The relationship between English spelling and English sounds.

The relationship between Shavian spelling and English sounds.

English Spelling Needs the Shavian Alphabet — 𐑲 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑗𐑸𐑑𐑕 𐑑 𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕 𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑟. 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑝 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯!!! (I made these charts to demonstrate how complicated traditional spelling is. Just look at the simplicity of Shavian!!!) #linguistics #phonemes #graphemes

Do we all agree that there's an implicit badass ranking amongst letters? And that these are remarkably similar across alphabet systems?

Roman
1. Z
2. X
3. Q

Arabic
1. ق
2. ظ
3. ك

Purely here to ruffle feathers on this #SnowDay

#alphabet #alphabets #writingsystems #language #phonemes #poetry

Apocope de la chatte

L'apocope est la suppression d'un ou plusieurs phonèmes à la fin d'un mot. #Apocope #Suppression #Phonemes #Mot #Fin

Love it when things click like that. Also I could be wrong #gaeilge #language #learn #phonemes

Language Log » Phonemic analysis of animal sounds as spelled in various popular languages

"phonemically the sounds made by the animals across the world are cognate in cat-speak, duck-speak, pig-speak, and so forth."

#language #phonemes #onomatopoeia

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68592...

Yay! I have basic reading skills. #phonemes.