tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post2218949824586324671..comments2024-03-18T02:49:18.084-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: five more linksJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-50989178933030209362007-11-04T17:17:00.000-06:002007-11-04T17:17:00.000-06:00S. John has the right of it regarding Unifon. Spel...S. John has the right of it regarding Unifon. Spelling reform in English is always doomed to failure, because different groups pronounce different words differently. Unifon was obviously put together by someone convinced his own non-standard dialect was the only right and proper way of doing things. Really, if you wanted to have symbolic representation of every sound used in every English dialect, you'd probably need something like 60 symbols or more.<BR/><BR/>But then, there's this one language from the Caucasus I've heard of where R is a vowel.mythusmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458869083534878283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-35704347740161102182007-11-03T19:00:00.000-05:002007-11-03T19:00:00.000-05:00Warren's "Dirty Pair" was where I first saw and be...Warren's "Dirty Pair" was where I first saw and became enamored of Unifon. Now, whenever I run a science fiction game, I'm always tempted to use Unifon as the written alphabet.<BR/><BR/>It's a little bit like my obsession with Esperanto, ever since reading Harry Harrison...Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-37541662327490094252007-11-03T00:18:00.000-05:002007-11-03T00:18:00.000-05:00At first I read that as Baron Double...Thanks for ...At first I read that as Baron Double...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me of Unifon. I was familiar with the older one from Science magazine, but hadn't heard it was updated. Fun fact: Adam Warren used Unifon for signs in his Dirty Pair comics.Intruder_Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322242036586961094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-6635863968401519982007-11-02T14:53:00.000-05:002007-11-02T14:53:00.000-05:00Many thanks for the Unifon alphabet. I can't belie...Many thanks for the Unifon alphabet. I can't believed I've lived this long without knowing about Noah's Ork, and I trust that as Unifon grows, we will soon learn about Noah's Hobgoblin as well (and of course, we will learn to respect low-hitdie monsters through the terrible anecdotes of Noah's Kobolds).S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-30020066471579066102007-11-02T11:28:00.000-05:002007-11-02T11:28:00.000-05:00That first dungeon adventure is priceless! Great r...That first dungeon adventure is priceless! Great read. Thanks for posting the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com