Hi Carl
I checked to see what the requirements are to post my Revised Shaw
Alphabet to www.omniglot.com.
He needs the following information:
1. an illustration of the alphabet showing all the letters and the
sounds they represent
2. some background blurb: why you invented the alphabet, which
language(s) it can be used to write, how it works, etc.
a sample text - ideally article one of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
3. a font for your alphabet if you have one.
4. any other information you think relevant to use the alphabet and
the font.
Please save images in GIF format with a resolution of 72dpi, a
maximum width of 600px and a file size of ideally no more than 20K.
If you are unable to scan the images into a computer, you can send
them to me by post.
A friend of mine is working on a Window True type font for the
revised Shaw Alphabet. Should be ready this month.
So hopefully, I can send all the information to Simon in a month or
two.
Still even after Simon receives this information it may take him some
time to put it on Omniglot.com.
So please be patient. It is well worth doing.
Regards, Paul V.
The following scripts on Omniglot are recent creations and seem
interesting.
Betamaze, Delason, Karmeli, larenti tergush, Lúmo, Mesa, Nikhilipi,
Redjang, Serian, Shavian, Vine, 12480
--- In shavian@..., "paul vandenbrink"
<pvandenbrink@s...> wrote:
> Quite correct Carl
> Glad to continue our discussions.
> My problem is that when I first suggested a couple years back, that
> there was a need for a revised Shaw Alphabet to deal logically with
> various accent groups and other common variations in English
> pronunciation, I met with a fair bit of resistance, from the rest
of
> the Shavian group.
> I don't expect the Revised Shaw Alphabet to supplant the original
> Shaw Alphabet, but as a working objective, I wanted the following 5
> benefits.
> 1. Introduce letters for "el", "wh", "kh" and the Glottal Stop.
> 2. Simplify the vowels so that some extraneous distinctions
preserved
> only in T.O. and a few small regional dialect groups, would no
longer
> be a stumbling block to American English speakers.
> 3. Provide a way to represent the Schwa and Stand-alone consonants
in
> words such as spoken, blossum, girl, foxes, circus, item and
gallop.
> 4. Get rid of the slashes for the Shaw letters "woe" and "yea"
> 5. Get rid of the Shaw letter "Ian" as it is better represented by
> "Eat" + "Adoo"
> Also I wanted to provide an optional system of Vowel Markers, to
> allow a Shaw writer to indicate embedded or indistinct vowel sounds
> with a more general vowel placeholder (variable).
>
> This was to make the Shaw Alphabet as easy to write as it is to
read.
> And the system would be upward compatible with original Shavian
> Alphabet.
>
> I have accomplished most of this, but I haven't put forward this
> final revision. The one on my site is an earlier less accomplished
> version. I need to update my site first.
> I don't want to make things to complicated.
>
> Regards, Paul V.
>
> --- In shavian@..., carl easton <shavintel16@y...>
wrote:
> > Well Thank you, Paul,
> >
> > I take you must be a Jew then. So now that we know which faith
each
> of us is, we can now continue our grand discussion of our favorite
> writing system -- Shavian.
> > For today I don't have much to discuss, except that Paul, I think
> it would be cool if you would present your revised shaw alphabet to
> omniglot.com.
> >
> > Any thoughts--comments,
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> > Carl
> >
> > paul vandenbrink <pvandenbrink@s...> wrote:
> > Welcome Carl
> >
> > It is nice to find someone agreeable. Any more questions?
> >
> > Interesting the number of off-beat opinions amoung our group.
> > Star seems to be expressing some Zen beliefs. And I come from a
pre-
> > christian sect, rather well thought of by the LDS.
> >
> > I actually did learned some of the non-religous lessons of Zen
> > Buddism when I was in my 20's. The most important things can be
> found
> > in a puff of air.
> >
> > Regards, Paul V.
> >
> >
> > --- In shavian@..., Star Raven
> <celestraof12worlds@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > oh whoops... I think I'm a little behind on the times... it
was,
> > um, a
> > > belated welcome?
> > >
> > > --Star
> > >
> > > --- Hugh Birkenhead <mixsynth@f...> wrote:
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Star Raven" <celestraof12worlds@y...>
> > > >
> > > > > Cool, Good for you, and welcome to the group.
> > > >
> > > > Erm, he's been here at least 4 months I think :-P
> > > >
> > > > Hugh B
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > From the very beginning, all beings are Buddha. --Zen
Master
> > Hakuin
> > >
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