II kan git beehiind draping the “e” in “-el” and “-le” construxuns - and also, “-tt-” in the middl ov tuu-silubl werds shud bee “-dd-”, az faloz:
“waddr”, “boddl”, “beddr”, “uddr” (hah), “fladdr”, “maddr”, “kwiddr,” and uthrs uu kan prably figyr owt foor yoorself. Hel, uu kud probly drap wun ov thee reepeetd ledrs, and go with “wadr bodl” wen uur thurstee.
Notis, II also advoocaat uuzing aa dubl vowl tuu indkaat the long vowl sownd, and a singl vowl foor the shoort vowl sownd. (Yes, II noo that ther ar intermeedyaat vowl sowndz az wel; II’m wurking on thee flii heer; giv mee a braak!)
Undr mii proopoosd speling sistm, thee fiinal silabl uv yoor “window” wud maak thee xakt saam sownd it duz now - thee tradishunl long “o” sownd in English wud bee repreezentd with tuu "oo"s - thus maaking it longr than aa singl “o.” “ow” wud bee liik thee “hurt yoorself” sownd.
See, this right here shows how phonetic spelling doesn’t work for English. For a lot of people, “taught” and “thought” couldn’t be distinguished by spelling them as “taht” and “thoht.”
I have some fantasy race spelling rules which contradict each other but I nonetheless hold them both at once.
The plural of “dwarf” should always be “Dwarves”, even when you’re talking about non-Tolkien dwarves. Even Snow White and the Seven Dwar[del]f[/del]ves.
On the other hand, non-Tolkien orcs shall always be spelled “ork” to distinguish them from the Tolkien version.
If college has no “d” in it, why should "knowledge?
I have studied and taught English for nigh onto 40 years, and I still have to either look up, or try to write down (to see if it looks right) “license.”
“Chaise longue.” No, really, I just want some chairs you can lay down in to go around my pool. It does not involve France, chasing, or anything that rhymes with “tongue.” Kind of vulgar, really.
