tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369361693634492491.post6698174269774311059..comments2016-01-05T17:40:25.671-08:00Comments on The Auxlang Lab: Inlis: Importation and HomonymsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01793038831644847951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369361693634492491.post-21552977526986915382011-02-28T01:39:27.004-08:002011-02-28T01:39:27.004-08:00Apparently I wasn't clear: the various English...Apparently I wasn't clear: the various English vowels are reduced to the standard five (plus diphthongs). Thus the form of "trap" might remain the same, but it would have a standard (non-English) "a" sound; "nurse" would be pronounced "nas" and "start" as "stat"--all with the same standard "a" (generally /a/).<br /><br />The idea is to reproduce the kind of simplification and remapping found in creoles and even in borrowings from English to other languages.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793038831644847951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369361693634492491.post-32274169382854544192011-02-27T02:09:43.056-08:002011-02-27T02:09:43.056-08:00I was just wondering what use it is to keep all th...I was just wondering what use it is to keep all the English vowels sounds if your aim is keep Inlis simple. <br /><br />If TH from THINKING can be dropped in favour of T in TINKIN, why can't these dozen or so vowel sounds be reduced to continental vowels?<br /><br />If you don't want to touch the vowel sounds, don't you think it would be easier to read if umlauts or other diacritics were introduced over vowels. <br /><br />For example, one can write <br /><br />TRAP as TRÄP, <br />NURSE as NÖS, <br />START as STAHT...<br /><br />:)VerdaStelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430769529775101363noreply@blogger.com