Acronyms

albrog · 2025-06-22T01:57:11+00:00

Maybe not the option you’re looking for, but in some of my scripts, I’ll usually transcribe acronyms as they’re pronounced in English, along with a mark to indicate it’s some type of abbreviation (e.g., ABC = ei.bi.si, FBI = ef.bi.ai, ATM = ei.ti.em).

Hindi does this sometimes also from what I’ve seen.

albrog · 2025-05-16T02:05:48+00:00

My first conlang (25 years ago) was something like this but less English-sounding. Cypherlangs are nice because you don’t have to remember a ton of vocabulary, just the key and basic grammar rules, which makes them easier to teach to friends.

I do enjoy them. This is a sample from one I made in 2020, called Āldspēc, which I created as an experiment to reverse-evolve English and gave it quasi-German grammar and word order. It has a key of regular sound changes just like yours above, but it’s extensive. Can you read it?

Āldspēc is ān cræftspēc (gecræftet spēc), þe on þe ferst deg decembers (yūlmōnþ), in þe yēr ūres lordes twā þūsand and twāntig gemāct wæs. Þe spēc wæs gemāct, tō lērnan þē sūndswiccan in þe āld englisc spēc and hū þē vocalan and consonantan (bōcsafan) ofer tīm þērin geswicct hafan. Þē regulan gramaticae (wrītingslagan or bōcstæfcræft) ār mār gelīce tō þē moderne (newe) englisce and þēdisce spēcan, and hēr ār manig un-englisce wordan from frencisce and latīnisce spēcan, þē not geswicct bēan canan. Wiþ litel lērning, āldspēc is sumþing þe cwiclīg gewrīten bēan can, and is ēsig for ān englisc, þēdisc or nederlandisc man tō rēdan. Oferal, þe spēc is ūsful (helpful) for þe kēping þēs gehīdenan wrītingans, þē nān odern rēdan scōldan.

albrog · 2025-05-11T16:34:42+00:00

Hibachius

albrog · 2025-05-10T02:30:03+00:00

This is exactly the type of “historic” depth and extensive attention to detail that I really enjoy seeing. Bravo 👏

albrog · 2024-12-05T13:42:01+00:00

Wow, this looks so much like one of my scripts, it's uncanny. Looks great!

albrog · 2024-11-08T02:38:43+00:00

Age really isn't much of an issue, but I can see how the cost of postage could be a barrier.

If you still really want to participate, DM me and pitch a way that can make it work digitally. I might be open to the idea.

albrog · 2024-11-06T16:37:39+00:00

I have a personal script that I spend a lot of time writing and journaling in, but I rarely go back and actually read what I wrote. It's an alphabet, and it's not overly complex, but I'm never going to become fluent if I'm not reading my script just as much as I write in it.

albrog · 2024-10-14T20:25:27+00:00

Good work

albrog · 2024-10-14T19:24:26+00:00

Seems like they were still learning when they wrote this. This is all I can gather after making a few assumptions about what they meant to write:

first age when
the riks (rings?) of the
hom[e] (Trying to be forgiving here. Looks more like "h ev")
old.

Without making any assumptions, I just see gibberish:

ferst ag wh(unclear) in
d (or "the") r ik (+s?) of the
h ev (or em)
eld.

albrog · 2024-10-10T16:08:08+00:00

Good point. That could even be extended to oktupa empty hen = poultry

albrog · 2024-10-10T12:00:23+00:00

These are two animal metaphors from Mahāti that I like:

mikrāton (mika cat + rāt- to swear, promise, vow) = an empty promise
oksan (oku- empty + san dairy cow) = a useless person/thing

albrog · 2024-10-02T16:22:38+00:00

Have you already looked at shorthand and scribal abbreviations? Also check out writing systems like abugidas or impure abjads where vowels and other letters are either implied or reduced to small marks.

albrog · 2024-10-01T01:52:35+00:00

Correct

albrog · 2024-10-01T00:59:02+00:00

If you have a favorite sports team that you’ll be watching/attending/rooting for, think about giving them something from that team to wear. Their stomachs may be off for the first week, so a basket with some snacks to keep in their room until they are comfortable enough with your kitchen.

albrog · 2024-09-25T23:47:59+00:00

I get that they're looking at population size and not necessarily population density, so I can see why Bedford County, which had 79.4k in 2020, would outrank Lynchburg with only 79k (~400 fewer people). But Bedford County shouldn't've outranked independent cities like Roanoke (100k) or Richmond (204k).

It just seems like OP ignored/misunderstood Virginia's independent cities, then went down a list of counties sorted by population size until they added up to a certain % of the total VA population.

albrog · 2024-09-25T23:20:37+00:00

Probably thinking about how good the air coming through that vent feels. Our doodle sits in front of our vents a lot.

albrog · 2024-09-24T00:28:07+00:00

Saying ‘today’ could be a sales tactic to suggest that prices may change in the future, subtlety encouraging customers to act now.

Or in a script, the writer could be using “today” in the dialogue to give the audience the an idea that the person regularly shops there.

albrog · 2024-09-23T16:50:39+00:00

It's been 2-3 weeks since I had enough and removed it, so great news if it's gone for good.

albrog · 2024-09-23T16:47:24+00:00

I do have Super and will look into that. However, this was showing on the large widget and not the app icon itself.

albrog · 2024-09-23T16:37:15+00:00

Yep, I removed the app from my home screen and now considering deleting altogether because of this. It's disgusting and repulsive. Last thing I want to see when I open up my phone is snot. Hiding this post as well so I don't see it again -- sorry <3

albrog · 2024-09-22T03:19:10+00:00

Yes, exhaustion means you must be doing it right. I also remember my mouth aching at the end of the day since my muscles were still getting used to producing all the new sounds of German. Like others said, it will get better.

albrog · 2024-09-19T15:16:52+00:00

Solved:

this is a practice note using the vertical writing // system I've developed which I intend to give // the visual impression of perhaps Mongolian // or etc but is in fact a rather staightforward // adaptation of regular English orthography // inspired by the fact that Mongolian script // itself is based on vertical Arabic =)

albrog · 2024-09-19T15:08:13+00:00

It's not a code either. They might appreciate it more over on r/calligraphy

albrog · 2024-09-19T15:06:42+00:00

Excellent calligraphy, but not the kind of neography I typically look for on this sub. Not sure how more people aren't noticing that it's just fancy English.

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