Saturday, March 19, 2011

truespel vs IPA phonetics notation

The upodn.com converter gives IPA, while the truespel converter is at truespel.com
Let's try both notations on this sentence
How would you like to read this notation all day? Imagine trying to type with it!

IPA = háw wʊ́d jú lájk tú rɛ́d ðɪ́s notéʃən ɒ́l dé? ɪ̀mǽdʒən trájɪŋ tú tájp wɪθ ɪ́t!

truespel = Hou wood yue liek tue reed this noettaeshin aul dae? Immajin trieyeeng tue tiep withh it!

Note that truespel has no special symbols, so is easier to read and type. It also honors initial capitalization.
(Default stress is on the first syllable but shifts to after a double consonant)

Friday, March 18, 2011

Percent of Native Englsih Speakers Around the World

This pie chart is from a UK source showing that over 70% of native English speakers are from the USA. click here.

Hear me speak the "beige fox" story, 40 US English phonemes

This story has the 40 sounds of USA English in it as I point them out. The beige fox story. It shows the thinking behind each phoneme spelling

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Truespel Phonemes Explained

The paper attached explains the thinking behind the spelling of the truespel phoneme set in a most English friendly way. Click here.

It shows how 26 letters of the alphabet spell the 40 sounds of USA English "foenubet" (set of sounds in a language). So simple that kids can be taught phonetics for the first time.