Comment on ·𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯: Come and learn the Shavian alphabet
MxRemy@piefed.social 5 days ago
!shavian@lemmy.world
Whoa that’s a neat idea! I assume if it ever caught on, English would eventually drift away from this being phonetic over like a hundred years or whatever, right? But if English were at all reasonable we could also just occasionally hold conferences to update it too
2910000@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Even if English didn’t completely switch over, there are some fascinating possible uses for something like Shavian as a second alphabet. For example, it could be used as a pronunciation aid like furigana in Japanese, or in a novel it could be used to represent speech, and capture the accent of the speaker.
Well it’s fun to play around with anyway!
MxRemy@piefed.social 4 days ago
Ok now I’ve sunk an hour or so into learning about it, and I’m just about sold on trying it out lol
2910000@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Cool!
It’s up to you how you do it but I just threw myself into writing with it. You can write something simple to post to the community if you like!