Should the World adopt a new Metric Alphabet (the Decabet)?

[Todlichebujoku]

The Decabet, by the way, takes all elegance out of names. And, yes, elegance is still appreciated here and now.

[Wazkyraque]

No. No. No.

If anything, English needs more letters, It'd be incredibly stupid to do the opposite.

[McNernia]

The idea of having one letter replacing two or three, to say nothing of eleven seems as though it would cause more problems than it would solve.

Yeah my thoughts exactly

[Mesoland]

This is the stupidest thread I think I've ever seen on NSG, and that's saying something.

There was the "Should America Adopt Fast-Track Land Reform?" thread, if you wanna see an even LOWER low.

And now you're admitting that you think your own idea is low? I smell major amounts of troll in here.

[Luziyca]

The Decabet, by the way, takes all elegance out of names. And, yes, elegance is still appreciated here and now.

In the future, all names will be very elegant. Like names such as "Bячяalmnolmnoчa," per se.

[Lancearc]

I think literacy rates would plummet if we used this damn thing.

[Luziyca]

There was the "Should America Adopt Fast-Track Land Reform?" thread, if you wanna see an even LOWER low.

And now you're admitting that you think your own idea is low? I smell major amounts of troll in here.

It is not low, I was just recommending a threat that is EVEN lower, not that my idea is low or anything.

[Ifreann]

And now you're admitting that you think your own idea is low? I smell major amounts of troll in here.

It is not low, I was just recommending a threat that is EVEN lower, not that my idea is low or anything.

It is, though. Even for you.

[Meryuma]

Sorry, but I was making a pun.
Яlmnoяяя bяя Ч яaя lmnoakчlmnoч a яяlmno.

In any case, English would get better, really.

I'd rather the world abolish all it's stupid illogical languages and switch to Lojban, and write it using Quenya.

Tengwar is the script.

No. No. No.

If anything, English needs more letters, It'd be incredibly stupid to do the opposite.

Ðis ĭs tru.

[Helcasia]

I'd rather the world abolish all it's stupid illogical languages and switch to Lojban, and write it using Quenya.

Tengwar is the script.

/facepalm's self for forgetting that Quenya is a language and tengwar is the script it's written in.

[Lancearc]

ГЯCK ЯЧЧЯ.

Think I'll stick to English, I can hardly comprehend this.

[Vahvanti]

The alphabet is not a unit of measurement. Metrication of it will be complete and utter nonsense.

Case dismissed.

[Rick Rollin]

@RickRollin: Not that I care about this thread... or you for that matter, you're going to get your account and this thread locked.

It was a very bad mistake. I'm going to create a guide on how to minimize your posts as compensation for this grievous error.

I am kinda irritated now, because you adapted it based on letter instead of phoneme.

(Аи ам каиндё іррітеитід раит нау, бицәз ю әдӓптід іт бенсд ан летер інстед ов фоним.)

You know, the arabic alphabet is the way to go.

(يو نَو, ذي ارابَك الفابَت يز ذي وَي تو قَو.)

No love for Ge'ez?

That's a lie, Lojban is the greatest language ever invented.

English:
1. Wasn't invented. It evolved over time into it's present form.
2. Is inferior to Lojban.

Nah, it was invented by the Americans as a way to take over the world. If it is going to be the global lingua franca, at least change the lettering to adopt the decabet.

Why don't you go read Shakespeare or the KJV bible?

[Kreanoltha]

@RickRollin: Not that I care about this thread... or you for that matter, you're going to get your account and this thread locked.

It was a very bad mistake. I'm going to create a guide on how to minimize your posts as compensation for this grievous error.

I was speaking more to how many times you'd multiplied that post.

[Jari Head]

The creator of that alphabet is not a linguist, professor of linguistic studies or a lexicographer. He's a comic and SNL is a comedy show so the decabet was created for comedic purposes with no intent of it being a real workable alphabet.

[Allrule]

LMNOLMNO, ЯЧALMNOK ЯLMNOЯ.

No, thank you.

[Galla-]

The idea of having one letter replacing two or three, to say nothing of eleven seems as though it would cause more problems than it would solve.

Yeah my thoughts exactly

Trash letters don't deserve separate symbols.

dwi

[Todlichebujoku]

The Decabet, by the way, takes all elegance out of names. And, yes, elegance is still appreciated here and now.

