Why Not There are several problems with trying to use ordinary English spelling conventions to suggest how a word is pronounced Firstly, doing so usually has offensive connotations. Writers seldom use misspelling for the speech of characters they are trying to get you to respect While the misspellings may help suggest that a character speaks "differently"(from whom? ) it usually also implies that the character is stupid or illiterate (This is especially obvious with misspellings like"sez that suggest a pronunciation which is almost certainly identical to pronunciation used by the writer
Why Not • There are several problems with trying to use ordinary English spelling conventions to suggest how a word is pronounced. Firstly, doing so usually has offensive connotations. Writers seldom use misspelling for the speech of characters they are trying to get you to respect. While the misspellings may help suggest that a character speaks "differently" (from whom?), it usually also implies that the character is stupid or illiterate. (This is especially obvious with misspellings like "sez" that suggest a pronunciation which is almost certainly identical to pronunciation used by the writer.)
More importantly, English spelling conventions are not consistent enough to be used in a systematic phonetic transcription o The same letter or letter combination can refer to different sounds · low vs.cowⅴS.bow;Pow,SO The same sound can be written with different letters or letter combinations ° sound,coM,bogh .Different dialects pronounce the same word differentl Good only for english(at best)
More importantly, English spelling conventions are not consistent enough to be used in a systematic phonetic transcription. •The same letter or letter combination can refer to different sounds. •low vs. cow vs. bow, row, sow •The same sound can be written with different letters or letter combinations. •sound, cow, bough •Different dialects pronounce the same word differently. •Good only for English (at best)
Overcoming the problems Several writing systems have been developed which are more concerned with how a word sounds than with how it has traditionally been spelled 1. Shorthand systems(e.g, Pitman shorthand) 2. Traditional dictionary keys 3. Informal transcription conventions 4. Specialized alphabets, e.g George Bernard Shaw's 'Proposed English Alphabet the International Phonetic Alphabet
Overcoming the Problems • Several writing systems have been developed which are more concerned with how a word sounds than with how it has traditionally been spelled. 1.Shorthand systems (e.g., Pitman shorthand) 2.Traditional dictionary keys 3.Informal transcription conventions 4.Specialized alphabets, e.g., – George Bernard Shaw's 'Proposed English Alphabet' – the International Phonetic Alphabet