A tour of alternative spellings

A tour of alternative spellings



English spelling is notoriously difficult and inconsistent. Let's try some alternatives for a size, shall we?



Ö spelling das not häv tu bi båring. Vi kän ålvejs improv it baj ädding sam nu interesting letters.



Z is sacz an anjuzd letter. Wi szud juz it macz mor, szud wi not? 



Haŭ abaŭt sam leterz vit litel hats? Ĉek it aŭt! A pleĵur tu luk at, ŝurli ju agri.



Īven džast streit lains ken bī priti kūl. Īzier tu rait kompērd tu hets, et līst?



Kiųt litel huks ander leters? Aim sould! Hąrd tu dizegrį vit sač en edišen. Or ąr tei not jor kap of tį?



Sín eny speling jů supórt jet? Perhaps jůl inkaunter jór pryférd van ivenšaly.



Giv mí mór äkszent márksz! Du vi häv tu csúsz? Kän vi not häv tem ól?



Jüüsing tuu leters tu indikeit long saunds is samting vii niid tu düü moor! Düü jüü not ägrii?



Háo dù yú láikè tīsī tàipè? Měibì tū hārdè fór yú? Ài làik yītè kuàitè ā luótè!



Wiçever speliň wî çûz, îç haz its benefits. Eniwey, hier endz awr tûr of alternativ Iňliş speliňz!



Looking for a one-word answer.





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(ROT13) "Naljnl, urer raqf bhe gbhe bs nygreangvir [fbzrguvat] fcryyvatf." What is that something?? Hmm...
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– user477343
Sep 17 '18 at 2:25






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Alternative English Spelling @user477343
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– Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Sep 17 '18 at 7:10





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@ShahriarMahmudSajid Ahhh, English :D
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– user477343
Sep 17 '18 at 10:34




1 Answer
1



Each of these lines



mimics the spelling of some other language.



In order, these are:



Swedish, Polish, Esperanto, Latvian, Lithuanian, Czech, Hungarian, Estonian, Chinese (romanized with Pinyin), Kurdish



which gives



SPELLCHECK from the first letters of each language.





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Looks like (ROT13) guvf nafjre zvtug nyfb trg n purpx! How on Earth did you...?
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– user477343
Sep 17 '18 at 2:28





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For some reason, Google Chrome is offering me to translate from (ROT13) ivrganzrfr...
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– Sanchises
Sep 17 '18 at 9:22



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