SWG Tales

Just for the record, I've completely stayed out of this thread because a) I don't want to give people reasons to hate me, and b) it keeps making me cry.

x'an shin wrote:
Some good points, but phonic spellings only won't solve every problem. You've still got the Your/You're problems, and even worse, the to/two/too problem. Strictly phonic spellings of those words (and more) would create potentially as many problems as it would solve. How would you differentiate "we" and "oui"? "I" and "eye"?

I think the system works. I'm not going to try and fix it

No it won't be perfect, but even the potential problems that you suggest would be far, far less than the inconsistencies that we have at the moment.

You brought up the spelling, what about the math?

Hey lets not ge into math! For me 1+1=dust bunny and I admit my math is even wrose then my spelling. Sigh I know I must have atleast half of these words wrong.

Dwilah wrote:Just for the record, I've completely stayed out of this thread because a) I don't want to give people reasons to hate me, and b) it keeps making me cry.

a.) If people hate you through cyberspace for this debate, then it ain't you.

b.) save the tears (yeah, I know they're not literal tears :lol: ) for something truly worthy.

Keer wrote:

x'an shin wrote:
Some good points, but phonic spellings only won't solve every problem. You've still got the Your/You're problems, and even worse, the to/two/too problem. Strictly phonic spellings of those words (and more) would create potentially as many problems as it would solve. How would you differentiate "we" and "oui"? "I" and "eye"?

I think the system works. I'm not going to try and fix it

No it won't be perfect, but even the potential problems that you suggest would be far, far less than the inconsistencies that we have at the moment.

You brought up the spelling, what about the math?

I'm not sure what the problem is with the math.

Obviously, if you're doing something as important as space travel, use metric. Hell, even use metric when you're laying out roads for all I care. Just keep the signs and the speed limit in Miles. It's romantic and sexy and FAST. It's built into our culture. "I can't drive 88.495!!!!" Just doesn't have the same ring to it. Please. I love Mph. Kph just sounds so....European ;)

But good luck convincing carpenters to stop using the King's Rule for building. Yes, it's easier to *design* a skyscraper in metric, but for the grunts who've been building under the foot system, you're going to cause more problems than solve. I've seen carpenters run LAPS around me when it comes to doing math for cutting boards under the King's system.

And to give an answer to your valid question:

x'an shin wrote: How would you differentiate "we" and "oui"? "I" and "eye"?

The same way that we do now, by context.

If I'm communicating verbally sayiing "We could use a wee bit of caution, here." You're going to know what I mean and not get the homophones confused.

If I typed it using "we" for both places, I have faith that the meaning would still be conveyed without confusion.

In the rare case that it is not, then we'll have problems, but stillmuch less than what we get out of the present system.

X'an Shin wrote: I love Mph. Kph just sounds so....European ;)

Well , then there ya' go. We're talking about creature comforts, not the sense in the system, right?

X'an Shin wrote: But good luck convincing carpenters to stop using the King's Rule for building.

Not trying to convince the world, we're just having a discussion about flaws in a system.