You might want to set up another group to discuss International English? Although I guess this forum, is available for selective use. As long as you don't go overboard. However, Anything to do with Shavian, could you please move it over to the new ShawAlphabet Yahoo forum?
Regards, Paul V. P.S. I also agree that it is easier to start anew rather than to revise the T.O. It is hard to get a handle on T.O. You don't even know what sound you are talking about without recourse to examples or I.P.A. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kate and Ze, > > This is an interesting thread. > The conventional wisdom is that radical reforms are too hard to sell. > > Kate argues that it is easier to regularize everything. > Shavians probably agree that it is easier to start anew than to revise what > we have. > > I think that the threshold of a sellable reform is that one that is over 85% > phonemic. > This would make English as easy to learn and use as Spanish. > > --Steve > > > KATE: I'd certainly consider either of these possible for an "international > > English," and would consider working for a group that wanted to > > establish one of these possibilities as a new standard. However, I > > think that the public would not regard either /2/ or /3/ as sufficient > > change in speech to justify a change in spelling that would signal and > > "go with" the new variety. > > ZDR: Wich public do you m?? The anglo public or the non-anglo? Enyway 2 and > 3 is > much mor ch?ge than wat the general anglo public would accept. The non-anglo > public would accept n?ly ENY simplific?ion (regularization), in > pronunci?ion or spelling. > > ZDR: The problem is that it is very dificult to m? them USE > it or be prepaird to use it befor a substantial part of lerners do it (as > very few americans would be prepaird to lern a spanish with simplif? > grammer). And wair do you get that substantial number of p?el who is > prepaird to lern and use something without a substantial number of p?el > b?ng prepaird to lern and use it befor? > > > KATE: I think that we can more easily sell "Let's regularize everything - at > > least for international business/basic communications use" ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/mx3olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shavian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
