Learn an Easier English
Anglish, the alphabet, Lingojam the language
QaNgliS, dE alfabet, QliNgOjam, dE laNgwij
SENSIBLE RULES
Sensible Rules Concerning Lingojam
The Lingojam Movement is to recreate everyday current English into an easier English
Ten actions are listed to achieve this aim.
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On this page can be seen the final four of these actions;
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7. Make sensible and consistent rules with no exceptions. MORE
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8. Make idioms and idiomatic phrases non-grata. MORE
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9. Sort contractions: Convenient but confusing. MORE
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10. Make Lingojam somewhat more attractive & familiar. MORE
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Click on one of the 10 areas, for more!
7. How to make sensible as well as consistent rules without unnecessary exceptions
Lingojam is based on spoken English. This does not mean it has to emulate its chaotic grammar, in fact, this is something that is not wanted. Keep in mind too that spoken English will sound different, when heard in different locations around the world; consequently the spelling will be different too.
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The Wednesday ringer, renders as;
de wensdee riIE - in California and many other places.
de wensdA riNE - in New Zealand, London and more places.
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See the Anglish fonts and sounds, here. Take notice of the N and I and characters.
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English grammar is the villain when considering using everyday English and a 'lingua franca' and so Lingojam has the obligation to supplant it, and does so admirably.
Fact: Grammars of all languages 'leak' or miss perfection.
This means there is no perfectly workable and acceptable grammar. They all have leaking 'holes.'
With Lingojam we plan on establishing all points on the grammar to be used. Not to do this would be like conducting a race with a group of people but not deciding on a destination, nor a track to follow to get to the end.
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Once the initial parameters have been established we will ask all those interested to make comments about the grammar; to suggest words or alternative; in actuality - others will be asked to 'fatten' up the language to make it real.
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There have been many attempts to create an English alternative, all have failed in some fatal way. Most attempts have just been to list a couple hundred words on a page and leave the rest to your dreams and thoughts. That's a job only 0.5% completed, if that.
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Lingojam does a lot more - correction, is doing a lot more. Accepted there are some grammatical parts still to be filled in but all the basics are there, completed. Lingojam does not provide a clinically presented solution instead if offers a sound solution but also provides some leeway and flair. What's the point of creating a workable yet boring offering? In our books, no point. See Rule 10, here.
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Lingojam must have sensible and consistent rules with no exceptions.
The statement seems to be based on the assumption that the rule is first and its applicability is next.
it is not!
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Let's agree some common understanding about the rules of grammar.
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For every language, there is a grammar. There cannot be a language without a grammar. Grammar is inherent in language.
Language means a set of words and a set of rules. Whether it is a language or a dialect there should be a grammar. It is inherent.
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Only an informed linguist or maybe a grammar expert makes it explicit by studying and describing the language. Making explicit involves describing it by listing the vocabulary, formulating the rules that operate on the words with respect to their formation and distribution.
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Now, if someone claims that there is a language or there isn't a language that strictly follows the rules of grammar then the answer should come from the following understanding:
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A new grammar compiled by a grammar expert or a linguist will always be incomplete. In other words, the rules of grammar, that are formed in the earlier days, must be or may probably be ill-formed. It's only in the fullness of time that a grammar of any living language, can be considered complete, or nearing completions. This is our approach here at the Lingojam Movement.
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Languages are dynamic, constantly changing, generations of speakers different from each other by various social variables, like age, sex, social status, region, religion, ethnicity, education, and profession differ in the way they perceive the entities in the world and accordingly pronounce sounds, form words, and construct sentences. This is expected to happen with Lingojam. And it is welcomed.
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Speakers of a language may have the same set of rules. However, they have the competence to understand the language of the other members of the community but differ in their performance. In other words, the competence of the speakers is more or less similar but they differ in their performance. This fact will only make Lingojam finer and with more character. We don't want a dry Lingojam. We want a mix and yet an easier way to talk to each other.
