Let's Mess Up English #2

Stop Reduction [phonology] Only the ejective most closely following a main stress before a vowel survives; all others become voiced stops in the same area of articulation. Moreover, aspirated stops become unaspirated in clusters.

Enclitic Articles [phonology, syntax, morphology] The definite and indefinite articles become enclitics on the previous word. <the> is pronounced /t’ə/ or /də/ after a consonant, depending on the environment. /θə/ otherwise. (See above.)

Voice Spelling Reform [orthography] All voiced stops are written with their voiced Latin alphabet correspondent and voiceless consonants with their voiceless one. <the> somehow immune.

Article Writing Reform [orthography] The articles are written as you like as either affixes on the previous word or words in their own right.

Subject Pro-Drop [syntax] Pronouns coreferent with the subject of the sentence are dropped.

One-Comparative [morphology, lexicon2] The comparative becomes <the one __> when used as a noun; by analogy agent nouns ending in <-er> also become <the one __>, without the <-er>.

<The North Wind andthe Sun were disputing whic was the stronger, when a one-travel kame along wrapped in a warm kloak. They agreed that the one who first sukseeded in making the one-travel take his kloak off should be konsidered stronger thanthe other. Thenthe North Wind blew as hard as kould, but the more blew the more klosely did the one-travel fold his kloak around; and at last the North Wind gave upthe attempt. Thenthe Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the one-travel took off his kloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to konfess that the Sun was the one-strong of the two.>

/θə ˈnɔ:θ ˈwɪnt’ əndə ˈsʌn wɜ: dɪsˈpjutʰɪŋ ˈwɪtʃʰ wəstə ˈstɹɑŋk’ɜ:, wɛnə ˌwʌnˈtɹæfəl ˌkʰeɪm əˈlɑŋ ˈɹæpt ɪnə ˈwɔ:m ˈklɔːkʰ. θeɪ əˈk’ɹit θət’ə ˈwʌn hu ˈfɜ:ʂt səkˈsit’əd ɪn ˈmeɪkʰɪnt’ə ˌwʌnˈtɹæfəl ˈtʰeɪkʰ hɪs ˈklɔːkʰ ˌɑf ʃʊt’ bi kʰənˈsɪt’ɜ:d ˈstɹɑŋk’ɜ: θəndə ˈʌθɜ:. θɛndə ˈnɔ:θ ˈwɪnt’ ˈpl’u əs ˈhɑ:ʈ’ əs ˈkʰʊt’, bətʰ θə ˈmɔ: ˈpl’udə mɔ:ˈklo:sli ˈt’idə ˌwʌnˈtɹæfəl ˈfo:lt’ hɪs ˈklɔːkʰ əˈɹaʊnt’; ˌæn ətʰ ˈlæst’ə ˈnɔ:θ ˈwɪnt’ ˌɡeɪf ˈʌpt’ə əˈtʰɛmpt. θɛndə ˈsʌn ˈʃaɪnt’ ˌaʊtʰ ˈwɔ:mli ənd ɪˈmit’iətlidə ˌwʌnˈtɹæfəl ˈtʰʊkʰ ˌɑf hɪs klɔːkʰ. ən ˈso:t’ə ˈnɔ:θ ˌwɪnt’ wəs əˈpl’aɪdʒd tʰə kʰənˈfɛs θəttə ˈsʌn wəstə ˌwʌnˈstɹɑŋ əftə ˈtʰu/

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