XO-XO-XO!
Tom Zurinskas
truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Nov 29 14:40:43 UTC 2006
After respelling English in truespel, I had x and q left over. So what to
do with them. They should be applied to the most common none English
sounds. So I use x for the glottal fricative or trilled k sound and q for
the trilled r sound. I believe these two are the most used in other
languages.
Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
>From: GLL <guy1656 at OPUSNET.COM>
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>Subject: Re: XO-XO-XO!
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:07:30 -0800
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>: And I always thought it was a phonetic attempt at a Santa Claus laugh!
>:
>: dInIs
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>Santa laughing with a glottal frictive - is this an Ed Wood movie?
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>- GLL
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