A new way of writing things?

Question

I think were spelling words wrong, for example: Instead of representing the letter "A" with an, "A", we should represent it how it is spelt out, and if you spell "a" it reads kinda Like "Aye" or something. So instead of spelling "Hi" H-I" it should be spelt " ache-iye" or "acheiye" ect. Do you understand

every word are spelt out to represent the sound they make. So why do we only use 1 letter too represnt the alpabett, an "H' doesnt sound Like "huh" when you read it out, it sounds like "ache" and a sounding word.

Answer 1

Writing should address matter of heart and mind rather than jugglery of words.

Answer 2

That doesn't leave any room for the difference between long and short vowel sounds. It would also make for some seriously long winded spelling of words.

I think more than anything, letters are viewed as symbols. Symbols have an arbitrary use in a number of disciplines, so to change the alphabet would be chaotic to not just language, but mathematics, nearly every branch of science, the sending and receiving of messages, etc

Answer 3

English, especially American English has no rules for how a sound is made. "A" has at least 15 sounds to it. "C" has no sound of itself, it makes the "s" or "k" sound. The vowels in English are the culprits. A vowel is a vowel (a.e.i.o.u) because the tongue does not touch any part of the mouth. Consonants (b-z without a,e,i,o,u) DO touch the mouth. In Spanish each letter has only one sound, not a letter name and a letter sound, except for "h",no sound, silent. American English is the only English that can turn any vowel into a /schwa/ sound /uh/ sound, as in Umericun (American). When you cross the USA border, Immigration officals will ask you your nationality and you'll usually say, "American". They'll look for the "schwa sound to authenticate your nationality. Language and writing is based in culture and so on and so on. Your question is fascinating! You will find the answers in a good linguistic class. I think you'll be fascinated by this study!

Answer 4

You've got things backwards. Oral language came first so it is important to relate words to that rather than to use language to tell people how to spell words. Better is to make phonetic modifications to language,especially English which has some aberrant spellings. George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell were advocates of changes to English to do this.

Shorthands, such as Gregg and Pitman, use symbols akin to letters to convey spoken language briefly. E-mail and text messaging are actually doing much the same thing by conveying meaning in fewer letters than conventional spelling.

Answer 5

that is not good way to look at it, because the names of letters don't necessarily correlate with the sounds they make

do we have to go back to kindergarten? "The 'd' makes a 'duh' sound. The 'r' makes an 'errr' sound." each letter has its own sound. durrrr.

when you read a word, you don't need to line up the letters, one by one, and analyze what you've put to together. instead you look at it as a whole, and you either recognize it or you don't. knowing this, there is not much in breaking down the words as you propose. plus, the system you advocate would just make the english language even more convoluted and confusing than it already is. nobody wants that.

i have a serious question for you. were you high when you wrote that question?

Answer 6

And it is getting even shorter with texting. I can't imagine having to type all those extra letters with my thumbs, and would we all be able to agree on the spelling if we don't all say it the same way?

Answer 7

actually NO!! coz whatz ur saying is not clear. clear it and ill tell you wether it is right or wrong so please do your best to make it clear. being clear is such a good thing so now use CLEAR SHAMPOO to get rid of DUNDRUF