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e zee english This is a phonetic intermediate effort. Be patient. We are digitalizing my better alhhabet. mishYuhn stAtmnt: too ferTHr werlD PEs thru Betr kuhmUnikAshun, witch kan BE uhchEvD with Uh werlD-wID awksiLYerE LaYnGwiDJ. too mAk uhvaYLuhBL too evrEwun EzE-EnG-Lish, witch I eksPekt wiL BE that LaYnGwiDJ. I eksPekt that mOst PEPL wiL kuntinU too Uz THuh LaYnG-wiDJ uv thaYr PaYrents anD Lurn Enuf EzE too get BI. EzE wiL BE uh lingua franca - uh kahmun LaYnGwiDJ UzD BI PEPLs uv Divrs sPEch. EzE-EnG-Lish kan awLsO BE uzD too tEch chuhLDrn English. PrahJekt DeskriPshun: THuh sOshuL nED too rED anD rIt is ahBVEus. I wiL fOkus on THuh iLiterit in noo Yawrk sitE Buht THuh PrahJekt wiL surv evrEwun evrEwaYr. *** THuh EnGLish LaYnGwiDJ wun THuh hUman rAs. The Story of Engllsh by McCrum, Cran anD MacNeil eksPLAnD how anD wI. it iz THuh intuhrnaYtshunL LaYnGwiDJ. aYr trafik kuntrOLrs at awL THuh werLDz aYrPawrts Uz it. mOst sIentifik JernLz ahr PrintD in it. THuh LaYnGwiDJ UzD at awL mAJr internaYshunL konferensez iz EnGLish. wen Berliner Morgenpost eksekUtivs wantD Uh noo sLOGn, THA chOz "Simply the best." Volkswagen's nooest mahDL iz "The new Beetle." in Pevek, uh harBr in Russia's fawrsAkn Arctic, a hamr anD sikL haz Bin sPrA-PAntD with uh swahstikuh anD THuh EnGLish worDs The ExploiteD. EnG-Lish iz THuh PLaneterE LaYnGwiDJ anD BEYahnD THuh PLanet. THuh furst mesiJ fruhm THuh sPAskraYft Voyager iz in EnGLish.
in sum wAYz, EnG-Lish iz simPLr THan menE uhTHr LaYnGwiDJs. it haz THuh nootrL ahrtikL "THuh", unLIk françaiz anD español anD too menE uhTHrz with maskULin anD feminin, anD Deutsch with maskULin, feminin anD nETHr. its twentE-siks Letrs ar EzE-r too Lurn anD uz THan LaYnGwiDJs with hunDreDz awr thowznDz uv sImBLz. eksPresYunz ahr UzULE shawrtr in English anD "Englsh iz uh LaYnGwiDJ that LenDz itseLf sooPerBLE too PiDJinizAshum, sO it kan BE sPOkn in fawrmz THat mAk Yawr haYr stanD on enD, But kan stiL BE unDrstooD." Mario Pei az EnGLish haz invADiD uhTHr kuntrEz, uhTHr LaYnGwiDJs hav invADiD THuh UnItD StAts. with THOz wurDz kuhm THuh Difrensez uv PrOnunsEAshun anD sPeLEnG uv THOz LaYnGwiDJs. EnGLish awLsO haz its On iDEuht-sEnkruhsEz (mI nEuhLOJizm - noo wurD) uv Gramr anD ir-rAGULr vurBz anD iDEOmatik eksPresYunz. eksePshunz too rooLz ahr THuh mOst frustrAtEnG Part uv LurnEnG enE-thEnG. OBstikLs. mawr stuf U hav too rEmemBr, memawrIz. UnLes THA ahr DooEnG it fawr PLezhYur awr BEkawz THA enJoY uh chaLenJ, PEPL Doo not Lurn sumthEnG witich iz DifikuLt, anD witch THA Doo not sE uh nED fawr. uh GrowEnG numBr uv PEPL ahr DimaYnDEnG THat Guvernment survisez BE awfrD in THaYr LaYnGwiDJ. so menE THat sum wooD mAk EnG-Lish owr OfisYuL LaYnGwiDJ anD fawrs PEPL too Uz it. wE Do not nED too Uz fawrs. PEPL wiL Lurn anD Uz EnGLish wen it iz EzE. EnGLish haz twentE siks Letrs But aBowt fawrtE sownDz. It iz infestD with sILent anD DuhBL Leturz, awL uv witch it iz necessarY too rEmemBr. for THEz anD THowzanDz uv uhTHr REzns, EnGLish iz one uv THuh mOst DifikuLt LaYnGwiDJs too Lurn.
