Shirerithian dialect

[Scott of Hyperborea]

I was looking through some of Erik's old files that I've got and found this. I'd never seen it before, and it's kind of interesting:

Shierithian Dialect

Accent and sentence structure:

The Shirerithian Dialect is spoken with a mixed American/British/Southern US accent. The sentence structure is primarily proper English, although in many cases, Spanish is used in replacement of English words, or sentences all together. Strong usage Californian slang is found present in Shirerithian.

Prefix/Suffix changes:

Ing - in´
Ed - t (if a word ends in s or l only)


Word modification:

Probably - proly
Little - lil
Kind of - kinda
Poor - Po´
Fifty - fidy
Five - fi
About - `bout
Old - ol´
Good - goodo
Give me - gimme
Got to - gotta
You all - Ya´ll
Good night - g´night
Going to - gonna
Sposeda - supposed to
Gramer - Grammar
The - thee


Word replacement:

Yes - Yerp (northern)
Yes - Yar (southern)
No - Noi
In - en
Is - es
As - az
Or - oer
Wood - lumber
Are - ar
To - tu
And - an´


Phrases:

It´s all bien - It´s all good; all is well; no worries
[That´s] Weak - an expression of mild displeasure, sometimes "weak sauce"
Sweet - A sign of mild or strong approval, depending on emphasis given
Howdu - How are you? ; How do you do?

Grammar and spelling:

Shierithian has no silent or redunounds such as -ir -ur and --er are all replaced with -er only.
"-or" when it has the "er" sound is replaced with -er
"-or" when it has the "oer" sound is replaced with -oer
All words starting in "w" have the "w" dropped and replaced with "v"
All "ar" sounds are replaced with simple -ar.
"C" is eliminated from spelling and replaced by "s" or "k" depending on pronunciation. Any other uses of the letter "c" will be replaced with the correct letter(s) depending on pronunciation. The only use of "c" will be for the "ch" sound.
The "ch" combination will be dropped.
"C´ when it makes the "tchsh" sound are replaced with -tcsh.
All "z" sounds are spelled with a "z" only.
"aa" is used for the "ah" sound.
The "oi" sound is replaced with -oey
"O" is only used in combination, all solo uses are replaced with other spellings.
"Ou" is replaced with -ouw.
"Y" no longer makes the "ie" sound.
The soft "g" sound is replaced with "j"
The "air" sound is spelled "e´er"

[Jonas]

Let me learn first the English dialect

[hypatias mom]

Jonas--

Which English dialect would that be????

We have many, depending upon where you live. You might consider polishing up your standard English grammar and spelling first, and worry about regional differences later.

[Jonas]

It wasn't ment serious

[Chrimigules]

Strange that there is no mention of the Shirerithian gender-neutral pronoun Zie.

[hypatias mom]

Or teh.

[Kaiser Letifer III]

Gods.. Put that away Scott.... it's ridiculous.. that was just me making shit up out of my ass one night.,..

[EriShadowMoon]

lmbo

[dr-spangle]

That's amazing... It should be over in MACL on MNN