In the future, all names will be very elegant. Like names such as "Bячяalmnolmnoчa," per se.

Multiple consonants in a row does not constitute elegance.

[Geniasis]

Mi kredas ke mi preferas esperanto.

Seriously though, why would you design a language to be more restrictive?

[Rick Rollin]

Mi kredas ke mi preferas esperanto.

Seriously though, why would you design a language to be more restrictive?

Because he wants society to be more restrictive.

[A High Dark Place]

Really? What does this say then:



Actually, I notice AHDP didn't use your ridiculously needlessly lengthening convention of "lmno" so I'll translate:

ЯЧЧЯ ЧЯ ЯЯЧЯГ ЯlЯЯЧbLMNOЯ ЯЧГ ЯLMNOЯЯЯ ЧDГA Ч ЧAЯГ ГЯГЯ ЧГAЯD

Now, if you can't understand what other people are saying to you, but you can understand what you wrote because you know what it says anyway, doesn't that clue you up that the decabet might not be suitable for communicating with?

Almost every English word has a vowel in it. They're extremely important for recognizing a word. If you insist on only ten letters, I think you are going to need at least four vowels with their own unique symbol.

Unfortunately, I do not really understand the phrase. However, that is because I am just learning the Decabet, even as I speak.

It says:

"This is quite possibly the worst idea I have ever heard"

That's a simple sentence, and you can't understand it. Please stop pretending to be serious about this, it stopped being funny on page 1.

[Chiota Tau]

Very true, but then we run into a problem here. So we need to make "Ch" a letter in order to get rid of "c". Well, what have we done? Simply put, we've just replaced "c" with "Ch", and thus have come to a neutral position on the total number of letters. Craptacular.

What about schwa? You know which vowels are used to represent it? Every single one of them. Make it a distinct letter, and it will be a lot easier. Like I said; we need more in English, not less. The only "metric" one I'd even think of supporting would be one with one hundred, though that would probably be too mcuh.

[Artanili Datium]

If anything, the English language could do with some more letters.

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[ATTENTION DUELISTS]

So, NSG, want to adopt the Decabet?

It would have ten letters, which shall be seen here, along with the letters it will replace.

A - A
B - B
C - C
D - D
Г - E and F
Ч - G, H and I
J - J
K - K
LMNO - L, M, N, and O
Я - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z

Why should the Decabet replace the current English-language alphabet? It has 10 letters, which is consistent with the metric system and the obvious fact that MOST humans have ten fingers. First proposed by Dan Aykroyd at Saturday Night Live at the height of metrication in the United States of America, little did he know that it is actually very simple.

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Яlmno, LMЯG, яalmnoя яlmno adlmnoяя ячг Dгcabгя?

Чк кlmnoяd чaяe ягlmno lmnoгяягяя, яччcч ячalmnolmno bг яггlmno чгяг, almnoч ячяч ячг lmnoгяягяя чя ячlmno ягяlmnoacг.

A - A
B - B
C - C
D - D
Г - E and F
Ч - G, H and I
J - J
K - K
LMNO - L, M, N, and O
Я - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z

Wчя ячlmnoяlmnod ячг Dгcabгt ягяlmnoacг ячг cяяягlmnoя Гnчlmnoчяч-lmnoalmnoчяaгг almnoячabгя? Чя чяs 10 lmnoeяяeяя, ячicч чя colmnoячяягlmnoя ячяч ячг lmnoгяячc яяяяelmno almnod ячe lmnobяilmnoяя гacя ячaя LMNOЯЯ чяlmnoalmnoя чaяг ягlmno гчlmnoчгяя. Гчяяя яяlmnoяlmnooягd by Dalmno Aяkяlmnoяd aя Яaяяяdaя LMNOчччя LMNOчяe aя ячг чгчччя lmnoг lmnoгяячcaячlmno чlmno чяг Яlmnoчягd Яяaягs lmnoг Almnoгяica, lmnoчяяlmnoг dчd чг klnnoя ячaя чя чя acяяalmnoя ягяя яilmnoяlmnoe.

I would rather speak using binaries than something like the Decabet.

0001010100010101010100110101000111100010101

[Lacadaemon]

I'm for it.

After all today is Prairial, deux, CCXX: and why didn't this sort of stuff catch on earlier? I also hope you metric nuts are doing something to celebrate the lilly too, while you take your socks off to add up.