wI Doo thEnGz THuh harD wA? BEkawz wE aLwAz hav? wE hav Bin BraYn-PuhLootD too aksePt unkwestYunEnGLE. "If it werks, DOnt fiks it." waht if it werks PoorLY? wE kan-not uhfawrD THuh wa$te anD inefishEnsE uv an ahBsOLEt LaYnGwiDJ or anYTHuhEnG eLs witch iz ahBsOLEt anD inefficient, such as owr sistm uv wAts anD mezhYurz. Muslims saY "Only Allah can create perfection." wE must trI. wE ahr eksPerEnsEnG an inkreDiBL inkrEs uv infawrmAshun. Owr chiLDren ahr inunDAtD in noo infawrmAshum THA ahr eksPekteD too Lurn, too hav in THaYr BIOLahJikL RanDuhm akses memawrE, uhvaYuhLuhBL fawr instant rekawL, Bekawz THA mIt nED it sumDA. Owr sOsIetE iz fOkusD ahn, sum wooD sA ahBsest with, DiJitL infawrmAshum. anuhLahG infawrmAshum awfen iz aDikwit; sumtImz it iz Betr. Its UzUaLE Enuf too BE ABL too fInD infawrmAshum if wE neD it. Ovr THuh sentYurEz EnGLish PrOnunsEAshuns hav ChAnJD. sPeLEnG must chanJ az PronunsEAshun chAJez. wE kan stiL unDrstaYnD sum uv THuh EnGLish uv THuh miDL AJez. PEPL stiL uhnDrstaYnD anD Uz THuh kEnG James verzYun uv THuh Bible. THuh kEnG iz DeD, anD BerED. It iz tIm too BerE THuh kEnGs EnGLish, with its inefishent sPeLEnG anD irAGULr verBs anD uhTHr iDEuht-sYnkrasez. I enJoY frEkEnG owt wIt rAsists BI PoYntEnG owt THat BLak EnGLish anD EBoniks anD EnGLish as sPOkn BI EnGLish az a sekunD LaYnGwiDJ aDuLts ahr far mawr sensiBL, LahJikL anD efishent THan ahBsuLEt EnGLish or OE. I nOtis THuh wurDz THA omit anD rELIz wE DOnt neD THem, anD That THaYr chAnJez ahr imProovments. sPEkEnG with THem, I fahLO THaYr LED anD soon I fEL kumfawrtBL. famiLYaritE shuD not BrEnG kontemPt. famiLYaritE shooD BrEnG ease, komfawrt, fonDness. "I GOEnG too . . ." who nEDs am? I DOnt. You DOnt. who nEDs uhPahruhfEz? George Bernard Shaw, THuh Nobel PrIz winEnG EnGLish PLAYrIt hoo krEAtD a noo aLfuhBet, hAtD uhPahstruhfEz. (He aLso hAtD ItaLiks.) "I have written aint, dont, havnt, shant, shoodnt, and wont for twenty years with perfect impunity, usin g the uhPahstruhfE only when its omission would suggest another word: for example hell for he'll. There is not the faintest reason for persisting in the ugly and silly trick uv peppering pages with these uncouth bacilli. if IT'S ITS, IT'S ITS; IF IT'S IT Iz, IT'S IT'S. wI BahTHr rEmemBrEnG THis? wur THEz THuh '90s? Or THuh 90's? Or THuh 90s? I wuz as aDamentLE in fAvr uv THuh furst as WiLiam Safire anD The N.Y. Times ahr in fAvr uv THuh sekunD. If THA THEnk wE kan Get aLawnG wiTHowt THuh uPahstrOfE in THuh first POzishun, anD I THEnk wE kan Get aLawnG wiTHowt it in THuh sekunD, wE kan Get aLawG wiTHowt it in ETHr PLAs. wE shooD sPeL THuh waY wurDz ahr sPOkn. sPeLEnG must khanGe as PronunsEAshun chAnJez. sum LaYnGwiDJs hav minor variashuns in PronunsEAshun — DiaLekts. I DOnt LIk maJoritE rooL, witch kan BE mahB rooL. But in THiz kAs I kuD Live with it. wE kooD Live with minor reGionaL variashuns in sPeLEnG.
