[Spellyans] diacritics

[Craig Weatherhill]

Indeed, it is, Michael.  I'm thinking about the best and most  
attractive way to sell it to the public, rather than do it in an  
abrasive fashion.

In the meantime - my suggestion to you this morning about p81 onwards  
of the KS Skeul an Tavas - how would you feel about putting that  
portion of the book be onto the KS site, so that people can print it  
off and keep?  It is the most concise guide to KS that we currently  
have.

Craig




On 2 Whe 2011, at 13:40, Michael Everson wrote:

> On 2 Feb 2011, at 13:29, Craig Weatherhill wrote:
>
>> I think there's a problem of wording here.
>
> I think that people are getting stuck on words. Not you, Craig. But  
> others.
>
>> "Mandatory" sounds as though we're dictating.
>
> Yes, well people need to learn how to read and not to get all  
> whacked out about words like this.
>
> We've specified an orthography. Like every other orthography, its  
> rules are, well, rules. They're not meant to be broken. Get it,  
> everybody? There is correct spelling in English. If one doesn't  
> follow those rules, then the spelling is incorrect.
>
> Correct spelling is mandatory in English, if you want to spell  
> correctly.
> Correct spelling is mandatory in KS, if you want to spell correctly.
>
> The use of diacritical marks as specified is essential for correct  
> spelling in KS. They are not optional. They are an important  
> functional part of the orthography.
>
> I keep pasting in the following text, because I have yet to get a  
> sense that many people in this discussion has read it and understood  
> it.
>
> =====
> Six Cornish letters can take diacritical marks to make pronunciation  
> clear.
>
> â, à, ê, è, ë, î, ô, ò, û, ù, ÿ
>
> These diacritical marks are important and should be learned as a  
> proper part of the words which have them. If you write them  
> regularly, they will help you to pronounce words more correctly, and  
> they will help others to read what you write more easily.
> =====
>
> That's the "recommendation". The recommendation is that diacritics  
> are "a proper part" of the words that have them. That means they're  
> not "optional". It means that they're "mandatory". It means that  
> they should always be used whenever one writes KS.
>
>> It's obvious that diacritics are essential to the KS system.   
>> Perhaps better to make that plain, to say that all KS publications  
>> will feature them, and that their everyday use is highly  
>> recommended/encouraged to assist problems of pronunciation.
>
> Well, Craig... isn't that what is said here?
>
> =====
> Six Cornish letters can take diacritical marks to make pronunciation  
> clear.
>
> â, à, ê, è, ë, î, ô, ò, û, ù, ÿ
>
> These diacritical marks are important and should be learned as a  
> proper part of the words which have them. If you write them  
> regularly, they will help you to pronounce words more correctly, and  
> they will help others to read what you write more easily.
> =====
>
> That's the "recommendation". The recommendation is that diacritics  
> are "a proper part" of the words that have them. That means they're  
> not "optional". It means that they're "mandatory". It means that  
> they should always be used whenever one writes KS.
>
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
>
>
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Craig Weatherhill