Edwin Spelling

Edwin Spelling is akin to Anglish Spelling but it goes further by incorporating the theory that the Old French and Norman-Latin pronunciations of  and  resulted in the original /eː/ and /oː/ pronunciations no longer being seen as the "default" long forms, resulting in the former being largely knocked off the magic-E system, and the later being wholly knocked off. The theory holds that without Old French and Norman-Latin influence, English today might rely solely on  and  to represent what were once /ɛː/ and /ɔː/, rather than ever representing them with magic-E. Additionally, other assorted Anglish- and Roots Spelling changes are incorporated, such as the change from  to ; the change from  to , the removal of unneeded silent <-e>, and the reversion of Middle English scribal  to  in words like wolf, work. Spelling is primarily etymological, and ignores post-ME vowel changes, as Modern English: /wʌn/, /kʊd/, /ruːm/.

Unlike main Anglish Spelling, Edwin Spelling ends words in /au/ with plain , compared to main Anglish Spelling : thu vs. thue, cu vs. cue.

Undecided change:  representing Middle English /aː/ might also be French, so the change  ->  and  ->  could be justified. However this would get confusing, and the spelling would probably still distinguish  (from OE o) and <a_e> (from OE aa) so as not to cause too many homophones.

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"