LL-L "Orthography" 2002.12.03 (09) [S]

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From: Andy (Scots-Online) <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2002.11.23 (01) [S]

Sandy Fleming wrate:
> Subject: "Orthography"
>
> > From: John M. Tait jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk
> > Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2002.11.16 (02) [S]
> >
> > Is this an ettle ti _describe_ English spellin or ti _justifee_
> > it? (I'm no
> > juist shuir whit ye'r sayin maugre ye gie a puckle mair examples.) Thon
> > aboot closed an open syllables seems ti me ti be clutchin at clessical
> > straes.
>
> My description mair or less gauns wi Letts "Getting to Grips
> with Spelling" (Letts being thon educational/office stationary
> publisher here in the UK). It's naither the tane nor the tither,
> mair like "prescription bi description". For English spellin I
> dout the'r nae ither option - ye canna prescribe till ye'v
> described, an wi English spellin ye never come tae the end o
> description - or no athoot writin a hale spellin dictionar,
> onywey!

Amang the beuks A haed a bit keek intae whan pittin 'Wir Ain Leid' thegither
wis:

Aw bi  William Alexander Craigie, 1969

English spelling : Its rules and reasons . - Folcroft, Pa. : Folcroft Pr. ,
1969 . - VIII, 115 pp.
Repr. fae. New York 1927

Some anomalies of spelling  - [Repr. fae1942 . - Folcroft, Pa. : Folcroft
Pr. , 1969 . - 26 pp.

Problems of spelling reform . - Folcroft, Pa. : Folcroft Pr. , 1969 . - 29
pp. Repr.fae1944

Gin A mynd richt (aiblins ower semplifeein it a guid bit) English spellin
is foondit on twa 'tradeetions' An Anglo-Saxon ane an a French/Laitin ane.
Thon's whaur monie o the contradeections comes fae - ower an abuin sindrie
haivers that's been brocht in bi dictionar makers an the like.

A read a wheen ither beuks anent English spellin an the history o't an aw
but A aye seem tae mynd thir three.
Aiblins it wis thaim that pit the maiter ower clearest an semplest.

Andy Eagle

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Folk,

A maun say A div lik the spellin "eu" insteid o "ui" (e.g., in "beuk" versus
"buik") fine. Gin A mynd richt, the conservative pronunciaition is [ø] (as
in French _peu_, German _schön_ an Norwegian _kø_).  "Eu" is eesed (yeused?
yeesed?) for [ø] in French, the langages o the Netherlands an in Afrikaans
an aw.

Will ye writ "eu" in aw cases, in "geud" an "ceud" an aw, where "guid" an
"cuid"'s mair sitable for the byleids o the north ([gwid], [kwid])?  A see
"guid" abeun in Andy's postin.

What aboot/about "oo" or "ou"?  Is it aye "ou" noo/nou, Andy an Sandy?

Regairds,
Reinhard/Ron

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