wE kan not BerE OBsoLete EnGLish untiL wE rePLas it with sumthEnG Betr. EzE-EnG-Lish iz Betr. THuh hIfenz ahr oPshunL. THuh first iz THaYr so kumPUtrz wiL aksePt it. owr LaYnGwiDJ haz uhBowt fawrtE sownDz. Over uh hunDreD Yerz uhGO THuh InternashunL FOnetik aLfuhBet was krEAtD. Its Basik PrinkiPL iz THat wun simBL rePrEzents wun sownD. sevruL simBLz ahr a kahmBinAshun uv Leturz or sYmBLz. sum simBLz ahr unfamiLYr. It iz neseserE too Lurn how too Pronouns THem anD rememBr THem. sum IPA simBLz ahr not on a tIPrItr awr kumPUtr kEBawrD or in wurD PrahsesEnG simBLz. THuh IPA rEtAnz iDiot-sYnkrakies uv ahBsOLEt EnGLish: sum Leturz hav sownDs uv oTHr Leturz. mawr rEsentLE Shaw krEAtD a noo aLfuhBet kawLeD Shavian. A BiL too rekwIr its Us awLmOost Past in THuh House of Commons. THuh Leturz in an erLE version wEre totaLE unLIk anY wE nO. A noo aLfuhBet must BE uhnDrstaYnDaBL BI everYwun who uhnDrstaYnDs owr Preznt wun. EzE-EnG-Lish iz. haD it Bekum Law, mOst aDuLts wooD hav refUzD too Lurn anD Uz Shavian, as Amerikans rEfUz too Uz THuh metrik sistm. PEPL rEzist suDn, mAJr chAnJe if THA sE no nED fawr it. THA UzUaLE wiL aksePt smooTH tranzishuns anD wELkum THem if THA ahr EzEr. Hegel rOt: "PEPLs anD Guvernments nevr hav LurnD enETHEnG from histawrE, or akteD on PrinsiPLz DeDoosD frum it." In THuh 1960s The Initial Teaching Alphabet wuz krEAtD anD rEPEtD sum uv THuh fawLts uv THuh IPA. Noah Webster intrODusD sPeLEnG imProovments in hiz 1828 DikshunerE. sum wEre akkePteD anD UzD; sum wErnt. how Doo wE krEAt THuh aDishunL Leturz wE nED, kEPEnG THem uhnDrstaYDuBL too evrEwun who uhnDrstaYnDs ahBsOLEt EnGLish? wI Doo wE kaPitaLIz THuh furst Letr uv a sentens? wI? Bekawz wE aLwAz hav? Bekawz evrEwun eLs Duz it? Too inDikAt THuh start uv a sentens? THOz ahr not GuD rEznz. wE rekoGnIz THuh start uv a sentens BEkawz THaYr wuz a PerEuD at THuh enD uv THuh PrEvEus sentens.
