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Anglic Alphabet Anglic distinguishes 27 consonants and 27 vowels -- 54 English sounds or phonemes
The heart of the trouble is with our foolish alphabet, it doesn't know how to spell - Twain, 1899
The 2nd column indicates the number of different ways the sound is spelled in TO (traditional orthography)
| Key words containing the Vowel | Anglic | NS | NF | IPA | AltS | Cut Spel (Menu) | |
| at, ax, ash, alfabet, have, plaid, laugh, guarantee | 13 | a | a | a | æ | a | a (ah-eh) |
| alm, calm (caam), want, faadher, ba:th, ox, clock, nol'j 11 | 16 | aa | aa | a: o | a | a | a o (ah) |
| ape (e:p), day (de:), rain (re:n), name, heart, guard | 36 | ae | ae | ei e: | ei | ay | ei ey ay ai ae (ay) |
| ago (a'go), acute, extra (ekstra'), ord'r l`is'ns lunch'n | 43 | u | u ' 0 | ' a' |  |
. | u (uh-w/o stress) |
| air (er), aerial, fairy (feri:), care (kaer), mayor (maer) | - | aer | aer | er | eir | ayr? | air -are eir, (air) |
| are (ar), far, car, card, starry (stari:) | - | ar | aar | ar | a:r | ar | ar (ahr) |
| awl (o:l) awe haul taught (to:t) bought hawk gone | 17 | au | au | o: | >: | aw, a | au oi oa (aw) |
| out (aut), hour, house (haus), bough, now, umlaut | 7 | ou | ou | au | au | ou | au ow (ou) |
| etch (ech) elbow bed, ej, meni, kurent, enuf | 19 | e | e | e | e | e | e ai (eh) |
| eel (i:l), eat, see (si:), field, chief, deceit, very ma'r\n | 23 | ee | ee | i: \ | i: | ee, y | e ea ei y i ie (ee) |
| ear (ir), steer, premier | - | eer | eer | ir | i:r | eer, yr | ear ir ier (eer) |
| earn/urn (u'rn), perform, sir sal'ri:, col'r, ef'rt, sist'rz, f'rth'r | - | er | eur | 'r r syl | ur | er | er ur r (er) |
| it, in, been, give, pretty, carried, busy (bizi:) piti:d, rufia'n | 33 | i | i | i | i | i | i e ee a u (ih) |
| aisle, eye, I (`I), ice, lie, buy, highly (hyli:), guide (gyd) | 22 | ie | ie | `I y ai | ai | y | I, ai, ay, y ie (ah-ee) |
| oak, oat, owe, to, four, know, no, mauve, tho' | 23 | oe | oe | o' | ou | oa, o | oa ou oe ow au (oh) |
| oar, ore, or, four, floor, /aur/ oral/aural | - | oer | oer | or | our | oar | or au (oar) |
| oil, boy, point, noise, gargoyle, buoy, turquoise | 7 | oi | oi | oi | oi | oi | oy (oi) |
| use, universe, sure, your, feud, few, view, due | 18 | ue | ue | iu | iu | u | u, iu, eu, ie, yu (yoo) |
| ooze, too, move, crew, shoe, through, soup | 29 | uu | oo | u: | u: | w | u. ew ue oe (oo) |
| hook (medial sound only) urn, woman, full, should | 12 | oo | uu | u' | u | u | u u-e o oo ou, (uu) |
| up, other, but, tongue, one, some juj, brusk | 13 | u | u | u | ^ | u | o, o-e, (u) |
| thy-thigh, the-thug (dhu dhug),this-thistle (th'is-this'l) | 2/4 | th, tth | dh, th | th' th | ð Þ | th, tth | th (dh, th) |
| shin, shun, motion (mo'sh'n), ocean, shall, initial (inish'l) | 20 | shun | sh'n | shn | Sn | tion | tion, cion son, (shun) |
*Column 2. Number of spellings per vowel. Average = 20.7
According to Dewey (1971) the English vowels are spelled 12 to 43 different ways.
Notice how much irregularity is removed by simply removing the surplus (redundant) letters.
