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Hi Folks, Recently, I've developed a way of teaching Shavian in 4 levels. Level 1: The Basic Phonemic Letters (38) p c A b J F t j a d w O k...
Carl G. Easton
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Oct 2, 2007
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Hi Carl Good to hear from you. It's been a while. I have been away on Holidays. I like your levels. It really helps to put the atressed letters (Err/Urge, Up)...
paul vandenbrink
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Hi Carl, Yours is a great idea! And Paul's suggestions also have merit. Would you consider incorporating them into your system? Another advantage of...
Yahya
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Oct 8, 2007
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Hi Paul, Great suggestion! Originally, I did have the basic letters paired. But I didn't have a copy of the pairs with me at College, so I just did it from...
carl easton
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Hi Yahya, What do you suggest for making the level system more "bit-sized", I like to hear what you have to say about that. The reason I've put "Yew" with the...
carl easton
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Hi Carl and Yahya I like the idea of Teaching Shavian in 5 levels, especially if we are introducing the letters through typing rather than drawing. I think by...
paul vandenbrink
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Hi Theo F. I will consult with Hugh B. and Philip D. and see about adding your new web-site to www.shavian.org. Sorry for the delay. Regards, Paul V. ...
paul vandenbrink
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... I've added a link to www.shavian.org. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>...
Philip Newton
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Hi Philip N. Apologies for referring to you as Philip D. I won't make that mistake again. (* F must hAv kynfVzd V wiT H AmbigVasli Absant *) (* daSep. hI sIms...
paul vandenbrink
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Maybe you were thinking of me. I developed several fonts for the Shaw Alphabet some years ago. --Phil D. ... From: paul vandenbrink Hi Philip N. Apologies for...
Ph. D.
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Hi Paul, Those are some good ideas. I'd like to see how you'd set up all 48 letter in the Shavian, into that 5 level format. I guess people today are more...
carl easton
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Oct 22, 2007
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the shawalphabet group. File : /421w.rtf ...
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Nov 7, 2007
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Hi Carl Actually, I quite like the way you first suggested to do it. But if I was going to start from scratch. For the first Level or Group. I would list all...
paul vandenbrink
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Nov 25, 2007
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Welcome to the Shavian Alphabet Forum. ... Regards, Paul V. P.S. Please let me know if you need instructions on how to use the Rich Text Editor in Yahoo groups...
paul vandenbrink
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Nov 26, 2007
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Hi Paul, Thank you for applying the 48 Shavian Letters into the 5 level format of teaching. It makes sense and you explained it clearly me to understand the...
carl easton
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Hi Paul, Your groupings make sense. So when will we see your Shavian Primer in stores? ;-) Regards, Yahya music on the web:...
Yahya
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Hi Paul, ... [...] ... "sore-ee"?! Are you shore, uh, sure? In Oz, when we say "Sorry", the first vowel is definitely the On vowel - or possibly, an r- ...
Yahya
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Hi Carl Glad to hear that you know where I am coming from. Thanks to the new Shaw fonts, it is a lot easier to learn to type the Shavian Alphabet than it is to...
paul vandenbrink
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Hi Carl The On and Ah sound for the majority of Americans speakers is really the same sound. I had trouble deciding when to use on and when to use Ah,...
paul vandenbrink
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... I'm surprised - I would have thought that "ah" is fairly rare compared to "on". (Especially if you treat "are" as separate, and also if you use northern...
Philip Newton
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Regards, Paul V. P.S. Please let me know if you need instructions on how to use the Rich Text Editor in Yahoo groups to embed Shavian letters into your Forum...
kirk desimus
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Nov 29, 2007
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/pYl, plIz giv mI H detEld instrukSonz for embediN H /SY leterz intM mF pOstiN v mesaJez. F ges F never understUd hQ t dM His. n it sImz t hAv ben a veri loN...
kirk desimus
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... lUks lFk GwiNdiNz t mI! tEk kX, j'Yl! -- Ethan He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust --Psalm 91:4a...
Ethan
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Dec 2, 2007
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Hi Kirk My apologies. I should make up a standard explanation and post it every six months or so. Let me describe the method first in general and then go into ...
paul vandenbrink
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Hi Yahya I have to agree with Philip in this matter. In my opinion, all three combinations are so similar that a hypothetical reader would pronounce them...
paul vandenbrink
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Hi Phil D. You are correct. I do remember you. It is just Ph. D brings back still tender memories of my time in the University of Calgary, where I quickly...
paul vandenbrink
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Regards, Philip Americans are nothing, if they are not consistent. They definately minimize a lot of English vowel distinctions in casual speech. ... compared...
paul vandenbrink
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Dec 16, 2007
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Oh no. Yet another variant pronunciation of the most useful interjection in English. While I can't claim to have mastered Australian English I suspect that...
paul vandenbrink
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Dec 16, 2007
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<font face="Shaw Sans No. 2" size="4"> TANk jM /pYl. insted v "SY sAnz number 2" kUd F jMz "AndroklIz" ? ... <font face="Shaw Sans No. 2" size="4"> TANk jM...
kirk desimus
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Just an afterthought. I note that there are a number of other un-used Upper case letters in the Shavian Keyboard Mapping. In particular, B, F, H, K, L and V. ...
paul vandenbrink
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