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Everyday Snapscript

No one expects people who have been educated using an established spelling system to switch to a new one all at once. When European languages reform their spellings, adults usually just adopt the new spellings that they find most convenient. This list of 100 Snapscript words illustrates the kind of changes that ordinary people might be expected to adopt in the short term if a general spelling reform were ever instituted for English. These words have been chosen because almost all of them are shorter than their traditional English equivalents. (They also illustrate how the system works, without the need to plow through the rules given on the Snapscript page.)

You may have seen many of these forms before, particularly on Usenet. They are usually dismissed as misspellings or mere abbreviations. The reality is that, by any measure, they are better than the standard spellings.



actr

analyz

anml

ansr

apl

axept

axesabl

batl

blu
(verb & adjective)

buety

betr

blok

bo
(made from ribbons)

botl

byt
(applies to dogs & nerds)

capitl
(money, cities and buildings)

capsion

caus
(goes with "effect")

caut

chairmn

comn

cood
(rhymes with "wood")

cru
(shipside employees)

custm

dautr

defye

eatn

exept

exlnt

factr

fantm

fasion

filosofy

frend

frst

fyl

fyt

gest

giv

goast

hav

hevn

hidn

horrabl

houss

hrd
(group of animals and what you just did with your ears)

hu
(the guy on first)

hyt

imaj

jermn

jentl

juj
(comes in the hanging variety)

letr

lisn

litl

lyf

mountn

my

mynd

nollaj

marraj

ofisial

ofiss

oftn

pasion

pedl
(found on bikes; to sell stuff)

pedlr
(guy who sells stuff)

pensl

posabl

prezent
(verb)

preznt
(as in "gift" and "here")

rais
(something that is supposed to happen to your salary)

record
(verb)

recrd
[noun)

ritn

ryt
(the opposite of left; a ceremony; the present of "roat")

scriptuer

sertn

servr

sevn

shu
(something you put on your feet;
what you do to flies)

shood
(rhymes with "cood")

sistm

speek

stopd

styl

sudn

sycl

syn

syt
(covers vision, references and places)

tacl

tho

trubl

tu
(covers "to" "too" "two")

vue

waitr

wethr

wimn

wumn

wynd
(a clock)


The author, John J. Reilly, relinquishes all rights to the material on this page. Posted July 10, 1999.


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