Cutting out the redundant letters typically results in an 85% reduction in polyvalence.
| . | Letter combinations and ASCII - IPA sound caterogies |
TO/CS Spelling New Follick Spelling |
| a | a aa ae aw ar air a a: ei o: ar er a' |
at alm baby all are
ago at o:m beibi: o:l ar a'go |
| e | e ei e/ee er e e: i: 'r |
egg eight me
her eg e:t mi: h'r |
| i | it high
sir i ai/`i/y 'r |
it kind I
ice sir it kynd `I ais s'r |
| o | o oe aw or o o' o: or |
on no note toe or on no' no't to' or |
| u | u oo/u oo/u u
ur u u' u: iu 'r |
but, put, truth, unit, fur but pu't tru:th iun't f'r |
| y | y y ai i i: |
yard my fly highly
rye yard my fly hyli: ry |
The basic problem with English orthography is that there are too many orthographic options.
Spelling is difficult because many words do not even approximate the sounds being represented.
The 40 odd sounds in our language are represented with 26 letters c, x, and q duplicate the work of other letters.
The vowel A spells the vowel sounds for far, fare, lay, lap, and many. far, fer, ley, lap, meny.
| a /ae/ ax, ash para'sh:t |
a: o alm ox om, ox |
ay `y ai `I I, eye, ice, my `I, 'y, 'ys, m'y |
b boot |
ch check |
d dog |
e elbow |
ee i: y eel, i:nk, very |
'r u"r urn 'rn |
f flag |
| g goat go't |
h horse hors |
i in it |
i: i:nk |
j jaw |
k kick |
l lever |
m maunt'n |
n no's |
n, ng in,got |
| o | o' | u' | au' | oi | p | r | s | sh | t |
| th' | th | u ' a' | u: | iu | v | w | y | zh | z |
Altscript replaysed TO (Traditionl Ortthografy), a colorful but hyly irregiulr speling sistem dayting frum rufly the midl ov the 18th sentiury. Altho Altscript met witth considerabl initial resistenss in evry part ov the inglishspeecing werld, it imeedeatly enlisted the suport ov serten grwps that eventualy enshwred its universl axeptenss. In the US, it was adopted by the Democratic Party dwring the prezidential election in 1920. Altho the Democrats lost nationely, Altscript was swn beeing incorporayted intw the curricula of moast loacl scwl districts undr Democratic control.
dBLspel replAsd dekaspel (TO), a col'rf'l but hyly iregiul'r speling sist'm dAting frvm rvfly th midl ov th 18th senti'ry. Oltho dBLspel met with considerabl inishl resistens in evry pqrt ov th inglish speeking wrld, it imEdi'tly enlistd th suport ov sert'n grwps that eventw'ly enshwrd its iuniversl akseptens. In th US, it wqs adopt'd bI th Democratic Pqrty dvring th prezidenti'l elecshn in 1920. Otho th Democrats lost nati'n'ly, dBLspel wqs soon bEing incorporAtd intu th curicula ov moust loucl skool districts undr Democratic control.
New Follick displeisd TO (Traditionl Orthografi), a cul'rf'l but hyli iregiulr speling sistem deiting frum rufli th midl ov the 18th sentiuri. Altho' Nu Folik met with considerabl inish'l resistens in evri part uv th inglishspi:king w'rld, it imi:di:e:tly enlist'd th suport ov sert'n gru:ps th'at eventu:'li enshurd itz iuniversl akseptenss. In th US, it wuz adopt'd bi th Democratic Party dwring the prezidential election uv 2020. Altho' the Democrats lo:st , NF wuz su:n beeing incorporeited intu the curricula' uv moast loacl scwl districts undr Democratic control.
A ei e: ey E ee i: y I ai `y ay O ou o' ow U oo u: uw Y ee y y a' /uh/ ' a' / zh j j dj Yurabet: Actually is a very logical solution but not
Spel Ryt Rules
EI-IE write i before e except after c, or when pronounced like a as in weigh and neighbor. What are the exceptions. What does IE sound like?
When two vowels go walking the first does the talking. IE is the same as I, probably ai.
Words ending in Y preceded by a C usually change y to i before any suffix except those beginning in i.
Words ending in y preceded by a V do not change y to i.The letter K is added to words ending in c before a suffix beginning with e, i, or y
When words of one sykllable and those with the accent on thelast sykllable end in a consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant before adding a suffix beginning with a vowel. (as in beginning)
