#orthography

[prokopetz]

I think English orthography would be categorically improved by the adoption of extended whitespace. Right now we're stuck with ellipses to serve that function if we're doing things "properly", and "hell... yes" simply does not communicate the same thing as "hell yes".

[janmisali]

best way to phonetically respell the FOOT vowel in english (as in good, put, wolf, should) out of these options

oo (good, poot, woolf, shood)

u (gud, put, wulf, shud)

ou (goud, pout, woulf, shoud)

uh (guhd, puht, wuhlf, shuhd)

oe (goed, poet, woelf, shoed)

o (god, pot, wolf, shod)

oul (gould, poult, woullf, should)

w (gwd, pwt, wwlf, shwd)

uu (guud, puut, wuulf, shuud)

y (gyd, pyt, wylf, shyd)

all of these are bad

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[dedalvs]

you may have answered this before, so i apologize if so, but i’m curious what this glyph is on the priest’s robe at the daemyra wedding in 1x7. love your work!!

Hey, I never once saw that!!! You know, they asked me specifically to create a glyph for "priest". At the time I didn't have one. In fact, the word wasn't simplex, so it wouldn't have been written with its own glyph. I went ahead and made a single glyph for "priest" (voktys), and THAT'S IT! I never knew why they asked for it, because I never saw it in the show. I guess I. missed it. That's SO COOL! I LOVE IT! I may buy that if it ever winds up on one of those Hollywood auction sites.

[mewling-central]

I've been learning to harvest clay and I used my very first batch to write something in Proto-Seraphic! It was a writing system originally meant to be written in clay so I'm very glad it came out so clear. On the left is the unfired tablet and the write is the fired tablet. It ended up cracking and breaking (first time firing greenware whoops) but I don't mind because it gives it an archaeological feel to it!

Ndeytğĺ pr-afwék ju-Tawawí, qe pr-vim ju-Kirawí, qe pr-jahwúvim ju-Tlad.

[ˌn̩.dɛjtˈɣl̩ pr̩ ɑˈfwɛk ʒu ˌtɑ.wɑˈwɪ qɛ pr̩ vim ʒu ˌki.rɑˈwi qɛ pr̩ ʒɑˈhwuv.im ʒu ˈtlɑd]

PFV.FUT.RES=that.[DIST] by (o).HEAT.[SG] of tëwėlwī and by (t).light.[SG] of cīralwī and by (m).crop-PL of tlāod

"By the warmth of Tëwėlwī (the Nurturer; Sun deity), by the light of Cīralwī (the Protector; moon god), by the gifts of Tlāod (the Firmament; earth goddess), it shall be."

[drlinguo]

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[weavingstarlight]

Why yes, I am back on my bullshit today.

[nofna]

It's been a day a no new pictures have been posted that I've seen, so I'll wrap up NofNAweek with this showcase of scenes from Orthography.

I would like to thank, again, the caretakers of the natures-art blog for holding this annual event. Everyone's entries were amazing; thank you so much for sharing them all.