sp3dl3t v0.1

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frst draft /f l3t-b4sd ,5thnd (First draft of l33t-based shorthand)

Here are the r2lz:

1. mnt t b ]zd n stndrd k3brd : meant to be used on a standard keyboard

2. vr3 k4rktr z t1pd w' sql k3str0k n0 uprk4s r ,ftd crs : every character is typed with a single keystroke. No uppercase or shifted chars

3. l . ## r ]zd fr v6l s6nz 5 n 9 r dpthqz : all the numbers are used for vowel sounds (5 and 9 are dipthongs)

4. ## srndd b1 sp4s r ## : numbers surrounded by space are numbers

5. 4 3 1 0 ] r lq v6lz : 4,3,1,0,] are the long vowels

6. l v6l ltrz r ,5t : all vowel letters are short

7. 1 [n3k s6n r dip.q pr cr : one unique sound or dipthong per char

8. evr3.q t1pd w. f]est # crz : everything typed with fewest number of  chars

9. ,ftd crz r wrdz : shifted chars are words

10. dubld ,ftd crz r plrl : doubled shifted chars are plural 

11. f yr sp3dl3t wrd z knfzq kuz tz 2 ,rt pt v6lz n . xntd silublz : if your sp3dl3t word is confusing because it's too short, put vowels in the accented syllables

- not assigned: - = \ [ `

 
sound                         
sp3dl3t          
example
apple
day
bat
chair
dog
elephant
beer
about, taken
fish
gray
help
icky
ice
jamison
kelp
link
many
never
thing
stop
ocean
hook
scowl
toy
short
pear
rain
soup
sharp
tummy
weather
with
uncle
ruby
unisex
violence
whence
mirage
exit
yoeman
ziff
a
4
b
c
d
e
3
/
f
g
h
i
1
j
k
l
m
n
q
o
0
8
6
9
5
p
r
s
,
t
'
.
u
2
]
v
w
;
x
y
z
apl
d4
bat
c4r
dg, dog
lefnt
b3r
/b6t, t4kn
f,
gr4
hlp
ik3
1s
j4m/sn
klp
lnk
mn3
nevr
.q
stop, !
o,n
h8k
sk6l
t9
,5t
p4r
r4n
s2p
,rp
tm3
we'r
w.
unkl
r2b3
]nisx
v1/lns
wens
m/ro:
xit
y0mn
zf



 

 
sp3dl3t wrdz
meaning
 ~
!
@
#
$
%
^
&
_
+
|
"
<
>
?
about, aproximately
emphasis, exclamation
at, by, near,
number
money, dollar
percent
grin, smile
and
minus, without
plus, with
pipe, give, carry, feed
quote
less, fewer, smaller
more, greater, bigger
question
 ~@
~#
~<
~>
~<$$
somewhere near
about this many
at least
at most
I don't know how much, but it wasn't cheap
 

considering...

Posted by matt at Feb 18, 2010 02:31 PM
should use unassigned chars to indicate common endings like -est. -ing you can handle with q or 3q, but for some other it might be nice to have abbreviations

should make a glossary