wI eLs Doo wE kaPitaLIz a Letr? BEkawz it iz a "PrahPr" noun. A PursonL nA. PrahPr nouns ahr not kaPitaLIzD in menE LaYnGwiDJs. HEBroo anD AraBik anD menE uTHr aLfuhBets DOnt hav uPr anD Lowr kAsez. wI Doo wE kaPitaLIz THuh PursonL PrOnawn "I"? BEkawz uv owr eGOz? wE DOnt kaPitaLIz You or us or we or they or them. THuh wurD fawr I iznt kaPitaLIzD in menE LaYnGwiDJs. If wE kaPitaLIz vowELz - A, E, I, O anD U - waYrevr THA uPEr in a sentens wen anD OnLE wen THA hav a fuL sownD - A, E, I, O, U - wE wiL aLwAz nO how too PrOnowns THem. This iz in BOLD tIP BEkawz it iz THuh BOLDest Premis uv EzE-EnG-Lish. nOt THuh wurD Premis. I DOnt LIk ruLe; I PrEfr frEDum. This iz anuTHr fEtYur uv EzE-EnG-Lish: it iz vahLunterE. in EzE-EnG×Lish I iz kaPitaLIzD OnLE BEkawz it haz a fuL sownD - eYe. THis iz THuh AJ uv kumPUtrs — LIk it or not. wE ahr Lahkt intoo THuh stanDrD kumPUtr kEBawrD fawr now But wE kan rEPrOGram it. A few sownDz in EnGLish now nED too or thrE Leturz. I krEAtD a noo font witch skwEzes fumiLYr Leturz tooGeTHr wIL keePEnG THuhm rEDuBL anD uhnDrstaYnDuBL. wE now hav menE mawr Leturz wE wiL aLwAz PrOnowns kawrektLE. a haz THuh a sownD in Bat. ah in Bar or faTHuhr. aY in air. ch haz THuh tch sownD, lIk THuh Letr c in italien LaYnGwiDJ. nG in sEnG. Two os toGeTHr in Book. Two Low "LazY" os toGeTHr fawr THuh vowEL sownD in fooD. ow in out. oY in BoY. s or S anD h or H fawr sh, THuh fawr THuh soft THuh sownD in THEnG. kaPitaLIzD fawr THuh vIBrAtEnG THuh sownD in THuh. u anD h fawr THuh skhwa, THuh BakkwrDs e witch haz Bin kawLD an inDefinit voweL sownD. Z or z anD H or h in trezhur.
much uv THuh kunfUzYun in ahBsOLEt EnGLish rEzuLts frum Difrenses in THuh shAPs uv THuh uPr anD Lowr kAsez uv mOst uv THuh Leturz, anD THuh miror imiJes uv sum Leturz. wE ahr wawrnD "mInD Yawr Ps anD qs." EzE ELiminAts kunfUzYun BI uzEnG OnLE uPr kAs P. wE DOnt nED Q. moov THuh twEL PAJez it ahkUPIs in THuh DikshunerE too k. Uz kw skwEezeD toGeTHuhr insteD uv qu.. EzE Uzez OnLE uPr kAs B anD D so wE DOnt nED too "mInD Yawr Bs anD Ds." THuh DesenDrs - G, J, P, q, anD Y - wAst vertikL sPAs. UnLes THuh uPr kAs iz sPesifikaLE JustifID as it iz here anD eLswhere, EzE Uzs LOwer kAs konsunants BEkawz LowEr kAs rEDs fastr. I aYm LimitD too sevin PAJez. THuh rEmAnEnG PAJez wiL BE at thefriendlytranger.com anD a kahPE fahLOz THuh tImLIn. wI am I kunvinsD EzE-EnG-Lish wiL suksED wen sO menE uTHr efrts hav faYiLD? I hav LurnD frum THem anD ELiminAtD THaYir fawLts. "If I hav sEn furTHr it iz BI staYnDEnG on THuh