OT: Conorthography aesthetics (WAS: Re: Featural code based on ...
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 10:26 |
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Quoting J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:
> In a message dated 2003:09:09 11:08:21 AM, andjo@FREE.FR quotes Peter
> Bleackley & writes:
>
> >> [ . . . ] hwlinkvhv anvtv awveuowbs euohfv aiuotwveetxvhxviuh
> hfeuowvtwxviuiunv,
> >> euowr tiu teetk auauwvnbvhv akvenvht a hii euohfv twviutbeywlhv anvtv
> >tbvai euotbeoueouhvinkv envtv hdvenbv.
> >
>
> >And thereby the competition for the 2003 Andreas Award for the Ugliest
> >Orthography would appear to be settled.
>
> ROTFLMAO. Does this beat g0miileg0's mutant "NeoGeoFuturist" orthography
> 0_o?
g0miileg0's orthography isn't among the most aesthetically appealing I've
seen, but beyond the use of "0" as a letter there's nothing much I actively
dislike. Pete's system, OTOH, includes stuff like _euohfv_, which makes French
look downright stunning by comparison.
Andreas
PS of my own conlang orthographies, the one I find most aesthetically
appealing is Meghean's. How can anyone fail to love the look of _Gheao Chaino
Seoimearo sedheum_?
PPS That means "I have heard to word of the Lord Creator". The pronunciation
is [Zaw xajno Sojmjaro SeDewm].
PPPS That means I did decide that /s/ get's realized as [S] before /j i e/.
I'll indicate this on the webpage tonight, or so I hope.
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