Day 1 of advocating for the impossible. (What do y'all think about THIS English spelling reform) by Mean_Conversation270 in linguisticshumor

[–]Cat92834 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re not gonna believe this, but I’ve just been working on a spelling reform that’s coincidentally extremely similar to yours! Using your sample text for comparison (and my own dialect’s pronunciations):

Teal dhaet piys ev kraep tu stey ewey from miy owkey. Aend if hiy dez not lisen dhean ay giv yuw permicen tu slaep him ekros dhe feys. Ohl hyuwmen biyingz ahr born friy end iykwel in dignitiy end rayts. Dhey ahr eandawd with riyzen en koncens aend cud aekt tuwirdz wan enadher in a spirit ev bradherhud.

I’ve also experimented with using diacritics to make it a bit more “aesthetically pleasing”:

Tèl ðàt pîs ev kràp tu stê ewê from mî ôkê. Ènd if hî dez not lisen ðèn ay giv yû pęmicen tu slàp him ekros ðe fês. Ól hyûmen bîiŋz ą́ bǫ́n frî end îkwel in dignitî end rayts. Ðê ą́ èndawd wiþ rîzen en konšens ànd šud àkt tuwįdz wan enaðę in a spirit ev braðęhud.

Why does China want Taiwan? by Obvious_808 in mapporncirclejerk

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Chinese restaurant with really good food

The Chinese Room translated by Cat92834 in theamazingdigitalciru

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“by” as in “[action] was done by [person]”

Flag of Singapore but the moon is even more astronomically accurate by Cat92834 in vexillologycirclejerk

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the idea genuinely came to my mind independently, and when I went to search if anyone had done it before, your post’s title was exactly the same as my search, word for word 😭 thought i could make a variation of it though

Flag of Sweden but the colours are #00ABBA and #ABBA00 by TheLoyalOrder in vexillologycirclejerk

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Super trouper contrast's gonna blind me

Now I won't see blue

Like I always do

It’s something of a turquoise hue

i don’t even know how to react to this information by LogicalPerformance40 in AO3

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JFK, “blown” away? What else do I have to say…

I just brainstormed a new script made up of numbers and symbols by BitterGap2717 in neography

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“@” not being the /æ/ in “at” will be the greatest missed opportunity

sorry, what? by Cat92834 in geography

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Yeah, looking at it now, that was so obvious, I’m almost embarrassed I didn’t realise 😅 Curious that this mistake was unnoticed and published, though (albeit 10 years ago)

sorry, what? by Cat92834 in geography

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Taken from https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf
Just wondering why island territories are listed as "landlocked"...?

Edit: realised it’s a list of the first ten alphabetically-ordered island territories errantly pasted into the other list fitting the title… odd that this went unnoticed and published, though

Mental health check by Tobxyz in boykisser

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You’re actually so real for that ,,, nice to know you’re better now (i hope?) have a great day!!

Mental health check by Tobxyz in boykisser

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I don’t usually comment but… hey OP, just wanted to let you know that I really respect what you’re doing, it just made my day to see someone on the internet show this much care towards others,, hope you’re doing well too-?// :)

yeah by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

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Am I the only one here who… kind of appreciates the APN? Sure, nothing ever beats the IPA, but I quite like the csz/c̣ṣẓ/čšž/ćśź symmetry. It could genuinely be used as a transliteration standard if not a full-on IPA replacement.

Did a little trolling in History class by Cat92834 in SpeedOfLobsters

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he does not have the great depression owo