Fell for the usual trap of teaching something complex. If you teach a simplified version, you just teach... the simplified version. You didn't teach the actual complex thing and the learners will eventually still have to learn that
Interesting. I don't know that this particular solution seems great but English is a complete mess when it comes to knowing the pronunciation of a word from reading it alone for sure.
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silverchase@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Fell for the usual trap of teaching something complex. If you teach a simplified version, you just teach... the simplified version. You didn't teach the actual complex thing and the learners will eventually still have to learn that
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
I'm not even convinced it's simplified. It's got ~40 letters in it they said.
But I'm also not an educator, so may be missing some points.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I posted this in Longreads and found out about it from the linked Guardian article. I had never heard of it previously
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 1y
I’m guessing it hasn’t been deemed noteworthy enough to add to Unicode alongside Shavian.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Username checks out...
Reddit tropes aside, I did look briefly to see if I could add it and couldn't find anything. I quite like it and read it fluently.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 1y
Interesting. I don't know that this particular solution seems great but English is a complete mess when it comes to knowing the pronunciation of a word from reading it alone for sure.
Pleat1752@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y
My Latin American friend took one look at an English sentence written in this script and said it was a lot easier for them to understand.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 1y
Oh wow, that's super interesting!
Pleat1752@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
ies, i theenk it ees becoz it ees uriten a beet more fonetikaly, uich is jow spanish uorks as a languaj
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, it would be nice for things like rough, rouge, and rogue to look more different than they do.