities of English Spelling
http://www.unifon.org/sweet-absurd.htm

Orthographic Design Principles
http://www.unifon.org/ortho-principlz.html

Writing Systems of the World
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writintro.htm

Augmented & Extended Alphabets
http://www.unifon.org/augmented-alfabet.html

SPELLING REFORM
And The Real Reason It's Impossible
Clearing away 12 bad arguments against reform
http://www.unifon.org/badarguments.html

English Spelling Reform
http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/

Simpl Spel
http://www.unifon.org/ssn-oct01.html

And there are more.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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