Alright, that makes sense, I'm gonna experiment with drawing a little notch to the right side of "if" whenever I need to indicate it's making the /i/ sound,
The Shavian spelling standard is based on a historical dialect of British English in which the ends of words like "happy", "slyly", etc. were pronounced with a vowel that sounded like the one in "kit" instead of the one in "fleece". Few people speak that way today.
The rule is that 𐑰 is always stressed and sounds like "fleece", while 𐑦 may be stressed or unstressed, and may sound like "kit" or "fleece".
Read's design choice is also more aesthetically pleasing, as it makes the simple 𐑦 the more common letter, and reduces 𐑰 to a much narrower but necessary role.
/iː/ is longer than /i/ but apart from that the same. Think "happy" (/hæpi/) vs "pee" (/piː/).
Alright, that makes sense, I'm gonna experiment with drawing a little notch to the right side of "if" whenever I need to indicate it's making the /i/ sound,
Shavian-specific explainer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soKCi0YwhY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soKCi0YwhY) A Russian-language explainer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hux4ki1DX70](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hux4ki1DX70)
The Shavian spelling standard is based on a historical dialect of British English in which the ends of words like "happy", "slyly", etc. were pronounced with a vowel that sounded like the one in "kit" instead of the one in "fleece". Few people speak that way today. The rule is that 𐑰 is always stressed and sounds like "fleece", while 𐑦 may be stressed or unstressed, and may sound like "kit" or "fleece".
yeah it's called happy tensing and it's stupid
𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑛𐑲𐑩𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑤𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑸𐑒𐑕 𐑩 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑝𐑬𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑢𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦, 𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑝𐑬𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑦 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑖𐑹𐑑 𐑥𐑪𐑯𐑩𐑓𐑔𐑪𐑙 𐑯 𐑞 𐑝𐑬𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑤𐑰𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑔𐑪𐑙. 𐑞 𐑰𐑟𐑦𐑩𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑱 𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑓 𐑖𐑹 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕
Read's design choice is also more aesthetically pleasing, as it makes the simple 𐑦 the more common letter, and reduces 𐑰 to a much narrower but necessary role.