Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility

[Tom Zurinskas]

To learn English by going from English phonics to IPA phonetics most be excruciating torture for the student.  Replace IPA with truespel phonetics please.  Trials in Korea with high school kids show that they prefer truespel phonetics to IPA or other notations.  It only takes 15 minutes to learn and they can "write" phonetic notes with truespel phonetics in a matter of hours practice.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk
Tom Zurinskas, creator of truepsel phonetics



 
 




> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:01:30 +0800
> From: brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Orthographic reform as a national priority,              an ADS responsibility
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS
>               responsibility
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> WG: <<<What about English-speakers outside of the United States? How will
> they be persuaded to learn the new spelling? Or is the United States going
> to be an orthographic island, like Taiwan?>>>
> WB: In Taiwan, elementary school students learn English using phonics;
> middle school students learn & use "KK" (an IPA-based phonemic system based
> on the old Kenyan & Knott dictionary). All EFL dictionaries use KK, and
> usually add "DJ" as well (Daniel Jones' IPA-based inventory for RP). What
> EFL dictionary does not use IPA?
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