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𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑮 𐑪𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑴𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑤.
𐑞𐑨𐑮 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑴𐑮 𐑚𐑤𐑪𐑜, 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑮 𐑷𐑤.


𐑚𐑳𐑑, 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑞𐑩 𐑤𐑨𐑓 𐑚𐑰 𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑰—𐑲 𐑛𐑴𐑯’𐑑 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑛,
·𐑛𐑖


𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑲 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑵 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑞𐑩 𐑯𐑘𐑵 𐑒𐑰𐑚𐑴𐑮𐑛 𐑑𐑵…

𐑢𐑧𐑤, 𐑲 𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑛 𐑳𐑐 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 <https://github.com/adiabatic/king-shaw>, 𐑯 𐑦 𐑦𐑟𐑯𐑑 𐑩 𐑡𐑴𐑒. 𐑪𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦, 𐑦 𐑢𐑩𐑟 𐑓𐑨𐑕𐑑𐑼 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑒𐑰𐑚𐑹𐑛 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑦 𐑢𐑩𐑟 𐑑 𐑑𐑨𐑐 𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑤𐑪𐑜 𐑐𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑦 ·𐑒𐑺𐑩𐑒𐑑𐑼 𐑝𐑿𐑼. (𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑕 𐑧𐑯𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑽𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑛 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑧𐑯, 𐑚𐑳𐑑…)

𐑢𐑩𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑿𐑟 𐑑 𐑮𐑲𐑑 ·𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑯𐑬?

> On May 4, 2015, at 9:15 AM, david@sheppard.se [shawalphabet] <shawalphabet@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑮 𐑪𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑴𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑤.
> 𐑞𐑨𐑮 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑴𐑮 𐑚𐑤𐑪𐑜, 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑮 𐑷𐑤.
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> 𐑚𐑳𐑑, 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑞𐑩 𐑤𐑨𐑓 𐑚𐑰 𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑰—𐑲 𐑛𐑴𐑯’𐑑 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑛,
> ·𐑛𐑖
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> 𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑲 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑵 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑞𐑩 𐑯𐑘𐑵 𐑒𐑰𐑚𐑴𐑮𐑛 𐑑𐑵…

𐑐𐑼 <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb688099#W10>, ·𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴𐑟 10 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 ·𐑗𐑱𐑝𐑦𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑹𐑑 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑕𐑰𐑜𐑴 𐑿𐑦 𐑣𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑦𐑒.

𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑓 𐑿𐑝 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑞𐑼 𐑑 𐑳𐑐𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑛 𐑑 ·𐑥𐑲𐑒𐑴𐑕𐑪𐑓𐑕 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑧𐑕𐑑…

Am having computer difficulties due to an attempt to get Yosemite
to work properly on an older machine––the chief problem of course
is that I also have to struggle with a personal approach to problem-
solving established well before the computer age. At least that’s the
excuse I prefer, especially after being obliged to receive instruction
in how to operate an iPad from a four-year-old grandson. At any rate
I shall have to write this in standard orthography, or what I believe
you called ‘orthodox’.


Your King-Shaw keyboard looks to be imminently practical, putting
the vowels in the middle and finding a place for everything save the
compounds at the normal lower-case level. This would work well for
me as I don’t bother with the compound letters (I find them cramped
and rather unattractive). You don’t however appear to have a namer
dot, unless I’ve missed it, which could usefully be put up in the upper
left-hand corner ( ` ).


Of course, a Dvorak-like keyboard will require new demands upon
already overloaded memory cells but could be a stimulating challenge.
The keyboard input device––if that is the correct term— which I now
use (can be found in our files) is the one made by Scott Harrison, one
of our earliest members, in which the letters were assigned locations
according to a scheme devised some time ago by Ross DeMeyere, in
which I believe convenience and ease of use for beginners rather than
efficiency was the prime consideration. DeMeyere, a graphics designer,
also created the handsome Androcles font, one of the first Shavian fonts
made available, and one that closely resembles the typography used in
the dual-alphabetic "Androcles" published in 1962.




I wonder, looking at your blog again and comparing the visual
impression of your April Fool’s post with the other entries, if you are
aware of a certain irony involved in using in the electronic world of
the internet an alphabet expressly designed to be written by hand.
If I understand correctly Kingsley Read took the trouble to create
Quickscript, putting much effort into the alteration of his letter-shapes
so that they could be easily written and joined together in script-form,
after noting the difficulty people had in writing his original alphabet—
a difficulty that mostly disappears when using ready-made fonts online.
Eventually some capable person will give us a font with proper kerning
and his original alphabet will be lovelier than ever.


hope so,

DSh

I downloaded a keyboard but for some reason it still has squares when I type. How can I avoid this? I used the keyboard from the files page but it has not worked. Could my fonts not be working?

> On Jun 8, 2015, at 8:10 PM, jesselchesnut@... [shawalphabet] <shawalphabet@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I downloaded a keyboard but for some reason it still has squares when I type. How can I avoid this? I used the keyboard from the files page but it has not worked. Could my fonts not be working?

That's what I'd figure. What fonts are you using, what program are you typing text into, and what operating system are you on?

Have you been able to sort things out? I'm sure you've done everything right, but just in case, here's the procedure: you must have a Shavian font installed in your fontbook (or equivalent) and the keyboard from our files added to the keyboard folder (system preferences/keyboard/input sources--don't forget to check the box that displays available keyboards in the menu bar). Then when ready to type, select this keyboard in the menu bar (its name should be in Shavian letters). This should work--if not, then the previous suggestion is probably the only alternative: disable the Shavian fonts you have and download new copies. One must learn the letter arrangement that this keyboard uses (not all that difficult) but when in doubt there is a display in Input Sources. Everything is so much easier with a Shavian keyboard, but of course it does not improve one's calligraphic skills.

Good luck...

There are Canadian members of this group, and they may find this online article from the BBC interesting––perhaps even accurate.


Why is Canadian English unique? http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150820-why-is-canadian-english-unique



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Why is Canadian English unique? http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150820-why-is-canadian-english-unique America’s neighbour resisted annexation by the US and its people remained UK subjects. But Canada’s English isn’t exactly British or American, writes Jam...



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Well is it? It may well be. I've heard the historian Margaret MacMillan speak on television and she certainly sounds a little bit different from her colleagues at Oxford. But then so does Niall Ferguson (even more so––but he's a Scot). If you are engaged in anything intellectual (or even not) but happen to be from somewhere not in the home counties, even if you were educated there, you are faced with the choice of adhering to, dare I say, (establishment?) social pressure or upholding what you may feel (if you do) to be your particular cultural heritage. Or it may simply be an unconscious process––entirely, partially, or merely somewhat.


Wondering, again––
𐑛𐑖

Further adventures in the discovery and discernment of Canadian English:



Appendix:English pronunciation - Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation

Appendix:English pronunciation - Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation Shortcut: WT:ENPRONKEY Contents 1 English 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Other symbols 2 See also 3 References 4 External links English



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