shOLDrs uv JIaYnts." Isaac Newton. wE kan sE Even furTHr BI stanDEnG on THaYr heDz. wE hav kumPUtrs now. wE wiL hav softwaYr witch wiL eLiminAt THuh nED fawr aDuLts Literat in EnGLish too Lurn EzE if THA DOnt wahnt too. wE wiL BE aBL too tIP in ahBsOLEt EnGLish anD THuh skrEn wiL shO, anD THuh Printr wiL Print, in EzE. wE wiL hav DikshunerEz. THuh wurLDs LaYnGwiDJs inkLooDEnG ahBsOLEt EnGLish, into EzE-EnG-Lish, anD THuh rEvurs. furst wE wiL hav sawftwaYr anD soon wE wiL hav kEBawrDs with THuh EzE aLfuhBet erGOnahmikLI hrAnJD.arranGeD (most frEkwentLI UzD Leturz on THuh home row) anD finaLE voYs rekuGnishun. PEPL wiL not BahTHr to Lurn ahBsOLEt EnGLish. "[BLEP] Dat [BLEP], maYn!" wE wiL hav a PLaneterE LaYnGwiDJ. EverYwun wiL BE aBL too kuhmUnikAtunikAt with evrEwun eLs. I hOP THA wil kuhmUnnikAt anD wahnt anD want what I want: frE×Duhm anD LiB×uhr×tE, rIts anD rE-sPahn-si-Bi-Li-tE anD E-fizh-en-sE.
kuhmUnitE tIz: I LivD in THuh Eat ViLiJ DurEnG THuh sIkeDELik sikstEz anD seventEz anD hurD BILEnGwuL PEPL sPEk Spanglish - a BLenD uv EnGLish anD Spanish. THA Uz witchevr frAzez ahr shawrtr. Ovr uh hunDreD LaYnGwiDJs ahr UzD in uhmerikuh. Enawrmus efawrt iz wastD in transLAshun anD PrintEnG, anD eksPensiv anD emBaresEnG miztAks ahr mAD. PEPL wil enthoozEaYstiklE Lurn EnGLish wen it iz EzE. efektivnes: I wil know it iz efektiv wen I sE EzE-EnG-Lish ritn anD sawftwaYr anD DikshunerEz anD Books in EzE-EnG-Lish. TImLIn: sawftwaYr too DiJitLIz THuh Leturz shooD BE komPLeteD anD DEBuGD within uh munth aftr I fInD a PrOGramr. I hav transLAtD THuh 850 wurDz uv BAsik EnGLish, THuh 1500 wurDz uv VoYs uv uhmerikuh sPeshuhL EnGLish anD THuh 3500 mOst kahmun ahBsOLEt EnGLish wurDz into EzE-EnG-Lish. I wiL traYnsLAt Airspeak anD Shipspeak anD Medical Survival English. nekst I wiL rIt uh DikshunerEaYrE with moDurn Definishuns. I wil hav softwaYr ritn THat wil enABL us too tIP or kEYPunch in ahBsOLEt EnGLish anD THuh skreen wil show, anD THuh Printer wil Print, EzE-EnG-Lish. I hav kontaktD ProLiterasE.orG, THuh merJD LiterasEvahLuntErs.orG anD LawBah.orG I wil kontakt Easy English News anD U. S. EnGLish, Inc. anD infawrm THem aBowt uh Betr wA. I hav kahntaktD a PuBLishr anD wen I kumPLEt THuh DikshunerE, I wil awfr aYn artikL too The N.Y. Times anD The London Times anD urJ THm too sImuL-PuBLish it. I wil infawrm THuh Brits That I kooD hav kawLD it EzE-uh-mer-i-kn. chuLDren ahr aLreDE usEnG sum uv EzE in THaYr E-maiL. I wooD not BE surPrIzD if EzE-EnG-Lish BEkumz PahPULr LitereLE aLmOst OvrnIt.
