Alternative Spelling Proposals

Foreword
See Anglish Spelling for the latest in historically grounded Anglish spelling reform, as settled upon by the fellowship. The proposals given on this leaf are from those within the fellowship with their own creative spin on how they like to write, which have not been fully accepted by the wider community.

English Spelling (Comparative Sample Text)
The North Wind and the Sun were which was the stronger, when a  came along wrapped in a warm. They that the one who first  in making the  take his  off should be  stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more did the  fold his   him; and at last the North Wind gave up the. Then the Sun shone out warmly, and the  took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was to  that the Sun was the stronger of the two.

Carl-Archon's Simplified New English Spelling
(All words used for example pronunciations are in the General American Dialect with no caught/cot merger.)

This spelling prioritizes pronounceability over recognizability. Not all spellings are grounded in historical conventions and are instead grounded in what I think looks good. This form is mainly intended for personal use by Carl.

Þe Staffrow and Wuns: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Ww Xx Yy Þþ Ææ

A - /æ/ /ɑ/ (/eɪ/) /ə/ in unstressed syllables ⟨a⟩ can be used as schwa at the beginning of words ⟨aw⟩ - /ɔ/ at the end of words ⟨au⟩ - /ɔ/ medially ⟨a_e⟩ ⟨á⟩ - /eɪ/ (historically /a/) (not recommended) ⟨â⟩ - /ɑ/ unambiguously ⟨à⟩ - /æ/ unambiguously

B - /b/ same as in current English

C - /tʃ/ in front of front vowels and at end of a word, and /k/ elsewhere. ⟨ck⟩ - /k/ after a short vowel ⟨ci⟩ - /tʃ/ before non-front vowels ⟨tc⟩ - /tʃ/ after short vowel non-finally ⟨ce⟩ - /tʃ/ after long vowel non-finally ⟨cg⟩ - /dʒ/ ⟨ci + V⟩ - /tʃ/ in front of vowels with vowel pronounced

D - /d/ same as in current English

E - /ɛ/ /ə/ in unstressed syllables ⟨ei⟩ ⟨ey⟩ - /eɪ/ ⟨e_e⟩ ⟨é⟩ - /i/ ⟨ë⟩ - /ə/ unambiguously ⟨è⟩ - pronounced in a situation where e would be silent

F - /f/ /v/ ⟨ff⟩ - /f/ ⟨hf⟩ unambiguous /f/ initially

G - /g/

H - /h/ (/x/ /ç/)

I - /ɪ/ ⟨i_e⟩ ⟨í⟩ /aɪ/

J - removed

K - /k/ before front vowels, in ⟨sk⟩, or at end of a word

L - same as in modern English

M - same as in modern English

N - same as in modern English

O - /u/ /ɔ/ /a/ ⟨o_e⟩ ⟨ó⟩ - /u/. ⟨ò_e⟨ ⟨ö⟩ - /ʊ/ ⟨oa⟩ ⟨å⟩ - /oʊ/ (historically /ɔ:/) ⟨ow⟩ - /oʊ/ at the end of a word ⟨o⟩ - /ɔ/ at the start of words (if short) ⟨ô⟩ - /ɔ/ unambiguously ⟨o⟩ - /ɑ/ in medial positions

P - same as in modern English

Q - removed ⟨cw⟩ - /kʷ/

R - same as in modern English

S - /s/ /z/ ⟨ss⟩ /s/ ⟨hs⟩ - /s/ initial (if needed) ⟨sc⟩ /ʃ/ ⟨sk⟩ /sk/ ⟨skw⟩ /skʷ/

T - same as in modern English

U - /ʌ/ ⟨u_e⟩ ⟨ú⟩ /ɑʊ/ ⟨ù⟩ /ʌ/ unambiguously

V - removed

W - same as in modern English ⟨wh⟩ is ⟨hw⟩ ⟨wh⟩ when pronounced /h/ is ⟨h⟩

X - same as in modern English Y - /j/ /i/ at the end of a non-monosyllabic word ⟨ye⟩ ⟨iy⟩ ⟨ý⟩ /aɪ/ at end of a non-monosyllabic word ⟨y⟩ /aɪ/ at the end of monosyllabic words Z - removed Þ - /θ/ /ð/ ⟨þþ⟩ - /θ/ ⟨hþ⟩ - /θ/ initially (if needed) ⟨þh⟩ - /ð/ after a short vowel medially E.g. Boþher (bother)

Æ - /ɛ/ (historically ɛ:) Used in situations where ⟨e⟩ would be /i/ or as an unambiguous /ɛ/ ⟨ær⟩ - /ɛɚ/

Diacritics are optional

Other conventions: ⟨gh⟩ as historical /x/ - ⟨g⟩ or ⟨h⟩ Þig (thigh) Daugter (daughter) ⟨ig⟩ pronounced ⟨aɪ⟩ in historic ⟨gh⟩ as /x/ Hig (high)

⟨gh⟩ that is now pronounced /f/ - ⟨f⟩ Tough ⟩ Tuff

Doubling consonants makes the preceding vowel short

⟨i⟩ and ⟨u⟩ are pronounced long before ⟨nd⟩ when ⟨nd⟩ is at the end of a word E.g. Hund (hound) Hind (hind)

Special forms of a sound that appear at the end of the word do not change for inflections or compound words. E.g. Dey ⟩ Deys not Dey ⟩ Deis

Vowels are long if they are at the end of a word, or are followed by only a single consonant + vowel. Magic e is used for long vowels elsewhere except where double consonants are needed for a distinction. The magic e is silent in compound words (e.g. utelandisc) but pronounced elsewhere (hafen). If needed, one can use ⟨è⟩ to show when the e is pronounced. Examples:

Foolish ⟩ Folisc. The o is long because it is followed by one l and then the vowel i

