GRAMMAR ANALYSIS

Grammar Analysis



Grammar Analysis

Orthography

Numerous suggestions have been made concerning how to reform the spelling of the English language. What almost all of them have in common is that they recognize the inconsistent nature of English spelling, and they try to remedy that problem by developing a spelling system that is consistent. Below is a proposed spelling system designed not only for consistency, but also for the preservation of the Teutonic cultural heritage of the English language. Modern English is a mutant language. It is a Teutonic language in which the Teutonic pronunciations have been discarded, though the spelling has remained the same. The perpetrators here likely include the Norman Conquest, the Great Vowel Shift, as well as other absurdities. The following spelling system atempts to rectify this phenomenon by mapping Teutonic orthography to current pronunciation.

Furthermore, the Roman alphabet, which was designed for Latin, contains only 5 vowels. This is adequate for Latin, since it has only 5 vowel sounds (|a| |e| |i| |o| |u|). However, 5 vowels are insufficient for the Teutonic languages because they have more than 5 vowel sounds. Therefore, it would have been preferable for the Teutonic peoples to have continued using their original runic alphabet instead of using the Latin alphabet concurrent with the imposition of Christianity onto them. However, what's done is done, so now the Teutonic languages accommodate the number of vowel sounds either by combining vowels or by using diacritical marks. The following spelling system can use either, based on the preference of the individual user.

In some American dialects, this vowel sound is virtually identical to the vowel sound in "father". Nevertheless, this orthography will distinguish the two sounds, as most English speakers would make this distinction. Those who wish to pronounce "A" and "Å" identically can continue to do so. In some dialects, the words "bath", "cat", and "mad" feature 3 different vowel sounds, while in other dialects, they feature the same vowel sound.

In certain words, when the vowel is combined with an R, it makes a unique sound (i.e. the O in "word" is different from the O in "torn"). This sound will be represented by E. This is less relevant to American speech than it is to British or Australian speech. This is because in American speech, the E in "where" sounds nearly identical to the A in "state", whereas in other dialects they are different. Replaces instances of vowel combinations in which the combination can either be pronounced as a diphthong (|ah| + |ee|), as a long E, or as a short I. This is because of pronunciation variations among dialects. For example, in the word "strychnine" the "...nine" is pronounced /neen/ in some dialects and /nain/ in other dialects. Also, in the word "either", the "ei" is sometimes pronounced |ee| and sometimes pronounced |ai|. This combination can also be pronounced as a short I in some dialects. For example - the word "futile" in which some pronounce the "ile" as |ail| while some pronounce it as ...