I hav Bin aDvIzD too nOT seek mawr THan wun feLOwshiP. "THaYL think U ahr sPreDEnG YawrseLf too thin." I am GooD at non-kumPUtr muLtE-taskEnG. Doo wahtevr iz EzEst first, too Parafraz sIens-fikshun authr Robert Heinlein "If you're not havng fun, you're not doing it correctly." George Gordnn (George Gordon.com) I aYm! I hav Dun mOst uv THuh neseserE wurk on EzE-EnG-Lish. AwL That rEmAnz fawr mE too Doo iz finD PrOGraYmrz anD transLAt a fYooew wurDz anD write a DikshunerEaYrE, witch I wil rEGarD az a sPaYr tIm rekrEAshunL aktivitE. EzE-EnG-Lish wil haPn. It wil haPn sunr if I hav THuh neseserE funDz. If Yoo stiL nED kunvinsEnG how imPortnt sumthEnG wE tAk fawr GrantD iz, vizit Proliteracy.org *** Leturz anD numBrs (noomerLs) wil not BE konfUzD wen THA ahr PrahPerLY DuhzInD. kaPitL I kan not BE mistAkn fawr THuh noomerL 1 wen I Looks mawr LIk a siDwAz kaPitL H. kaPitaL L kahnot BE kunfUzD with THuh noomerL 1. THuh GrEk Letur Phi, a LAzE OvL with uh 1:35 o'kLahk sLash, ?, iz a Betr zErO witch kanot BE konfUzD with THuh Letr O. wE wil stoP kunfUsEnG 6s anD 9s with 8s wen wE stahP uzEnG 6s anD 9s That Look LIk an inkumPLEt 8. LowEr kAs B, D, G, J, P, anD Y ahr rEPLasD BI uPr kAs B, D, G, J, P, anD Y. THA hav THuh sownDs Buh, Duh, Guh, Juh, Puh, anD Yuh. THuh fuL sownDs uv THEz Leturz ahr sPeLD anD PrOnownsD BE, DE, JE, JA, PE, anD wI. If U nED too mentaLE aYD anuTHr Letr, BEE, DEE, JEE, JAA, PEE anD wIY, Thats OkA. wahtevr wurks fawr U. maksimum rEDuBiLitE iz THuh GOL. UPr kAs Z kooD BE UzD fawr THuh ZEEE sownD, THus EZ EnG×Lish, But PEPL mIt PrOnowns it ease EnGLish. wE hav Gahtn much frum HeLEnz (GrEks), But wE DOnt nED anD shooD not want THir Letr X. It iz raYrLE UzD anD mA hav ETHr wun uv two sownDs (ZE or ks), sumtImz BOth in THuh sAm wurD. Xerox Looks kLevr But iz PrOnownsD ze×rahks. This iz Duhm! Lets onr RentGn BI kawLEnG hiz DizkovrE RentGn raYs or R-rAz. wE kan Uz THuh ks keY fawr a noo simBL, ks skwEezD toGeTHr.
