Learn to read a binary font by reading a story

Re:Learn to read a binary font by reading a story by oskarth on Saturday March 31, 2012 @06:22AM (#3779990)

There's simpel-fonetik, which is extremely intuitive. It's basically a mapping from IPA to latin letters. Example:

When you read Simpel-Fonetik words, you must pay attention to each letter. Remember: each letter has always the same sound, the sound given in the Simpel-Fonetik alphabet, regardless what letter is next to it.

And here it is re-written in Simpel-Fonetik:

Wen ju riid Simpel-Fonetik wörds, ju mast pei ätenshon tu iitsh leter. Rimember: iitsh leter häs olweis the seim saund, the saund given in the Simpel-Fonetik alfabet, rigaardles wat leter is nekst tu it.

http://www.simpelfonetik.com/

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Re:Learn to read a binary font by reading a story by slowpoke on Saturday March 31, 2012 @10:34AM (#3780371)

Funnily enough, this looks like a German person with no actual knowledge of English trying to write down what someone speaking English is saying.

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Re:Learn to read a binary font by reading a story by gurkendoktor on Sunday April 01, 2012 @01:04PM (#3784249)

In case anyone else was wondering why it is still "is" and not "iz" in Simpel Fonetik, and how they justify "sh" as being composed of "s" and "h", the FAQ actually answers that.

I disagree about the 's', but otherwise I like it.

German's most newbie-ish computer magazine, Computer Bild, actually uses a pretty system to explain the pronunciation of IT terms to the layman.

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Re:Learn to read a binary font by reading a story by twfarland on Saturday March 31, 2012 @03:16PM (#3781246)

I love this kind of thing. I tried something similar a few years ago, after visiting Turkey and seeing their language. I'd had a single character for each sound, though (i.e. 'å' instead of 'ei' for the 'a' sound in 'late').

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