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:
Dhi yues ev c, x,
and nq for dhi sowndz
tridixnlhy speld bie "ch", "sh", and "ng" rispektivly.
Dhi yues ev jh
for the sound ev "si" in (tridixnlhy-speld) <vision> or ev "ge"
in
<mirage>.
Riplaysmhnt ev most xwahz widh dhi letr i. (e iz yuezd at dhi start ev a wurd,
and a at dhi end.)
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.
-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.
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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