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Literary fragments from a vanished brotherhood. Mythopoesis, orthography and the last light of Aldhelm’s legacy. 📚✍️ #Spelling #Orthography | https://moscla.com/samples.html
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It was a common spelling, along with "knowledg". General spelling uniformity was only achieved with Dr. Johnson, for good or ill.
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Some used diacritics in the 16th century... mediéval, with a rising accent (accent aigu) on stressed long vowels in ambiguous positions. Happy now? 😏
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Part of the thrill maybe? 😳
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Bloo Bouk is the answer... stay tuned! 😳
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Exelent! Oenly the Bloo Bouk coud giv ew beter awnsers! 🫣📘
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Hwot? The Nyts ov the Bloo Bouk woud never toleraet such bihávior.
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Partly yes. Different spellings of the same word would coexist for ages, sometimes in the same author, same work, same page! Even Mulcaster's Elementarie has health and helth almost next to eath other! 🫣
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Into the forest we go, Frend, hwear the sécret ov the hiden bouk shal be revéld unto ew...
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That's about the time when it changed. Mulcaster's Elementarie from 1582 still shows delite.
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mmm he quotes Shakespeare. It would be good to find that source in the original spelling from the 1610s and see if it was already spelt delight.
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Heer the hwispers ov a plaes hwear ew coud thryv... yur being coald.
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Troo! Ew lissend to thee oeld hwispering ov the Bloo Bouk...
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*Pàssing ew thee ael in the tavern* Sit and drink! The fyt ahed wil be arduos.
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Ew shoe profound insyts that must not be ignórd. The tym thae spend wershiping Devilspel thae coud aem at hyer thinns. Ew mae be clósser to the Nythoud than ew think!
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Totally agree, especially in a language run by Devilspel.
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Its becum a deliberat atencion-grabing teknék nau...
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Lets put it ryt:
Y meen specìficaly ew, the press cor, bicoz ew cheer agenst Trump sœ hard, its lyk in yor DNA and in yor blud...
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Well, efèctiv would be an option...
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Eer he roet abaut Lords and Hobits,
Tolkien wos ryding the Bloo Bouk waev.
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Hwyl the Nythoud continues
the fyt agenst Devilspel
and the serch for the maggik
Bloo Bouk goes on.
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Ryt ew ar! 🗝️🗝️🗝️
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moscla.com/morphology.h...
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Enters the Bloo Bouk legacy... moscla.com/morphology.h...
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Nobel Prize of Literature
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Try the Bloo Bouk.
moscla.com/morphology.h...
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Maybe it was Samuel Johnson. English spelling is not legally enforceable, though, you're free to write write delite. I wish people could embrace the Middle English practice of non-uniformity for a more enriching variety, literary and aesthetic.
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not always been the YOLO... the Bloo Bouk legacy is still there.
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... when seven was spelt like heaven.
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A horror plot? Yes, DM me and let me know more!
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Sounds promising. Powerful imagery!
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I am happy to assist, of course. The Knighthood of the Bloo Bouk always cares and has the time. Keeping the orthographic legacy alive.
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Thank you! It's a quiet but interesting legacy.
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Greetings from Keats...
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Thus, as per the OED Chaucer's spelling of dream as 'dreem' is neither wrong nor outdated English, it's just a valid different form of the now most common variant. In fact, the 1888 preface subtly regrets the spelling uniformity brought about by the printing press.
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Talking about OED, its greatest merit was that the 1888 preface corrects the erroneous notion that dictionaries prescribe 'official' spellings. The OED will list most 'forms' of a word since 1150. The 'main form' is not the correct spelling, but simply 'the most common'.
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He did that, but not intentionally. He certainly didn't give grants for scribes to copy the Beowulf manuscript and others that only survive despite a harrowing cultural purge.
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The interesting thing is the history behind the Bloo Bouk code: moscla.com/history.html
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Food for thought...
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That's a drop on the Ocean of what might be helpful. This rule is rarely applied. You don't often see fluënt, ambiguïty, duäl, poëtry, aörta etc.
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True. Spelling reflects cultural choices about tradition, innovation, history, sound, identity.
The Bloo Bouk perpetuates medieval standards rather than impose colonial spellings. If you want a taste, feel free to read and comment on the doc, questions welcome.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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It's a valid point. No language exists in a cultural vacuum. Ultimately, spelling is ideology. I argue spelling serves at least four different "orthographic functions" (requirements), and the art is not about dissociating functions but blending them. moscla.com/consonants.h...
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Exactly! Avoiding homonyms and homographs for aesthetic reasons, like would and wood in English.
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todt > tot was possible, even necessary, because it's a long o.
stadt > stat is not possible because it's a short a.
After a short vowel you need two consonants, like statt. But that's another word...
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Agree. Exactly what Norwegian did, pretty uncompromisingly. Even a much less extreme approach like the Bloo Bouk code would be good for English.
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Agree. The good news is that spelling is not legally enforceable. Different traditions can co-exist. You're free to try e.g. the Bloo Bouk code... moscla.com/history.html
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That's why should get acquainted with the Bloo Bouk code... moscla.com/consonants.h...
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Advanced English students have greatly enjoyed using the Bloo Bouk code.