Where Do Alternate Orthography Games Belong?

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Where Do Alternate Orthography Games Belong?

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Basically, for funzies, i've been trying to see what "reformed" or "[otherlanguage]-ized" spelling. Orthography, as somebody who hates going outside and has difficulty to talking to people no matter how extroverted i feel; is mondo interesting to me, and i've always been interested in written word semantics, pictographs/ signs, and audio recordings used in lieu of talking in person. Yes, I know languages primarily work by being communicated in person, whether spoken or signed. I consider orthography and signage something of arts or beuty in of themselves, no matter how practical the concepts are. So i'd like to showcase some alt-orthographies and visual symbols for languages, without the pretense of people thinking i intend any of them to catch on.

By the by, the only languages i personally think need some remote spelling overhaul are English and Manx Gaelic. However, i'd rather have alternatives than straight-up prescriptivism for even them. English and Manx are very inconsistent spelling-wise, but i get I'm not a speaker of Manx or knowledgeable about all native English dialects.
They or she pronouns. I just know English, have made no conlangs (yet).
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GhostMall wrote: โ†‘Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:17 pm So i'd like to showcase some alt-orthographies and visual symbols for languages, without the pretense of people thinking i intend any of them to catch on.
I think you're pretty safe with that on here! I for one am happy to entertain conlinguistic ideas without regard for real-world feasibility; similarly, it seems that most zbb users lean artlang rather than auxlang. (Doesn't hurt to clarify your position every so often though)

As a topic, I'd say it's best kept to a single thread. I look forward to seeing what you post :)
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If you're asking which forum it goes in, you've posted to the right place.
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๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐ฎ๐‘๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐‘๐‘€๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘‡ ๐‘Œ๐จ๐ผ๐‘† ๐‘‹๐ซ๐‘‰ ๐‘„๐ฐ๐‘Œ ๐ฉ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘‹๐ฌ๐ป ๐‘…๐น๐ฏ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘๐ซ๐‘‰๐‘‹ (^:
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Nortaneous wrote: โ†‘Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:58 pm ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐ฎ๐‘๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐‘๐‘€๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘‡ ๐‘Œ๐จ๐ผ๐‘† ๐‘‹๐ซ๐‘‰ ๐‘„๐ฐ๐‘Œ ๐ฉ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘‹๐ฌ๐ป ๐‘…๐น๐ฏ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘๐ซ๐‘‰๐‘‹ (^:
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TomHChappell wrote: โ†‘Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:44 am
Nortaneous wrote: โ†‘Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:58 pm ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐ฎ๐‘๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐‘๐‘€๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘‡ ๐‘Œ๐จ๐ผ๐‘† ๐‘‹๐ซ๐‘‰ ๐‘„๐ฐ๐‘Œ ๐ฉ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘‹๐ฌ๐ป ๐‘…๐น๐ฏ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘ ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘๐ซ๐‘‰๐‘‹ (^:
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Itโ€™s Deseret, one of many attempts at English spelling reform. According to http://2deseret.com/, it means โ€˜I think English needs more than a remote spelling reformโ€™. (I would have preferred to translate it by hand from the Wikipedia table, but I donโ€™t have enough time to do so right now. Iโ€™d appreciate it if someone else could double-check the websiteโ€™s translation!)
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bradrn wrote: โ†‘Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:59 am Itโ€™s Deseret, one of many attempts at English spelling reform. According to http://2deseret.com/, it means โ€˜I think English needs more than a remote spelling reformโ€™. (I would have preferred to translate it by hand from the Wikipedia table, but I donโ€™t have enough time to do so right now. Iโ€™d appreciate it if someone else could double-check the websiteโ€™s translation!)
I had heard of it, but I didnโ€™t recognize it! Thanks!
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Qwynegold wrote: โ†‘Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:21 pm Have you seen the Romanization challenge thread?
Nah, and the conditions for this site re:necroposting came off a bit unclear and i didn't want to annoy anyone by doing it. Also the thread seems more like a game then the idea i had in mind (in spite of the title i gave). I just wanted to post alternate orthographies.
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I'll post some alternate orthographies in another thread. Thanks for the info, yall.
They or she pronouns. I just know English, have made no conlangs (yet).
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Rule of thumb: the megathreads that aren't a project or a question are okay to necro (well except the census and old political discussions)
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Starbeam wrote: โ†‘Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:31 pmAlso the thread seems more like a game then the idea i had in mind (in spite of the title i gave). I just wanted to post alternate orthographies.
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I'll post some alternate orthographies in another thread. Thanks for the info, yall.
Okay. I just thought you might like that game.
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