Dhi WLM Spelinq Sistm (Intridukxn)

(Vurjhn 2.1)


WLM iz a diegraf-baysd reespelinq ev Inglix.  Ie havn't seen enudhr sistm dhat lookz einyythinq liek it.  It wuz naht diziend tu rizembl tridixnhl spelinq, and it duzn't.  It wuz diziend tu bee hiely reedibl, dho edmit'dly a fyue knvencnz ar unyuejhuwl, and may tayk a bit ev getinq yuesd tu.  It wuz awlso diziend tu bee ikstreemly akyrit in reprizentinq prnhunsiyayxn.

Ie knsidr dhi mayn inivayxnz ev WLM tu bee:

  1. Dhi yues ev c, x, and nq for dhi sowndz tridixnlhy speld bie "ch", "sh", and "ng" rispektivly.
  2. Dhi yues ev jh for the sound ev "si" in (tridixnlhy-speld) <vision> or ev "ge" in <mirage>.
  3. Riplaysmhnt ev most xwahz widh dhi letr i.  (e iz yuezd at dhi start ev a wurd, and a at dhi end.)
  4. A sistm for indikaytinq silabik likwds, sumwut in dhi stihl ev Kut Spelinq, awfn yuezinq dhi letr h az a markr tu evoyd ambigyuwity.  It'z eezyyr tu reed dhan tu diskrieb.
  5. -z iz awlwayz yuezd tu mark ploorlz, and -d tu mark dhi past tens.


Hir iz a breef ovrvyue ev WLM in dhi form ev a list ev igzampl wurds, in dhi stihl ev Bahb Bodn'z SRS defnhixn.  Awl wurdz blho ar kahmhn Inglix wurdz.

  1. Kahnsnhuntz 1
        bayb, dad, fluf, gag, hit, juj, kik, loyl, mum, nun, pap, ror, stres, tiet, vivid, wed, yam, zip
  2. Kahnsnhuntz 2
        cek, ric, dheir, udhr, vijhn, mrhahjh, flinq, fingr, pink, thik, athleet, xed, baxfl
  3. Xort vowlz
        pat, pet, eivr, pit, paht, pawn, pup, poot
  4. Lawnq vowlz
        day, bee, hie, go, glue, hapy
  5. Difthawnqz
        klown, koyn
  6. R sowndz
        star, steir, pir, por, stur, poor
  7. Dhi xwah
        ebuv, surkis, mirer, sofa, depyty, eikwty
  8. Vowl kahmbnhayxnz
        kaeahs, vidiyo, kihoty, kohed, tuwixn
         baenet, thiytr, pihty, pohtry, grajuwt
  9. Lawng vowlz widh l/r
        mael, laer, skwiyl, liniyr, smihl, wihr, myuwl, pyuwr
         toyl, foyr, towl, towr
  10. Silabik likwds 1
        katl, viktm, lisn, wawtr, nahvlty, kmpleet, knseev, intrvl
         kulr, korl, winr, kenl, sumr, kaml
         form, eilm, torn, kiln
         forhm, kahlhm, forhn, kolhn, woomhn, venhm
  11. Silabik likwds 2
        piklho, ekadmhy, kabnhit, ahprhayt
         fasnhr, minrhl, peirlhus, jenrhis, keirhml, kahlhny
         zepilhn, veterhn, elueminhm, parlimhnt
  12. Silabik likwds 3
        halulueya, mumoriyl, maksmhum, kanun, abstnhuns, teirer, murdrher
  13. Inflekxnz
        katz, dawgz, Bil'z, Wahxinqtn'z, gripd, grabd
         howz'z, rest'd, gro'inq, old'r, wiez'st
         huryyd, huryyz, huryynq, bizyyr, bizyyst
         catr'inq, kindlinq, lisninq
  14. Sufiks'z
        yuezibility, wahxibl, helthful, helples, fihrman, kwiknes, edvencrhus
         penyyles, klurjyyman, lonlyynes, fyooryyus
         byuetiful, hapily
  15. Kahmpownd wurdz
        bizy.bahdy, sofa.bed, liet.hows, undr.ayj, aftr.efekt
         pinkooxn, sunglas'z
  16. Veiry kahmhn wurdz
        a, n, du, Ie, ev, dhi, tu, widh, yu
  17. Mislhaynyyus
        bi.hiend, hap.hazrd, elowins, enoyins
         intu, tuday, tumoro, tuniet, tugedhr


Hir iz a faymus pasij frum Duglis Admz' "Dhi Hic.hiekr'z Gied tu dhi Galiksy" speld in WLM:

In meny ev dhi mor rilaksd sivlhizayxnz awn dhi Owtr Eestrn Rim ev dhi Galiksy, dhi Hic.hiekr'z Gied haz awlredy siplant'd dhi grayt Insieklipeediya Glhaktika az dhi standrd ripahzitory ev awl nahlij and wizdm, for dho it haz meny omixnz and kntaynz muc dhat iz epahkrifl, or at leest wihldly inakyrit, it skorz ovr dhi old'r, mor pidestriyn wurk in tue importnt rispektz.  Furst, it iz slietly ceep'r; and seknd, it haz dhi wurdz DON'T PANIK inskriebd in larj frendly letrz awn itz kuvr.




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