this joke is wearing thin

Like I said in this other post, about 15 years ago, I created for myself a phonetic alphabet in which all unnecessary or redundant characters were either omitted or re-assigned new sounds. I used the x to precede long vowels and did away with the silent e and all other letter formulas we use in the English language to indicate long vowel sounds. And I created a brand new letter to indicate the long bowel sound.

The alphabet was first called Planetease, and then I changed it to Earthish. I even matched it up to Twinkle Twinkle (that’s Sparkling Stella for the music snobs), like the real alphabet song. I showed it to my mom and she could actually read it without instruction. I thought I was a genius for a little while and it was a neat way to journal but then I quit using it.

It doesn’t just have a phonetic role:

Brand X
x-height
X-ray
XXX
XL
x-y-z coordinates
X chromosome
SFX
Malcolm X
X ___________
X marks the spot
MMIX
OS X
Planet X
xox

this joke is wearing thin

Never mind. Shows how much attention I’m paying here.

zzz..grow up, twat

Jimmy,
You would singlehandedly wipe out the porn industry!

ChrisL

Again...obviously not paying attention...and now that I am, I’m glad I’m not. Wasn’t. You know what I mean.

NO! not the porn industry!!!!

Oh þis is just ſilly! ſtop haraßing þe poor letters!
_____________________________________________
Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
www.ivangdesign.com

LOL!!! Good one, Ivan!!! :-)

ChrisL

Do people still include those? I haven’t made an X in years.

Classic internet humor proves that x is no longer needed:

Then he’d just be Dan Solo . . . It’s missing the ring to it . . .

:D

Uh, hows about rotating the X a few degrees and eliminating the T

-=®=-

I don’t get it : These days anything that sells has to have a ” X ” in it. That proves that mankind just think about sex?

Now, imagine sex being SES. It would never work ...

SEKS - it’s even a four letter word now. (Ekcellent eksample!)

-=®=-

XP: Do we really need it?!

@Therese: zzz..grow up, twat

Great! You’re real nice and polite aren’t you. It’s just a joke made in good faith, so take it that way. It seems you are taking it in bad faith, which is deplorable. Thanks for calling me a “twat”. (much laughter). It only makes you look bad.

j a m e s

For the record, and your further education, saying “zzz..grow up, twat” is an ad hominem personal attack, by definition, because it is an “argument against the man”.

Therese, ad hominem personal attacks, mud-slinging, name-calling and the like are not welcome here at typophile. Please shape up and fly straight.

Why did any of the mods pick this up? Too busy? Apathetic? You tell me Zara, Tiffany, et al.

j a m e s

It’s because they fall asleep whenever you post.

Because I don’t have time to read everything. :^P

Fredo, be nice. ;^)

Everyone, name calling isn’t welcome here on Typophile.