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The three following tables, ‘standard vowels’, ‘digraphic long vowels’ and ‘diacritic long vowels’ are a major step towards standardised English. They provide easy to learn consistency for children and dyslexic. European (EU) pronunciation of vowels, also spoken in S. America, provides a widely familiar spelling basis on which Saaspel is built |
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Standard short vowels Phonetic continental vowels a, e, i, o, u, are pronounced practically the same in Northern England, Spain, Germany, Italy and other European countries. The preferred pronunciation of u, as in ‘bus’ lies between (bus) N. England, and (bas) London. |
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Diigrafic long vowels Long vowel, twin symbols aa, ee, ii, oo are pronounced the same as the names of the letters of which they are composed. They are vowel name phonemic, easily recognised and easily memorised. Since the name of the letter u, is spoken yu as in ‘yusfl’ and not uu as in ‘muun’, they are treated separately as yu and uu. |
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Diiacritic long vowels Diacritics used to symbolise the long vowels are preferred by many spelling reformers to the double vowels, of digraphs. When the macron character is attached to the vowel on the typing key, text will be written 6-8% faster and shorter. |
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| List of significant clarifications in Saaspel | ||
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Traditional
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Saaspel
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| name, rain, play |
aa |
naam, raan, plaa |
| father, palm, vase |
ah |
fahthr, pahm,vahz |
| out, cow, plough |
au |
aut, cau, plau |
| kick, back, key |
c |
cic, bac, cee |
| fair, bare, pear |
er |
fer, ber, per |
| like, fly, pie |
ii |
liic, flii, pii |
| year, here, deer |
ir |
yir, hir, dir |
| vision, beige, measure |
jh |
vijhn, baajh, mejhr |
| hole, soul, goal |
oo |
hool, sool, gool |
| auto, sought, tall |
ou |
outo, sout, toul |
| queen, quick, equal |
q |
qeen, qic, eeql |
| thin, moth, through |
tt |
ttin, mott, ttruu |
| magnet, carrot schwa |
u |
magnut, carut |
| shoe, boot, true |
uu |
shuu, buut, truu |
| use, few, view | yu | yuz, fyu, vyu |
| The ‘long vowel’ learning rhyme | |||||||||
| day | The | A | sound | in | daa, | is | spelt | with | aa |
| see | " | E | " | " | see | " | " | " | ee |
| fly | " | I | " | " | flii | " | " | " | ii |
| snow | " | O | " | " | snoo | " | " | " | oo |
| shoe | " | U | " | " | shuu | " | " | " | uu |
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Phonetic alignment explained aa sounds the alphabetic name of the letter a as in naam (name) or raan (rain). ah as in fahthr (father) or pahm (palm). au the pronunciation of out clearly begins with an a, as in apple, and not with an o as in orange. c c replaces k. c has the k sound, never the s. Only half the changes are needed. from k to c than from c to k. er produces the sound as in where and there. The gas mixture air retains its spelling. ii sounds the alphabetical name of the letter i. jh distinguishes the pronunciation of vision (vijhn) from mission (mishn). jh is spoken as is the French j in jardin. ir phonetic i+r =ir =ear, beer = bir, near = nir, here = hir. ou as in, bought, oulso, outo, ouful, replaces (a)lso, (au)to, (aw)ful, etc. (o as in orange not a as in apple). oo sounds the alphabetical name of the letter o. Motorboat changes to mootrboot, soul to sool, low to loo. q replaces qu. examples: qic, qeen, liqid, instead of quick, queen, liquid. tt distinguishes the non-vocal lisp th in thin (ttin), from the vocal th as in then. u used flexibly as in nut and in bul and to symbolise indistinctive sounds, gallop (galup), sickness (sicnus), etc. uu the long ‘u’ vowel sound as in ‘tomb, route, crew, moon, shoe’, relates to the letter ‘u’ and is written with uu as in: ‘tuum, ruut, cruu, muun, and shuu. SSS Journal 1987/3. Ref. Prof. Gregersen. Queens College N.Y. yu sounds the alphabetic name of the letter u, few, due, change to fyu, dyu. Vowels as sounded and spelt in Northern English, German, Italian, Spanish and other EU languages and |