A compromise system for British and American English

on dhis paij iz prizentid komprmeiz sistm v riformd speling fr british nd merikn ingglish. fr british rp speekrz, "r" iz oanli prnounst wen braut out bei foloaing voul in dh saim or dh foloaing wrd.

taibl v dh simblz v dh sistm iz foload bei three spesimin teksts.

Consonant symbols

b[b]big, baby, mob
ch[tS]chip, church, pitch
d[d]did, dog, pinned
dh[]the, then, with
f[f]five, photo, tough
g[g]good, giggle, big
h[h]hit, have, behold
j[dZ]job, ginger, bridge
k[k]kill, kick, cat
l[l]live, lolly, pool
m[m]mad, mammoth, him
n[n]nod, pain, reign
ng[]sing, bringing, finger
p[p]pit, pepper, shepherd
r[r]rim, bury, hearing
s[s]sip, missing, cross
sh[S]ship, machine, motion
t[t/]tip, heat, butter
th[]thin, wrath, pithy
v[v]very, live, vivid
w[(h)w]win, what, bewitch
y[j]young, yes, beyond
z[z]zebra, rose, dizzy
zh[Z]pleasure, vision, rouge

Vowel symbols

Lexical setBrRPGenAmSymbol
kit[i][i]i
dress[e][e]e
trap[æ][æ]ä
lot[o][a]o
strut[][]ü
foot[u][u]u
bath[a:][æ]a(/ä)
cloth[o][o]o
nurse[:][r]r
fleece[i:][i]ee
face[ei][ei]ai
palm[a:][a]a
thought[o:][o]au
goat[u][o(u)]oa
goose[u:][u]oo
price[ai][ai]ei
choice[oi][oi]oi
mouth[au][au]ou
near[i][ir]ir
square[e][er]er
start[a:][ar]ar
north[o:][or]or
force[o:][o(u)r]or
cure[u][ur]ur
letter[][r]r
comma[][]

Samples

1.

dispyoot wüns roaz bitween dh wind nd dh sün, wich wz dh stronggr v dh too, nd dhai greed t put dh point on dhis ishoo, dht wichevr soonist maid trävlr taik of hiz kloak, shud bee kountid dh mor pourful. dh wind bigän, nd bloo widh aul hiz meit nd main blast, koald nd firs z thraishn storm; bt dh stronggr hee bloo dh kloasr dh trävlr räpt hiz kloak round him, nd dh teitr hee graspt it widh hiz händz. dhen broak out dh sün: widh hiz welkm beemz hee disprst dh vaipr nd dh koald; dh trävlr felt dh jeenyl wormth, nd z dh sün shon breitr nd breitr, hee sät doun, oavrküm widh dh heet, nd kast hiz kloak on dh ground.

2.

it pirz dht dher ar in ingglnd nd wailz, in round nümbrz, feiv milyn childrn v dh laibring popyulaishn, hoo mai bee ikspektid too tend püblik elimentri skoolz. wee mai estimait dht bout haf milyn childrn änyuli pas dh limit v dh skool aij nd entr on leif v laibr. dh heiist ständrd fikst in dheez skoolz, dh siksth ständrd, rikweirz dh pyoopl t reed short päsij frm buk or nyoozpaipr, nd t reit short theem widh krekt speling - not veri hei rikweirmnt srtnli. hou meni childrn reecht dhis ständrd? oanli twenti thouznd; weil dh nümbr v teechrz, inklooding pyooplteechrz, imploid iz bout fifti thouznd; dhät iz, too pyooplz pr änm fr evri feiv teechrz! oanli bout wün hündrd thouznd childrn änyuli evr get biyond dh thrd ständrd, wich meenz dh reeding v n eezi storibuk, nd reiting short päsij frm dh saim widh krekt speling.

3.

süm peepl mai ask wei seintifik wrkr shud divoat empti ourz v feir-woching in äbrdeen too task wich prfeshnl linggwists meit mor proprli ündrtaik. dher iz wün sfishnt ansr t dhis kweschn. jüst bikoz dhai ar prfeshnl linggwists, prfeshnl linggwists ar äpt too ündrait dh soashl importns v dh länggwij ishoo veez-a-vee wrld pees nd wrldweid hyoomn koaopraishn. bikoz nächrl seins iz dhee oanli igzisting form v hyoomn koaopraishn on plänitri skail, men v seins, hoo häv t trn t jrnlz püblisht in meni länggwijiz f nesseri infrmaishn, ar kyootli wer dht dh baibl v tüngz iz soashl problm v dh frst mägnityood. men v seins, mor dhn üdhrz, häv t dher finggr-tips n intrnäshnl voakäbyuleri wich iz aulredi in igzistns; nd beioljist hoo luks forwrd too helth-konshs fyoochr känot fail t rekgneiz hou popyulreizaishn v nyoo helth ständrdz iz daili äding t dh stok-in-traid v intrnäshnli kürnt wrdz in daili yoos.

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