Special reference applied to the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
Special reference applied to the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
Special reference applied to the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
Special reference applied to the Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
8. Make idioms and idiomatic phrases non-grata.
NON GRATA = Unwelcome and not really wanted.
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Yes, everyone enjoys a good idiom. But is that statement true? It depends a lot on your knowledge of English and probably whether you're a native speaker or some learning.
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Lingojam is for those learners who don't know the thousands of idioms that English (native) speakers seem to want to use all the time.
Who will be using Lingojam? It will be the online teachers being recruited now, and shortly after the hundreds of English learners. The teachers will understand and use many idioms yet it is the students who will mostly not understand them.
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Rule 8. of the Lingojam Movement is to make idioms unwelcome - not wanted by can be tolerated. This because Lingojam's aims are to provide an easier English. Idioms and a native's frequent use of them make the English harder.
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So it is the teacher's job and the native speaker's job to avoid idioms and use clear and plainly understood English instead.
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Lingojam must be equally available and 'usable' by both native speakers and non-native users.
MeetingOne, based in Denver, Colorado, USA has always built communication, collaboration, and eLearning solutions with the clients’ success in mind. This should be and is the intent of Lingojam as well. They inform their membership to avoid idioms in their virtual classrooms and list out the reasons for doing so.
Don't alienate your listener!
Talk plainly and clearly
LIKE A CHILD
Do not use idioms in your presentations!
FIND A BETTER WAY
Instead of Using Idioms, Use Clear Logical Language
Make Your Sentences Short - To Be Clear
Long complicated sentences do not make them 'better' but instead are considered to be the sign of bad communication in business manners.
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Listen to this in your own mind.
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Original sentence:
Your thank you page will help to continue to educate your leads and get them to the right resources for when they are ready to decide to buy.
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Notice the "will help to continue to educate" near the start. That's what I mean when we talk about confidence. It's future-tense "will," but also "to continue" and "to educate." It's a scramble. It happens again at the end of the sentence, "ready to decide to buy." There's so much to trim out of this. It'll be clearer.
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Re-written sentence:
Your thank you page continues your lead’s education while providing resources for when they decide to buy.
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REMEMBER. CLEAR has 5 letters and COMPREHENSIBLE has 'more.'
9. Sort Contractions:
Convenient but Confusing
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Here are the most common contractions.
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I am = I’m F am
You are = You’re yoo aa
They are = They’re (not to be confused with there or their) dA aa
Do not = Don’t doo not
Would have = Would’ve wuud hav
She would = She’d Suud hav
He would = He’d hee wuud
Will not = Won’t wil not
Cannot = Can’t can not
Should not = Shouldn’t Suud not
It is = It’s (not to be confused with its, the possessive) it iz
Is not = Isn’t iz not
Might not have = Mightn’t’ve mFt not hav
Should not have = Shouldn’t’ve Suud not hav
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Yes, we all feel contractions are good and should be used. But, it this true?
Probably most competent English speakers, after working hard to understand the use of contractions and how they're made up - yes, very popular.
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However, our undertaking is to make an easier English. Contractions, although delightful perhaps, are a hurdle that has to be overcome and are confusing to English learners.
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In Lingojam, we therefor do not use contractions at all.
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Lingojam has modified the verbs in English and using contractions would make a mess of what is intended to be clear.
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I am = I’m F am E bizniz pUsEn -or- F am bizniz pUsEn
You are = You’re yoo aa E bizniz pUsEn -or- yoo aa bizniz pUsEn
They are dA aa bizniz pUsEn iz -or- dA aa bizniz pUsEniz.
Do not = Don’t doo not
Would have = Would’ve wuud not
She would = She’d See wuud
He would = He’d hee wuud
Will not = Won’t wil not
Cannot = Can’t can not
Should not = Shouldn’t Suud not
It is = It’s it iz
Is not = Isn’t iz not
Might not have = Mightn’t’ve mFt not hav
Should not have = Shouldn’t’ve Suud not hav
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You can see that, is not is rendered, 'iz not'
And that business persons is rendered, 'bizniz pUsEn-iz'
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'iz' has different meanings in the two examples and are never likely to be confused as they are always used in different parts of the sentence.
