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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.

GhostMall wrote: ↑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

If you're asking which forum it goes in, you've posted to the right place.

𐐴 𐑃𐐮𐑍𐐿 𐐮𐑍𐑀𐑊𐐮𐑇 𐑌𐐨𐐼𐑆 𐑋𐐫𐑉 𐑄𐐰𐑌 𐐩 𐑉𐐨𐑋𐐬𐐻 𐑅𐐹𐐯𐑊𐐮𐑍 𐑉𐐨𐑁𐐫𐑉𐑋 (^:

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:58 pm 𐐴 𐑃𐐮𐑍𐐿 𐐮𐑍𐑀𐑊𐐮𐑇 𐑌𐐨𐐼𐑆 𐑋𐐫𐑉 𐑄𐐰𐑌 𐐩 𐑉𐐨𐑋𐐬𐐻 𐑅𐐹𐐯𐑊𐐮𐑍 𐑉𐐨𐑁𐐫𐑉𐑋 (^:

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TomHChappell wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:44 am

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:58 pm 𐐴 𐑃𐐮𐑍𐐿 𐐮𐑍𐑀𐑊𐐮𐑇 𐑌𐐨𐐼𐑆 𐑋𐐫𐑉 𐑄𐐰𐑌 𐐩 𐑉𐐨𐑋𐐬𐐻 𐑅𐐹𐐯𐑊𐐮𐑍 𐑉𐐨𐑁𐐫𐑉𐑋 (^:

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It’s Deseret, one of many attempts at English spelling reform. According to http://2deseret.com/, it means ‘I think English needs more than a remote spelling reform’. (I would have preferred to translate it by hand from the Wikipedia table, but I don’t have enough time to do so right now. I’d appreciate it if someone else could double-check the website’s translation!)

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:59 am It’s Deseret, one of many attempts at English spelling reform. According to http://2deseret.com/, it means ‘I think English needs more than a remote spelling reform’. (I would have preferred to translate it by hand from the Wikipedia table, but I don’t have enough time to do so right now. I’d appreciate it if someone else could double-check the website’s translation!)

I had heard of it, but I didn’t recognize it! Thanks!

Have you seen the Romanization challenge thread?

Qwynegold wrote: ↑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.

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)

Starbeam wrote: ↑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.