Lets ask wI? or wI not? wI naht? aBowt evrEthEnG. Uz THuh kLEn shEEt uv rEsIkLD PAPr or THuh BLaYnk Bak uv skraP PAPr DuhzInrz shooD DunzIn with. If U DOnt LIk uPr kAs Leturz, wE kooD Uz a makron (mA×krahn) _ over vowLz with a fuL sownD, as LawnG az wE Doo sumTHEnG too inDikate it. waht aBowt PersonL nAmz That BEGin with uh short sownD? AL, ED, IzraeL, Oskar anD oTHrs, Lizn uP! If You insizt on kaPitLIzEnG Yawr nAm, wE kooD Uz a Brev, (THuh simBL fawr a short sownD, 2,12 in WP6.0 WP kharaktrs) over THuh Letr, or even a mA-krahn, (THuh simBL fawr a LonG sownD, 2,17). wE must BE aBLe too Uz eiTHuhr uv THuhm BEkawz wen hanDritn, PEPL wil Get LazY anD mAk THuh Brev straiGht. komPuter nurDz kawL THuhiz switch a toGGLe. It shows it iz THuh oPPosite or too watkh Out! How aBowta noo eksPression fawr makron or Brev? maYBe emBE? meanwhiLe, wE kan unDerLine it or even Uz a Pen too ProDuke THuh Brev or mAkron too show an uPr kAs voweL witch Duznt hav a fuL sownD. If it iz aLreDE unDrLInD fawr anuTHr rEzn, aYD a sekonD unDerLine. If PEPL mizPrOnowns Yowr nAm anD You want THuhm too PrOnowns it korrektLY, You wil hav too khanGe THuh waY You sPeL it. if U DOnt kaYr, i DOnt kaYr. DOnt kum×PLAn. THuh hIfn or × senterD Daht (6,31 in Word Perfect) iz UzD in fawrmL EzE-EnG×Lish too inDikAt siLuhBLs. "Syllabication must be phonetic." (Noory) siLuhBikAshun iz not rEkwirD. Uz THuh hIfn or senterD Daht if Uwant too insYur THuh wurD wil BE PrOnownsD PerfektLE.
PronunsEAshun shooD not fahLO enE rooL witch mAks wurDz******* Les uhnDrstaYnDuhBL. uhBahLish THuh rooL that a sertin numBr siLuhBL in PahEsiLahBik wurDz iz awLwAz aksentD. in×DE×faht×EG×uh×BL rEfurz too fahtEG, not fat. wI PrOnowns it in-DE-faht-i-Guh-BL? Im-PO-tent means Lahk uv POtensE, Lahk uv Powr. wI PrOnowns it imP-itent? It Duz not rEfr too imPs aLTHuhouGh sum men maY thEnk imPs kaUz THuh ProBLem. Iz an enDEnG or or er? neiTHuhr. r iz suffikient. traktr, vizitr, etk. r haza rrr sownD. kaPitaL R sownDs as it Dooes in THuh wurD ahr. PLuraLs ahr inDikateD BI s or es or z or ez with no irreGuLar fawrms. wen DiD THuh eksPression hanDrItEnG BEkum kursive writEnG? kursiv mEnz too fLO. HanDrItEnG shooD naht rEkwIr LiftEnG THuh Pen or PensiL too Dot i or J or kraws t. THaYr iz no nED too Dot THuh J. If wE ahr kaYrfuL too kEP i short anD withowt an e-LIk LooP, anD kEP it tawL anD withow uha LOwr-kAs eL-LIk LooP anD mAk sure THuh eL haz uh LooP, wE wil not kunfUz THem. reLativLE LitL infawrmAshun iz transmitD BI hanDrItEnG. Iz G soft as in Gee whiz? Or harD as in Gun? G shooD hav a harD sownD (Guh) unLess it haz uh Brev or mA×krahn too inDikAt it iz an eksePshun. kawL THuh Letr Guh, not JEE. If GeneraL Motors Duznt LIk BE-EnG kawLD GheneraL Motors, THA kan aYD THuh Brev or mAkrahn Ovr THuh G or THA kan sPeL it JeneraL Motors. wE hav GravitY. It iz kunsiztent too hav Ghee fawrsis, insteD uv PronowsEnG it JEE fawrss. noBahDE wil konfUz it with renDereD Butter. wI DOnt wE kawL evrEwun what THA kawL THemseLvz? Germans ahr Deutskhers. wE shooD sPeL BrasiL as BrasiLeiros Doo with an s, not a z. HowEver, I wooD not kawL a DiktatorshiP THuh frE PEPLs rePuBLik uv [whatever] Just BEkawz THA Doo. InfawrmAshun shooD BE transmiteD too us as kwikLE as PosiBLE, as erLE in a sentens as PosiBL. In esPañoL interuhGAtiv sentensez start anD enD with a kwEstYun mark, anD ekskLamatawrEY sentensez start anD with an ekskLamAshun Point. I DOnt see a nED fawr THuh inishL wuns too BE uPsID Down, But I Doo sE uh nED fawr THem.
