LL-L "Orthography" 2002.03.01 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Orthography"

Andy wrote:

> In so far as developing a completely new logical orthography this is true.
> But such reforms only work if there is either a mass demand for
> it or those
> doing it are in a position to enforce it no matter what others may think.
> It's probaly easier to pesuade peole to take small steps.

Andy,

Could you give me a rough idea of what such a programme of
"small steps" would be like? How would you get from our sort
of spellings to something that could be consistent as a
result of being independent of English?

The fact that such a reform might require a mass demand for
it seems to matter little, considering there's no mass demand
for any kind of writing in Scots.

I was originally talking about the idea of using a radical
orthography in a small way (though of course, the larger
the better) to see if people couldn't get used to seeing
it and so come to accept it. One of my original suggestions
to Ron was:

<quote>
The only thing I can think of is that perhaps the ScotsteXt
"Original/Edited" toggle could be used to try and familiarise
people with a "sensibly weird" Scots orthography. That is to
say, I could present the original text with traditional spellings,
but use a radical orthography for the edited texts (presently the
"edited" texts only contain grammatical corrections).
</quote>

Do you think this idea could work?

Sandy
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A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'

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