LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.09 (01) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.10.08 (10) [E]

Gary wrote:

> dher ë sëy menij vërajëtiz ëv evrij læængwidzh
> - bij præwd ë dhë wan juw spijk

That's nothing new; people tell me to "mind my language" all the time... ;-)

Gabriele

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Haj Ben ën evrijwan

Ben, juw aast:

'Woe! That looked like phonetic English to me! Is that
a spoken dialect?
Where is it spoken. It looked like a German or Dutch
linguist trying to
phoneticize English!'

Wew, i' iz karën'lij spëykën in Dzhëëmënij, baj
mij, ëz aj liv hië (in Bëëlin), sëy mejbij dher
aa sëm Dzhëëmën inflywënsiz... hæwevë, am frëm
nuwth-ijs Landën - a dzhas wonid të shëy dhë' i'
dazën' mædë wo' uwthogrëfij jë jywz wen jë
rajtin in dajëlekt, dzhas raj' ëz jë spijk.
Problëm næw iz, i' riëlij dazën lyk verij
Ingglish, ba' hej - maj dajëlekt, a kën dyw woda
won' widh i' ;-)

Gary

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

Gary, mi maj',

Hæw ëbæw' índykejting prájmæri stres?  I' wud mejk joë sístëm ízië të rijd.
Ëf koëz, stres nevë fawz on "ë" (schwa), sëw i’ duzn hæv të bij shëwn in
wëëdz lajk "ëbæw'", "ëpon" oë "nevë."

Wo’ dyw jyw think?

Tshiëz, maj’!

Ron

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