EzE-EnG×Lish Uziz THuh ahBvEus simPLifikAshuns: eLiminAt DuhBL anD sILent Leturz. It eliminAts e in Past tense -eD anD rEPLAsez THuh D with uh t. THuh wurD hav a t sownD, not a D sownD. wE wawkt; wE DiD not wawL×keD. Prezent PartisiPLz, verBs with -EnG enDEnGs, ahr PrOnownsD -EnG anD ahr sPeLD That wA. PEPL hav JustifIuhBLE kumPLAnD aBowt seksizm in LaYnGwiDJ. hE awr shE? how aBowt sh-hE, aLwAz with THuh hIfn too inDikAt uh Pawz. men anD wimen: wih-men;. him or her, himrhur . wI iz owr aLfuhBet in THuh awrDr it iz in? BEkawz it awLwAz haz Bin? not uh GooD rEzn. wooD it BE mawr efishint in uhnuhTHr awrDr? wen I awrGnIz thEnGz, I Put simiLr thEnGz tooGeTHr. UnLes I Lurn uv a Betr orDr, vowLz wil BE tooGeTHr, sePuhrAtD frum konsonants BI Y, witch haz Bin kawLD a haLf-vowL. rekumenDiD rEDEnG: Shaw On Language, Noory Dictionary of Pronunciation, katzner The Languages of the World, Laird Language in America, Bryson The Mother Tongue, Walrraff What Global Language? (The Atlantic Monthly, November 2000), SafIre On Language, McCrum,Cran and MacNeil The Story of English and webpal.org The World Language Process. BUDGET softwahr $50 an howr too write anD DeBuG. TOtL $ nah Yet DEterminD. no mawr THan neseerE. PuBLish ahBsOLEt EnGLish too EzE-EnG-Lish anD EzE-EnG-Lish too ahBsOLEt EnGLish DikshunerE $1600 xLibris.com I wil Get a sekuhnD kwOt frum uhnuhthr PuBLishr.
I eksPekt it wil BE nesesErE too Giv uhwA "sum," mABE "uh Laht uv" DikshunerEz. $ un-nOn. I eksPekt too PuhBLish stoP GetEnG Lawst: how too UhnDrstaYnD anD Giv Direkshuns anD how too stoP Loozin anD mizPLAsin THEnGz wen I fInD uh kahrtoonist too Doo THuh iLustrAshuns. $ un-nOn. I wil PuBLish it in Both ahBsOLEt EnGLish anD EzE-EnG-Lish. THuh two vurzYunz wiL kawst aBowt $3200. it wiL BE interestEnG too sE witch iz mawr PahPULr. kost uv Book toors iz inDEterminAt. mABE $1000. mABE $10,000. mABE mawr. I eksPekt too rIt furst rEDrs fawr chuhLDren anD ESL aDuLts in EzE. I eksPekt I wont nED enE mawr uv THuh Grant munE. waht too Doo with it? Az Joan Rivrs sez, kan wE tawk? wahtevr I TAk uv THuh Grant muhnE fawr PersunL Us wil BE "unDr THuh RADAR" uv THuh IRS ParisIts. no mawr THan uhBowt $7000 a Year. sahrrE if I am unintenshunLE vaG. I am noo at THiz. "Ya Lurn awfuL fast wen Yaw sPenDEnG Yawr own munE,' seD an Oklahoma oYL wILD-kat-r. I wooD ETHr return wahts Left or Uz it on mI uhTHr PrImerE PraJekt: ADekwit anD AfawrDuhBL HowzEnG, az U wish. I LurnD uv THEz feLOwshiPs verE rEsentLE anD hav Bin fOkust ahn evrEthEnG But finDEnG uhDishunL sawrsez uv funDEnG.
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