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'iz' = 'is' always used in the middle of a sentence with a word order as 'subject, verb, object.'
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'iz' = 'plural suffix' always used after a nounwith a hyphen to indicate plural.
1 cup/2 cup-iz, 1 buuk/2 buuk-iz, 1 cofee/2 cofee-iz, 1 deel/2 deel-iz,
1 sentEns/2 sentEns-iz, etc.
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It is not possible to use them both in the same sentence; as 'iz' the verb is only used in singular sentences with a single subject or object.
cat iz fat, cat-iz aa fat. Hyphens can be shown or not.
cat iz fat, catiz aa fat.
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Don't alienate your listener!
10. Make Lingojam somewhat more attractive & familiar
NON GRATA = Unwelcome and not really wanted.
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Yes, everyone enjoys a good idiom. But is that statement true? It depends a lot on your knowledge of English and probably whether you're a native speaker or some learning.
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Lingojam is for those learners who don't know the thousands of idioms that English (native) speakers seem to want to use all the time.
Who will be using Lingojam? It will be the online teachers being recruited now, and shortly after the hundreds of English learners. The teachers will understand and use many idioms yet it is the students who will mostly not understand them.
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Rule 8. of the Lingojam Movement is to make idioms unwelcome - not wanted by can be tolerated. This because Lingojam's aims are to provide an easier English. Idioms and a native's frequent use of them make the English harder.
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So it is the teacher's job and the native speaker's job to avoid idioms and use clear and plainly understood English instead.
​
Lingojam must be equally available and 'usable' by both native speakers and non-native users.
MeetingOne, based in Denver, Colorado, USA has always built communication, collaboration, and eLearning solutions with the clients’ success in mind. This should be and is the intent of Lingojam as well. They inform their membership to avoid idioms in their virtual classrooms and list out the reasons for doing so.
Emiliano Santarossa F&I
Talk plainly and clearly
LIKE A CHILD
Don't alienate your listener!
Why we don't want a fully logical Lingojam
The most logical and 'perfect' grammar-wise are probably Esperanto and Spanish. Some Esperanto question words; Kio, Kiel, Kiam, Kiu, Kia, Kiom, Kies . . . really sound and seem to much the same. All start with a 'k' and have two syllables. Not a good idea.
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Lingojam must be pleasant and easy to follow. Once the font is downloaded (free) it can be typed on any keyboard. If you can type English you can type Lingojam.
One critic of Esperanto (for example) says he would have done away with the (1) definite article, (2) plurals, (3) gendered pronouns, and I wouldn't have tried to make the (4) word order flexible, and I suppose in general I would have made it (5) more like Chinese. Also for some reason, I find the (6) plural "oj" sound used multiple times per sentence a bit difficult to pronounce, though I expect I'm the only one with this issue.
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Let's respond to these objections.
Lingojam wanted and needed to remain strongly based on English as it has been created in the first instance for non-native-English, international business executives to use.
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Repetitious Question Words
Kio, Kiel, Kiam, etc from the first paragraph above.
Lingojam uses;
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kiu - who or which, rendered as 'hoo' or 'wiC'
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kio - what, rendered as 'wot'
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kia - what kind of, rendered as 'wot kFnd ov'
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kie - where, rendered as 'wH'
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kiam - when, rendered as 'wen'
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kies - whose, rendered as 'hooz'
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kiel - how, rendered as 'hM'
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kial - why, rendered as 'wF'
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kiom - how much or how many, rendered as 'hM muC' or 'hM menee.' There's no count and non-count nouns in Lingojam.
Oliver Zander F&I
(1) definite and indefinate article
Generally there is no definite article in Lingojam. But it is there for those who want to use it. When it's used, it is mostly understood by non-natives and when it is not used, it also is followed. There are other ways to get around adding any wanted additional information, see examples following.
