George Boeree | alternative alphabets

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: alternative alphabets
• Data: 2002-09-19 23:05
• Mesaje: 167 (presedente, seguente)

Alo, ma amis!

We talked a bit about "c vs k" and everyone seemed pretty comfortable
with k as an individual option.

Here are my suggestions for allowing those using cyrillic or hellenic
keyboards to write pijin more comfortably:

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The cyrillic matches up pretty nicely with their phonetic values.  E is
more often pronounced ye, but slavic languages differ on the letter for
the uncommon, simpler e sound.  The hellenic doesn't match up well with
modern Greek, but Greeks will recognize the values of ancient Greek that
match with pijin.  For j, v, and x, I used eta, omega, and chi.

This idea of alternative alphabets doesn't work well with non-European
alphabets and syllabaries.

George

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