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All about shwa (schwa) - The obscure unstressed central vowel in English
Unstressed  à  ì  è  ò  ù  (accent grave) are all sounds close the shwa or unstressed central vowel sound.
The unambiguous shwa is è: à is the 2nd choice because it overlaps with /^/ the stressed "uh" as in càt

The obscure vowel can be indicated with an accented vowel as in àgo  hèr  gìrl  thè  wòrd  ùrbàn  hùrl 
or with a schwapostrophe as in  w'rd 'rban h'r h'rl  or left out all together: ago hr  grl  th  wrd  rban  hrl.

To use Spanglish for a phonetic transcription, use è for schwa and à for /^/.
To mimic English, the ù and ì can be used for selected words. Shi  sô  hèr unìt  hùrl  thè  sno bôl.

The easiest substitution would be an undepicted obscure vowel:  Shi sao hr hrl th sno bol.
Using x for eth [ð] is even more condensed.  Shi sao hr hrl x sno bol.  (see objections to reform)
Chekt Speling eliminates digraphs [2 letter sound signs5i so hr hrl x sno' bol.


 
Rechid Spel  - in Truespel2 Rechid Speling Sistem  -  in Spanglish
Wen ie kanaat sae thu werdz ie see, 
Iz thu fault in them or thu fault in mee? 
Wen ie kanaat riet thu werdz ie heer 
Iz mie speleeng raung or mie eerz unklleer? 

Wen ie braek miesself uppaart tue reed 
Never speleeng due ie giv u heed, 
For iev lernd tue spel menee yeerz uggoe 
Soe ie skan thu werdz that ie need tue noe. 

Yet withh pen in hand trieyeeng az ie miet 
Wen thu leterz due naat kum out riet, 
Then ie kers thoez deeminz uv truddishin 
That maenttaen this rechid speleeng sistim.

Wen (huen) ai canot sey thè wùrdz ai si 
Iz thè folt in them or thè folt ìn mi 
Wen ai canot rait thè wurdz ai hir 
Iz mai speling rong or mai irz unklir 

Wen ai breik maiself àpart tu riid 
Nevèr speling du ai giv a hiid
For aiv lèrnd tu spel meny yirz ago 
So ai skæn thè wùrdz thæt ai niid tu no 

Yet with pen ìn hænd traing az ai mait 
Wen thè letèrz du not càm aut rait, 
Then ai curs thoaz dimànz ov tradicion 
Thæt meintein thìs rechìd speling sìstèm 
 


 
The above are two of many consistent and predictable spelling notations or systems for English.
Truespel (shown above) is more phonetic than Spanglish and always indicates stress.

If the pronunciation indicated by Spanglish is close enough to be understood, that is good enough.
Spanglish repeats most of the inconsistencies and ambiguities of Spanish orthography.
It also contains some of the same ambiguities as TO with respect to the obscure vowels er and schwa

With a typewriter or in ASCII, the accented letters can be marked with an apostrophe or left out.
Published material should include the accents because this would avoid ambiguity with respect to
pronunciation.  There would be no extra burden for writers:  The accents could be added by running the ambiguous text through a spelling converter.

bar-spanglis100.jpg: What would English look like if it were transcribed into the orthography used for Spanish? http://204.196.54.50/Spanish/spanglish.htm
Traditional Orthography "That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog. Look out, I shout, for he's foiled you again."
Truespel That kwik baezh faaks jumpd in thu air oever eech thhin daug. Look out, ie shout, for heez foild yue uggen.
IPA Ðæt kwik bei3 fks t3^mpt in ð e ouv i:tsh þin d:g.  luk aut ai shaut f:r hi:z foild ju: gen.
Unigraf That kwik bAzh fox jumpd in the er Over Ich thin dog.  L'uk out I shWt, for hEz foild U agen.
ITA - Nue Speling That kwik baezh fox jumpt in the aer oever eech thin dog.  Luuk out ie shout, for heez foild yue agen.
Thæt quik beizh fox jàmpt in thè er ovèr ich thìn dog.  Lùk aut ai shaut for hiz foild yu àgen.
Chekt Speling Xa·t kwi·k bei2 fo·x ju''mpt in x er o'vr ich thi·n dog.  Lu·k aut 'I shaut, for hiz foild iu a'gen.
To check on the phonetic spelling of American English, use the Cambridge Dictionary and pronunciation guide. www.CUP.com

  Latin-1  æ  à  ì  è  ò  ô  ù    å   î   é       consonants ñ 
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Spanish has no need for o as ah since the a is always used to indicate this sound. Many English pronunciation dictionaries dispense with o for ah as well.  In Spanish,  o is used to indicate both the awe and the oh sounds.  Before a consonant (that is, in the checked position) o is usually awe.  In the terminal position, o is usually pronounced oh

The shift is mild enough to allow Spanglish to retain most traditional spellings.  box would be pronounced /bauks/ which in context would be close enough for the correct interpretation.  Going the reverse direction, Car wash could be respelled cor wosh.  cor is not quite right but wosh is actually the way that some people pronounce wash. Hi cot the caet on the cat represents phonetic spelling.  Hi cot the caet on the cot represents the kind of compromise spelling found in Spanglish. 

ô is positioned as a checked vowel because of the /ou/ shift.  /ou/ becomes oa /oà/  to avoid confusion with 2 correspondences in TO.

The oald man cold out tu the laoman but hiz vois waz so lo hi waz not herd.
The old man called out tu the lawman but his voice was so low he was not heard.

out may have been right 1000 years ago.  If o = awe it is still close today.  However, most people pronounce it æ-oo-t.  The basic problem with using OU as the correspondent is elsewhere.

Should ou be substituted for /au/?  Should sound be spelt saund or sound?  If the switch was made, then au could be used for the free awe  As in (its the lau). All changes have ramifications.  It may draw the new orthography closer to the traditional form in one place, but ground is lost in another.  soul = saul

Quiz
  1. How does Spanglish spell ACE and DAYeis, dey
  2. How do you consistenly spell"There are very many ways to spell."  Ther ar very meny weys tu spel.
  3. How do you spell EYE and ICE in Spanglish?  ai ais
  4. How do you spell the letter names (the so called long vowels) in Spanglish?  ei, i:, ai, ou, yu (ju).
  5. Which of these vowels is a pure vowel?:  i:
Quiz Answers [Quiz Ansers]
1.How many ways can you spell RULE?  29  resource:
2.How many ways can you spel it in Spanish?  1 rul
3.How much easier is an alphabetical orthography - one symbol per sound?  About 10
4.What do you call a spelling system that eliminates redundant letters? 
    more consistent / more alphabetic

5.Would the elimination of silent letters make words easier to spell?  yes
6.If we adopted a simpler spelling system, would this increase literacy?  yes
7.What do you call a spelling system that is predictable?  systematic

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