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.

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: /<åne> /wʌn/, /kʊd/, /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 /uː/ 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.

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"

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.

Written Out
(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.

Written Out
(A snippet from "To Build a Fire", by Jack Jack London:) Dey had brocen cold and grey, cold and grey, hwen þe man  asíd from þe mein Yukon  and clímbed þe hí erþ-, hwer a dim and litel-  led éstward þrew þe fat  timberland. It was a stép, and hé for breþ at þe top,  þe  to himself bí loocing at his wach. It was. Þer was no sun nor hint of sun, þow þer was not a clúd in þe. It was a dey, and yet þer  a   ofer þe  of þings, a  gloom þat mád þe dey darc, and þat was  to þe  of sun. Þiss did not worry þe man. Hé was þe lac of sun. It had bén deys sinss hé had sén þe sun, and hé cnew þat a few moar deys must béfoar þat ,  súþ, wood but pép abuf þe  and dip  from.

Outline
I build on the settled ways of Anglish Spelling. I have brought on some further spelling to make the spelling in my writs more steady,, and a way I find smoother to read. So:
 * 1) I  acute accents (á, é, í, ó, ú) to mark the long, instead of  the 'magic e' way. So, "ate" is "át"; "eat" is "ét", "bite" is "bít", "home" is "hóm", and "cow" is "cú". This makes it look nearer to Old English, which I find heartening, and also find prettier than diphthongs.
 * 2) I spell the "oo" that comes from the other Old English long-o as is in English. So, "soon" and "moon" have no spelling shifts.
 * 3) I spell the "th" diagraph with the  thorn (þ, Þ), which has been forthput and -on by many, but not yet settled as an Anglish spelling. It works the same as the other fricatives. So, "bath" becomes "baþþ", and "bathe" becomes "báþ".
 * 4) I spell "ie" and "ea" as  or marked with an acute accent, as fitting. So, "friend" becomes "frend", "head” becomes "hed"; "(to) lead" becomes "(too) léd", and "great" becomes "grát".
 * 5) I spell /ʃ/ as sch, putting an h onto the diagraph, to set it asunder from /sk/. So, "shoot" becomes "schoot".
 * 6) I spell /tʃ/ as ch, putting an h onto the diagraph, so that it is sharp wherever it's found in a word. So, "much" is still "much". (In Anglish spelling, this would be "muc" or "muce".)
 * 7) I drop the  k altogether, unless it's in an . So, "chicken" becomes "chicen", and "kitchen" becomes "cichen".
 * 8) I spell /dʒ/ as cg, wherever it falls in a word. So, "edge" becomes "ecg", and even the  outlier, "jump" becomes "cgump".
 * 9) I drop needless "-gh". So, "rough" is spelled "ruff", "through" is "þrew", "though" is "þow", "thought" is "þawt", and "night" is "nít".
 * 10) I spell the diphthong found in the words "all", "ball", "fore", "door" and so on, as "oa". So, "more" becomes "moar", and "all" becomes "oal".
 * 11) My  only needs these twenty-two : Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ww, Xx, Yy, Þþ. (Þiss staffrow wiþþ diacretics and þorn can bé  writen út on almost eny  wiþþ þe Íslandisch ceyboard.)