Lock ⟩ Lock. The o is short because it is followed by two consonants ⟨ck⟩

Þe cwick brune fox cgumped åfer þe leisy dog

Written Out
A snippet from "To Build a Fire", by Jack Jack London:

Dey had bråken cold and grey, dredfully cåld and grey, hwen þe man went aside frum the mein Yukon bywey and climed þe hig erþ-staþ, hwær a dim and littel-trodden bywey led westward þro þe fat efergrene timberland. It was a stepe staþ, and he stopped for a breath at þe top, sparing þe dede to himself by lòking at his wâc. It was nine. Þær was nå sun nor hint of sun, þå þær was not a clude in the hæfens. It was a håder dey, and yet þær lòked a scadowy scrude ofer þe sigt uf þings, a smaul glome þat made the dey dark, and þat was åd to þe derþ of sun. This trewþ did not wirry þe man. He was at håm wiþ the lack uf sun. It had ben deys sins he had seen þe sun, and he cnew þat a few mår deys must gå by befor þat bliþe baul, bæring suþe, wòeld but pepe abuf þe uteline and dip forþwiþ frum sigt.

Edwin Spelling
Edwin Spelling is an alternate spelling for English with the goal to create a more native English variant of the current system. However, Edwin-spelling is an independent effort and is more influenced by its creator's personal taste in spelling than Hurlebatte's Anglish Spelling. Spelling is primarily etymological, and ignores post-ME vowel changes, as Modern English: ⟨oan⟩/⟨åne⟩ /wʌn/, ⟨cude⟩ /kʊd/, ⟨rume⟩ /ruːm/. There are two forms, roughly: one which is mostly akin in appearance to Modern English, and one which goes much further and adds many Old- and Early-Middle English style spellings. The original divergence between Hurlebatte's spelling and Edwin-spelling had to do with the spelling of English ⟨nowiki⟩/uː/⟨/nowiki⟩ and /iː/, from Old English ē and ō; while the former mostly leaves them intact, Edwin-Spelling puts them in the V_e "magic E" set of vowels.

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Example: (from this wiki's translation of the Gospel of John) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his wolder, the wolder as of the oanly begotten of the Father), estey and trewthful. John bare witness of him, and rard, saying: This was he of whome I spake, He that cummeth after me is my better: for he was before me. And of his fullness haf all we reaped, and este for este.

Mean English Example: (Dickens) It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times, it was the age of wisdom it was the age of folishness, it was the eapoch of beleffe, it was the eapoch of incredewlity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hoap, it was the winter of despair.

Extensions
The following are a set of anti-French changes which might make things a bit too unreadable, but are cool nonetheless. Writing with all these would be "deepest" Edwin spelling. Considerations will be made about what to do about OE "g"

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Example: And þe Word was made flæsc, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his wolder, the wolder as of þe ånely begotten of þe Faþer), estey and trewþful. John bare witness of him, and rard, saying: Ðiss was he of whome I spake, He þat cummeþ after me is my better: for he was before me. And of his fullness haf all we ræped, and este for este.

Mean English Example: (Dickens) It was þe best of times, it was þe wurst of times, it was þe age of wisdom, it was þe age of foliscness, it was þe æpoch of beleffe, it was þe æpoch of incredewlity, it was þe sæson of liht, it was þe sæson of darcness, it was þe spring of håpe, it was þe winter of despair.

Another Example: (from our "Foreword from the Canterbury Tales"): When Æstermonþ wiþ its swete scures / Đe druht of Lide has bored to erþly bures / And baþed efery adder in sutce flow / By whitce strengþ þe blossom is born så / When the West Wind æke wiþ its swete yelde / Has bræþed into efery holt and felde / The soft saplings and the yung sun / Has in the Ram halff its time run.

Frith Spelling
This is an Anglish spelling reform that I hope will get wide use. I disagree with the philosophy of zero use of innovation used by Yose and Hurlebatte, as I think it creates an artificially archaic system with a mixture of older systems (in our timeline replaced by a foreign system) that likely would have been replaced by another native system without foreign influence. As such, I add in a small number of innovations to create a highly elegant symmetrical system. Nevertheless, it is fairly similar to Hurlebatte's and Edwin's systems. A variant I find interesting is replacing ee with é_e and oo with ó_e (or e_e and o_e, with ea and oa becoming æ_e/ä_e and å_e instead).

Evidence
See Anglish Spelling.

Common Respelled Words
Out of date.

Talafolk's Unthawed Spelling
A snippet from "To Build a Fire", by Jack Jack London:

Dey had browken cowld and grey, cowld and grey, when the man  asyd from the mein   and clym’d the hy erth-, whear a dim and littel-  led eestwerd thro the far  timmerland. It was a steep, and he fer breth at the top,  the  ta himself by louking at his watch. It was. Thear was now sun noar hint of sun, thow thear was not a clawd in the. It was a dey, and yet thear  a   owver the  of things, a  gloom that meid the dey dark, and that was  ta the  of sun. This did not wurry the man. He was the lack of sun. It had been days sins he had seen the sun, and he new that a few moar deys must befoar that ,  sawth, woud but peep abuf the  and dip  from.

Wordwork Spelling
See Wordwork's User Leaf for an outline on the spelling.

Þé Norþ Wind and þé Sun wer hwich was þé stronger, hwen a  cám along wrapd in a warm. Þei þat þé wun hwoo first  in macing þé  tác his  off schood bé  stronger þan þé oþer. Þen þé Norþ Wind blew as hard as hé cood, but þé moar hé blew, þé moar did þé  fold his   him; and at last þé Norþ Wind gáf up þé. Þen þé Sun schon út warmli, and þé  tooc off his. And só þé Norþ Wind was too  þat þé Sun was þé stronger of þé too.