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giv mee dE buuk
giv mee buuk
giv mee E buuk
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giv mee buuk ov dad (faatE)
giv mee buuk dH
giv mee buuk hB
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(2) plurals
Plurals not change the base noun. They can indicate by adding a suffix, -iz.
Piece - pees, pieces - pees-iz drink - drink, drinks - drink-iz. See here.
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(3) gendered pronouns
Gendered pronouns are featured in Lingojam. See here. They intentionally follow the sounds of pronouns used in English.
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(4) word order flexible
Word order is not flexible, as Esperanto is. It would cause too many problems (as it does in Esperanto).
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(5) more like Chinese
Make a language designed for easy use around the world, more like Chinese. That suggestion is both incredulous and wrong. Chinese has thousands of characters and that's after Mandarin was turned into Simplified Chinese. This is one of the world's most difficult languages and not to be copied for anything to do with ease of communication. Lingojam uses 46 characters, each character (or letter) represents one single sound. All sounds used are found in the English language. Lingojam can be typed on any US / UK / Asian keyboard.
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(6) plural "oj" sound used multiple times per sentence a bit difficult to pronounce
This sound is NOT difficult to pronounce. It's the sound found in 'boy' and 'toy,' Boy and toy in Lingojam are rendered as 'bJ' and 'tJ.'
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Oliver Zander F&I
COMMON LINGOJAM ABBREVIATIONS
Here are some common abbreviations we found being used by newly acquired Lingojam speakers, These are pleasing to the ear examples:
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sweet - fantastic
ENGLISH
"I passed the test!'
"Sweet!"
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LINGOJAM
"F paas-id dE test!"
"sweet!"
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pregEz - pregnant
ENGLISH
"Have you seen Suzie?"
"Yes, I know, she's pregnant."
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LINGOJAM
"hav yoo see-id Qsoozee?"
"yes, F nG, See iz pregEz."
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agrG - aggressive
ENGLISH
"John is a bit aggressive, isn't he?"
"You're right, he is."
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LINGOJAM
"QjGn iz E bit agrG, iz hee not?"
"yoo aa rFt, hee iz."
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big smGk - a large city (like Seattle)
ENGLISH
"We're going to the city, to get rich."
"Good idea, I will come with you."
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LINGOJAM
"wee aa go-nM big smGk, too get riC."
"guud FdH, F wil cum wiT yoo."
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Chuffed
When someone is chuffed, they are very pleased or happy about something.
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Example: 'He is real chuffed, he is now rich.'
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"hee iz reel Cuf-id, hee iz nM riC."
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Dodgy
'Dodgy’ refers to something wrong, illegal, or just plain ‘off’, in one way or another.
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Example: ‘He got my dad a dodgy watch for Christmas.'
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"hee get-id mF dad E dGjee woC fO QcrismEs."
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Kerfuffle
Another rather delightful is ‘kerfuffle’. ‘Kerfuffle’ describes a skirmish or a fight or an argument caused by differing views.
Example, ‘I had a right kerfuffle with my girlfriend this morning over politics.’
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"F had E rFt kEfufEl wiD mF gUlfrend Dis mOniI ovE polEtix."
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Muck
Muck is a substitute for “dirt” however, in many ways it is a superior word.
There is something oddly onomatopoeic about it and seems to have a dirty quality of itself.
Example: ‘I can’t come in, my shoes are all mucky.’
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"F can not cum in, mF Soo-iz aa Ol mukee."
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Posh
Posh can be used to describe anything flashy or needlessly classy or expensive. It is similar to the American word ‘fancy.'
“Posh” can be used in two ways:
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I’m going to a posh restaurant tonight.
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Have you met Bob’s girlfriend? She’s pretty posh.
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"F am go-nM tE E poS restErEnt tEnFt."
"hav yoo met gUlfrend ov Qbob? See iz pritee poS."
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Pretty
There are many uses of this word.
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very - " . . . . it's pretty big."
veree - " . . . . it iz pritee big."
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quite - "I'm pretty sure it was her."
qFt - "F am pritee SU it wuz hH."
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